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New concept posters for "Let Me In", Matt Reeves remake of the Swedish vampire film "Let The Right One In". Not a whole lot to latch on to at this point considering they haven't even cast the roles yet, but they're semi-interesting if you're invested in how this will turn out.
"Gatekeeper" is a "zomcom" (their words) starring Lea Thompson, Judge Reinhold and Ron Perlman. It has a great cast, but their selling point is sure to make you cringe, "Shaun of the Dead" for American audiences... because you know, us stupid Americans can't watch a movie with British accents (?)
Platinum Dunes will be revealing something big for "A Nightmare on Elm St." at comic-con this year. In his blog, producer Brad Fuller also calls you an "idiot" if you don't think anyone else can play Freddy Krueger. Make your own judgements about his limited vocabulary.
Proably NSFW clip from "Antichrist"... you've been warned.
The first images from Thomas Jane's directorial debut "Dark Country" have surfaced. The film is about a couple who decides to get married in Vegas, but along the way they run into an accident victim who quickly turns their vacation into a nightmare.
Stephen King's "The Cell", which we last heard was NOT being made by Eli Roth, is being adapted into a 4 hour mini-series.
Olympian grows tired of asking his parents for money to fund his bid for glory, opens up brothel to raise money. I think we can all agree this guy deserves a golf clap.
I suppose playing porn out of your window really loudly is one way to get rid of the neighbor children. Of course a dirty robe and a baseball bat is usually pretty effective too, but I'm not against innovation.
Texting teen tumbles into manhole, and the parents are trying to sue the city. Luckily they can't sue me for laughing at their dumbass child.
1966: Richard Speck slaughters eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital, in what would become known as the first mass murder of the media age.


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Ceredigion hometown heroes & lockdown legends sought for 2020 National Lottery Awards
THE National Lottery is searching for your 'hometown hero' or 'lockdown legend' as part of the 2020 National Lottery Awards.
This year the annual search for the UK's most popular National Lottery funded projects will, for the first time, honour individuals who have made an extraordinary impact in their community, especially those who have adapted during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
New figures reveal more than £2.8 million of National Lottery funding has been invested in good causes in Ceredigion in 2018/19 alone.
A total of 108 National Lottery grants were awarded in the region during the previous financial year, providing vital support to arts, sports, heritage and community projects.
From today, The National Lottery are calling for nominations of people who have done amazing things with the help of National Lottery funding and are an inspiration to us all.
Winners in each category will receive a £3,000 cash prize for their organisation and a coveted National Lottery Awards trophy.
Jonathan Tuchner from The National Lottery is encouraging the people of Ceredigion to make their nominations.
He said: "The National Lottery continues to have a positive impact on life across the UK. Thanks to National Lottery players thousands of projects are making an incredible difference to their local communities.
Now, more than ever, people have rallied together, and individuals are performing inspirational acts and extraordinary endeavours to help in cities, towns and villages up and down the country.
Thanks to National Lottery players, up to £600 million has been made available to support communities throughout the UK amid the coronavirus crisis. People have used National Lottery funding in amazing ways during these challenging times. We want to honour them as part of this year's National Lottery Awards and recognise their selfless dedication and thank them for their fantastic work."
Encompassing all aspects of National Lottery good causes funding, the 2020 National Lottery Awards are seeking to recognise outstanding individuals in the following sectors:
Community / Charity
And there will be a special Young Hero Award for someone under the age of 18 who has gone that extra mile in their organisation. All nominees must work or act for a National Lottery funded organisation or have received National Lottery funding.
To make your nomination for this year's National Lottery Awards, tweet @LottoGoodCauses with your suggestions or complete an entry form through our website www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards . Entries must be received by midnight on 19th August 2020.
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Our responsibility to follow the new Wales coronavirus measures in order to Keep Ceredigion Safe
The Welsh Government is bringing in new coronavirus measures to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus.
To help further prevent the spread of coronavirus, new measures were announced by the First Minister which will come into force at 6pm on Thursday, September 24, 2020:
· Hospitality businesses in Wales will have to close at 10pm and provide table service only.
· All off-licences, including supermarkets, will have to stop selling alcohol at 10pm.
We are also being asked to think carefully about making journeys: only travel where it is essential to do so. The fewer people we meet and the fewer journeys we make, the safer we all are.
The Welsh Government have also introduced the following measures:
· A new £500 payment to support people on low incomes who are asked to self-isolate if they have coronavirus;
· Strengthened regulations to ensure employers support people who need to self-isolate.
The new measures are part of a package of co-ordinated actions to control the spread of coronavirus and it is essential that we all play our part in order to keep Ceredigion safe.
These new measures are to be introduced alongside those that are already in place:
· Keep a 2m social distance from each other when out and about.
· Wash your hands regularly.
· Wear a mask in indoor public places, shops and on public transport
· Only meet 6 people indoors from your extended household (not including children 11 and under).
· Do not meet with more than 30 people outdoors.
· Work from home, wherever possible.
· Think carefully about making journeys: only travel where you need to do so. The fewer people we meet and the fewer journeys we make, the safer we all are.
We need everyone to follow the rules and guidance and to take the steps to protect them and their loved ones.
Together, we can keep Ceredigion safe.
All the latest information and advice regarding the coronavirus can be found on Ceredigion County Council's website: www.ceredigion.gov.uk/Coronavirus. The Council's Corporate Contact Centre number is 01545 570881.
NHS COVID-19 app launches across Wales
People are being urged to download the NHS COVID-19 app to help stop the spread of coronavirus and protect themselves and their loved ones as case numbers rise.
The app launches today [Thursday 24] after positive trials and will be a useful tool when used alongside Wales' successful manual contact tracing system.
It will be available to those aged 16 and over, and forms a central part of the NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect programme identifying contacts of those who have tested positive for coronavirus.
The roll-out of the app in Wales coincides with a national campaign around how people in Wales can best support the NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect programme, including only getting a test if they are showing symptoms; self-isolating when required; and working with local contact tracers if they are contacted.
Wales' contact tracing system – which is a publicly-run service and locally delivered – is working well and has seen a very high contract and trace rate. Latest stats show 94% of cases are being successfully contacted.
The app works by logging the amount of time you spend near other app users, and the distance between you, so it can alert you if someone you have been close to later tests positive for COVID-19 – even if you don't know each other.
The app will advise you to self-isolate if you have been in close contact with a confirmed case. It will also enable you to check symptoms, book a test if needed and get your test results.
Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething said:
"The launch of the NHS COVID-19 app is an important part of Wales' coronavirus response, supporting the NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect programme. The more people who download and use this app, the more it will help us to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
"We have worked closely with the app development team to ensure it works seamlessly across Wales and England, providing people with the right advice based on where they live. In Wales, the app will complement our existing contact tracing and testing services and will further support our co-ordinated response to COVID-19 at both a local and national level.
"I strongly encourage everyone in Wales to download and use the app to keep Wales safe."
The app has been designed with user privacy in mind, so it tracks the virus, not people and uses the latest in data security technology to protect privacy. The system generates a random ID for an individual's device, which can be exchanged between devices via Bluetooth. These unique random IDs regenerate frequently to add an extra layer of security and preserve anonymity.
The app does not hold personal information such as your name, address or date of birth, and only requires the first half of your postcode to ensure local outbreaks can be managed.
Today the UK's major mobile network operators, including Vodafone, Three, EE and O2, Sky and Virgin, have confirmed that all in-app activity will not come out of customers' data allowance.
In a joint statement Apple and Google said:
"We built the exposure notifications system to enable public health authorities in their efforts to develop apps to help reduce the spread of the virus while ensuring people can trust in the privacy-preserving design. We are committed to supporting the government's effort to launch an app based on this technology."
Whilst the app will be a major support for the contact tracing system, Welsh residents are being reminded to continue to keep Wales safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19 by:
• Always keeping a distance
• Washing hands regularly
• Working from home wherever possible
• Following local restrictions
• Following the rules about meeting people
• Staying at home if you or anyone in your extended household has symptoms.
Man jailed for revenge porn against teenage ex-girlfriend
A 'PREDATORY OFFENDER' who targeted young girls online and shared indecent images of them on pornographic websites has been jailed for more than two years.
Robin Edwards Jones, formerly of Lampeter, came to police attention after tracking down his former girlfriend – a teenager 26 years his junior – and sending a threatening email containing indecent images of her to her boss a year after their relationship ended.
The 48-year-old then uploaded hundreds of images of the then 17-year-old to pornographic websites, creating a personal bio for each site that allowed her to be identified through her Facebook account.
Jones has been jailed following a two-year investigation by Dyfed-Powys Police, which saw the force's digital crime unit prove he had supplied the websites with these images.
Officer in case Detective Sergeant Steve Barry said: "This was a thorough investigation into what has become known as revenge porn.
"Two other police forces were initially involved in the investigation before passing it to Dyfed Powys Police, and our investigation spanned two years, with the safeguarding of the teenage victim at its heart.
"What we were faced with initially was a suspect who was alleged to have circulated indecent images of a teenage girl with the intent of causing her distress following the break-up of a six month relationship.
"As the investigation progressed, it transpired that Jones was a predatory offender, targeting young children online to obtain indecent images of them for his sexual gratification and desire to control them."
The offender and victim met online in November 2015, when Jones claimed he was 28 years old in an attempt to instigate a relationship with a teenage girl.
Over the following six months, the victim sent a number of indecent images of herself to the offender on his request. He also created his own images from intimate video chats, increasing the library of images for his use.
The relationship ended in April 2016 when the teenager's father became aware of the situation and notified the police.
There was no contact between the pair for 12 months after they separated.
DS Barry said: "It wasn't until the following April when the victim started a new job, that Jones tracked her down and began his campaign against her.
"He set up an email account under a false name and sent the victim's employer eight indecent images that she had taken during their relationship in a bid to get her fired from her job.
"Around the same time, the victim received a message asking if she was aware that these photos had been uploaded to a pornographic website – for a young girl, this was extremely traumatic."
Enquiries linked the email account to Jones's home address, and a warrant was carried out with the support of Dyfed-Powys Police's Digital Communications and Cybercrime Unit.
A number of digital devices were seized and the suspect was interviewed in relation to the offences, strongly denying any wrongdoing – a position he maintained throughout the investigation.
"In the meantime, the victim received two messages on Facebook asking if images on another website were of her," DS Barry said.
"She believed it was Jones further taunting her, but enquires revealed it was a man who had identified her through a false profile and hoped to start a sexual relationship.
"Applications were made to the sites to ensure these images were removed swiftly, to prevent further distress to the victim."
As digital investigators analysed a computer belonging to Jones, they discovered he was also in contact with a 14-year-old American girl, with sexual messages exchanged between the pair.
"Evidence from the computers seized showed that Jones began his relationship with a girl in the US when she was just 12 years old," DS Barry said.
"Contact was made through Interpol, but she and her family were unwilling to support our investigation."
As the investigation was completed, officers found that Jones had more than 500 indecent images of the victims – 52 of which were the most serious classification – and that he had shared 162 private photos without consent of the victims.
He was charged with two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress; two counts of possessing indecent photographs of a child; and three counts of distributing indecent images of a child – with images spanning classes A, B and C.
Even with the weight of evidence against him, Jones maintained his innocence and opted for trial, however he admitted the offences on the day the trial began at Swansea Crown Court.
On September 17, he was sentenced to 27 months in prison. He must also register as a sex offender for 10 years, and was given a restraining order against contacting the victim.
DS Barry said: "This conviction was as a result of a team effort between forces and departments, but the effort and dedication from the digital cybercrime unit was outstanding and should be particularly commended."
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Throughout 2009, the Liljeholmstorget project, whose shopping arcade opened its doors on October 22, has been one of Stockholm's major construction sites with up to 800 installers and fitters on site. Behind the radical facelift of Liljeholmstorget is the owner Citycon. "We have been given a unique opportunity to develop a new and strong retail area in Stockholm, which thus far has been a white spot on the shopping and service map," says Ulf Attebrant, vice president of Citycon Sweden.
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If there was something missing from Prometheus aside from logic and quasi-competent scientists, it was an alien creature bursting from a human chest. An earlier version of the movie's script involved a particularly bloody encounter with just such a critter. Spoilers ahead.
If you've seen Prometheus, you'll remember that Logan Marshall-Green's none-too-bright archaeologist, Charlie Holloway, sexes up Noomi Rapace's Elizabeth Shaw after becoming infected with the Engineer weapon. In one of writer Jon Spaihts' earlier drafts of the script, Holloway experiences a violent coitus interruptus when a creatures shoots its tentacles out of his chest. This guy looks like a cousin to the tentacle creature pulled out of Shaw's womb. Apparently, xenomorphs aren't the only Engineer beasties who invade that particular part of the human body.
See the larger (and mildly NSFW) image at Bloody Disgusting. [via /Film]


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"Soul Food Junkies" 2012 Trailer from Byron Hurt.
Mac and cheese oozing buttery-goodness, thickly-crusted golden fried chicken, greens swimming in pork fat, chunky ribs slathered in smoky sauce, red velvet cake sporting an inch of icing. Are these a cherished part of African American culture or a recipe for an early death? The answer is both, as I witnessed at the recent West Coast premiere of Byron Hurt's movie Soul Food Junkies. I was invited to review the film and interview the director for KQED's Bay Area Bites. The screening at the Oakland School for the Arts was co-sponsored by KQED and the HUB. The event closed the The Oakland Innovation Film Lab and was followed by a panel discussion with local food activists and a spread of treats from Souley Vegan Restaurant in Oakland. All three aspects of the evening were enthusiastically received by the young, artistic-looking, urban, mostly African American crowd.
Souley Vegan's Tamearra Dyson and a plate of fried okra
In this documentary film, selected by KQED's Independent Lens Series to air in the upcoming 2012-13 season, Hurt uses his own family's story as a through-line, centering on his father's unflagging devotion to the artery-clogging classic dishes in the soul food repertoire. Hurt recalls that growing up he wanted to be just like his "Pops" and copied his Sunday breakfast ritual of grits and eggs, smothered with cheese, salt pork and bacon. After college, Hurt, (as well as his sister and mother) altered their diets. But, his father continued to gain weight, refusing to change his eating habits, even in the face of the pancreatic cancer that ultimately took his life at an early age.
Hurt's personal story is flanked throughout the film by commentary from a range of historians, scholars, soul food chefs, doctors, and everyday folk who illuminate the cultural complexities in the African American relationship to food. "Soul food is a repository for our history," says one.
Discussions about food in the historical context of slavery and the Jim Crow era help to illuminate the subject. Slavery was an economic institution and slaves had to be fed enough to survive the long voyage. Once here, some were expected to grow their own food and others hunted and fished like they did back in Africa. Also, female slaves were doing the cooking for the people in the big house and taking care of the children. "The hand of the African in the pot transformed Southern cooking," comments one food expert. "Survival food for slaves became delicacies."
"Slaves did what they needed to do to survive and make it through harsh times," explains Hurt. "Then that way of cooking got passed down from generation to generation. And today there is a reluctance to let go of the vestiges of the way of life of our forefathers and foremothers, even though things have changed: foods are now processed and full of chemicals and we're not as active as previous generations."
Fried chicken. Photo: Shawn Escoffery
Hurt's mother describes the reasons she always prepared box lunches for the family to eat on their annual drives from their home in Long Island to Georgia. Because of Jim Crow laws, Black people could not be sure of finding hotels or restaurants that would serve them during road trips and so routinely brought hearty lunches of fried chicken and sides to keep them satisfied until they reached their destination.
More recent history shows that there has been a movement for healthy food awareness in African American culture for many years. "The best moments of the black freedom struggle, was with organizations like the Black Panthers," comments a food historian. "They understood the relationship of developing a Black nation and the necessity of developing a healthy diet."
Others interviewed in the film, however, are still very attached to Soul Food (the term was first coined in the 60s) and find creative rationalizations to keep eating it, such as, "Eve was made out of Adam's rib, so ribs must be good."
Ribs, cabbage, rice, and potato salad on the side. Photo: Shawn Escoffery
A poignant scene has Hurt stopping by some tailgating partiers at Mississippi's Jackson State University. The affable group of guys shows Hurt their "Junk Pot"–a huge stock pot filled with corn, pigs ears, pig feet and "everything else that's not good for you." With classic Southern hospitality, they invite him to have a sample. Hurt, who has stopped eating pork, doesn't wish to offend these gentlemen, and so delicately extracts a small cob of corn to taste. This ploy does not escape the partiers who insist he take some meat. Hurt finally does sample a dripping turkey neck and reluctantly admits how delicious it is.
Educating any cultural group about the unhealthiness of treasured comfort food is a challenge because the concept of "comfort" connects us to foods that mom or grandma made and even fed us with her own hands. This primal, sensory gratification exists on an emotional, pre-verbal level, which does not speak the rational language of blood pressure screenings. It reminded me of a local dialogue about food and culture back in 2010, when Saul's Deli in Berkeley engaged in a similar debate regarding nostalgia for "real" deli food (e.g. mile-high pastrami sandwiches) vs. the wisdom of sustainability.
As a woman in Soul Food Junkies put it simply, "It's comfort food, you eat it and it makes you feel better."
Yet, in the face of staggering statistics of diabetes, high blood pressure, and certain types of cancer rampant the African American community, food experts in the film comment on the urgent need to increase awareness and make changes now, before it's too late.
"If you want to wipe out an entire generation of people and engage in a 21st century genocide, all you have to do is to continue doing what we're doing and deprive people of access to healthy food."
Food justice, food deserts, lack of access to healthy food and the proliferation of fast food all play a critical role in this discussion. As one food scholar puts it, "In America, there is a class-based apartheid in the food system." Hurt realizes that traditions, especially those that speak to times of family togetherness and comfort, are resistant to change. Instead of quitting classic soul food dishes cold turkey, some cooks in the film choose to tweak traditional recipes, like making oven-baked, skinless chicken instead of deep-fried. "We have to make it a part of popular culture. We have the power to change and if we don't, we'll be sick and die."
Soul Food Junkies makes clear that hope for the future rests with the children. One of the last shots in the film is a group of African American elementary school children from St. Philips Academy in Newark, New Jersey. The school's "family-style lunch program, rooftop garden, teaching kitchen and science lab encourage an understanding of sustainability from seed to table." We see the children yell happily, "Vegetables are Soul Food!"
Hurt's previous film, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, an award-winning documentary, was also selected for KQED's Independent Lens. It examines "masculinity and manhood in rap and hip-hop, where creative genius collides with misogyny, violence and homophobia, exposing the complex intersections of culture and commerce."
Filmmaker Byron Hurt. Photo: Rebecca Bfresh McDonald
I briefly interviewed Byron Hurt by phone, while he was attending the American Black Film Festival in Miami where Soul Food Junkies won Best Documentary.
First you took on hip-hop and now soul food, are you trying to change African American culture?
I'd say I'm trying to make the culture better and stronger and challenge people to think critically about their culture.
What is your goal?
To challenge and inform people's thinking. I'm trying to create tools that inspire and educate so there can be a transformation and evolution to greater self-awareness. I used myself and my family as examples of what happens when you decide to change your diet and when you don't. There might be many people out there who have been wanting to change, but need a nudge or some inspiration. Or maybe they want to help a family member or co-worker to change.
Isn't comfort food hard to be rational about?
It is a very hard thing. I may have underestimated how hard it is. I saw with my own eyes that despite all the health challenges, it was still difficult for my father to change the way he ate.
What inspired you personally to change your diet?
It was my sister who set the first example in my family when she changed to a plant-based diet and I saw how healthy she looked. I had started to gain weight in my late 20s and early 30s. I realized that not being involved in athletics anymore [Hurt was a football quarterback in college] I couldn't continue to eat and eat and eat the same way I had been. So I changed my diet and lost weight and felt better. My mom was more open than my father. She was a nurturer. She changed the way she cooked because she wanted to make us happy.
Closer to home, the panel of food activists after the Oakland screening of Soul Food Junkies said much to stir up the crowd.
Aekta Shah of I-SEEED at Harvard. Photo courtesy of Aekta Shah
Aekta Shah, who works with I-SEEED — The Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational, and Environmental Design, described two exciting projects. In 2011, about 30 high school students from Oakland, Richmond and San Leandro hit the streets to check out the statistics from the Alameda County Department of Public Health report that there were about 100 grocery stores in Oakland. First the students had to come up with their own definition of "grocery store." Does that mean it carries fresh produce? Skim, 1% and 2% milk, instead of just whole milk? A certain ratio of healthy to junk food? Affordable choices? Then they formed teams and walked through stores in their own neighborhoods, documenting what they found, recording audio testimonials, taking photos of the shelves. The students uploaded their data and photos onto a Google-map-like interface and ultimately shared their findings with representatives of Alameda County Public Health Department to begin a dialogue around community-based solutions to these issues of food access. In a related follow up, I-SEEED is in conversation with California FreshWorks around partnering to help finance owners of neighborhood liquor stores to transform their stores into grocery stores stocking healthy food.
Eco-chef and author Bryant Terry. Photo: Jennifer Martin
Eco-chef, food activist and author of several vegan soul food cookbooks, Bryant Terry spoke eloquently both as a commenter in Hurt's film as well as a panelist. The problem, says Terry, is not soul food per se, but the industrialization of our food supply. The industrial food complex spends billions of dollars trying to convince people to eat food that's the worst for them: highest in fat and sugar.
Terry, who moved to Oakland in 2006 for its natural beauty and calls the Bay Area "my spiritual home," points out that, "Eating close to the land is not a new invention, African Americas have been green, with aunties and grandmothers who grew their own food for generations. You can still be a "brother of color and eat healthy. You don't have to be a crunchy-granola, Birkenstock-wearing hippie."
"When people say African American cuisine, they think it's synonymous with Soul Food, the deep-fried fatty meats like fried chicken and sugary desserts like red velvet cake — which used to be just for holidays and celebrations. I'm not necessarily trying to discard those completely but get people to recognize these are only a part of our food ways. Things have changed over the past 40-50 years. My grandparents had an urban farm. They grew vegetables, fruits and nuts. Any dietician would tell you we should all be eating more fruit and vegetables. Somehow growing food has taken on the meaning of being backward and just country folk. But it is vital to our society."
"We are in a war!," declared Terry, "If people are not aware and do not learn how to grow their own food they will be starving in a few decades. Corporations like Whole Foods are not the answer. What's important is that people empower themselves to be self-sufficient!"
A version of this post first appeared on KQED's Bay Area Bites


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Thousands take refuge after Tasmanian bushfires
THOUSANDS of people have taken refuge in emergency accommodation and authorities have started a huge clean-up operation following devastating bush fires in Tasmania.
Firefighters managed to gain some control over the worst of the fires on the weekend but not before the flames destroyed more than 100 buildings in the state's south.
The structures, including an RSL and a school, were burnt down in towns scattered along the Tasman Peninsula, east of Hobart.
Authorities told reporters on Sunday they were still trying to verify whether there had been any fatalities, including if a man died while trying to protect his Dunalley home from bush fire.
"We're hoping very much along with everyone else that there won't be any deaths but we need to go through the process to confirm that there hasn't been," Tasmania Acting Police Commissioner Scott Tilyard told media.
Firefighters are still battling blazes at Forcett and Lake Repulse. Personnel from the NSW Rural Fire Service and Victorian Country Fire Authority began arriving in Tasmania on Sunday to relieve staff and volunteers on the ground.
There were reports residents had taken refuge on beaches and along the coastline with some private boat owners performing rescues.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced emergency financial assistance would be available to fire victims, many of whom are staying in emergency accommodation.
Residents will be able to apply for up to $8750 in funding for immediate assistance, temporary living, household goods and replacements.
Ms Gillard is reportedly planning to visit Tasmania this week.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts temperatures up to 27 degrees for Hobart on Monday coupled with light south easterly winds.
The Insurance Council of Australia has formally declared the worst-affected areas in Tasmania as catastrophe zones.
ICA chief executive officer Rob Whelan said the catastrophe declaration meant insurers had established a taskforce to escalate the industry's response.
"It is much too early for the ICA to estimate the cost and extent of the damage, though we have had reports of several dozen homes having been badly damaged or destroyed," he said.
"The ICA expects to send a team to the disaster recovery centre tomorrow to work alongside emergency services, government agencies and community organisations to help.
"Insurers are greatly concerned about fires that continue to affect several regions of Tasmania. They are also monitoring conditions in other states, in particular South Australia, Victoria and Queensland, which face extreme bushfire risks."


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Sony Pictures has released the first image from the upcoming sports drama Soul Surfer. The film tells "the true story of competitive teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, inspiring millions worldwide through her sheer determination and unwavering faith." Soul Surfer stars Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, AnnaSophia Robb, and Carrie Underwood.
Hit the jump to check out the first image from the movie. Soul Surfer is slated to open on April 15, 2011.
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Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, AnnaSophia Robb and Carrie Underwood
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the first film to go out under the new FilmDistrict deal with Sony Pictures
NEW YORK, November 1, 2010 – SOUL SURFER is the true story of competitive teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, inspiring millions worldwide through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. Coming to theaters nationwide on April 15, 2011, this exciting feature film stars Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, AnnaSophia Robb, and Carrie Underwood in her film debut. The cast also includes Lorraine Nicholson, Kevin Sorbo and Jeremy Sumpter.
The first film to be released under the new deal between FilmDistrict and Sony Pictures, SOUL SURFER will go out as a wide release via TriStar Pictures with a broad-based and integrated marketing campaign managed by FilmDistrict.
The film was independently financed by Enticing Entertainment and Island Film Group, and is a production of Mandalay Vision, Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and Life's A Beach Entertainment. North American and substantial International rights were acquired prior to the commencement of production by the Affirm Films division of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
The film was directed by Sean McNamara from a screenplay by McNamara, Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Deborah Bonann Schwartz, with additional writing by Ron Bass, Jen Smolka and Kara Holden, and is based on Bethany Hamilton's memoir "Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board."
"My family and I are honored to be the subject of such an amazing film," says Bethany Hamilton. "My hope is that the story continues to inspire people around the world to overcome the challenges that face them."
The film was produced by David Zelon, Douglas Schwartz, David Brookwell, Sean McNamara and Roy "Dutch" Hofstetter and executive produced by David Tice and Dominic Ianno, and shot on location in Hawaii.
"The world needs a hero right now," says primary financier and executive producer David Tice. "When I met Bethany and her family, I felt compelled to share her extraordinary life on the big screen."
"Steve Bersch and I immediately responded to the honesty of Bethany's story and its universal message of courage and perseverance," says Peter Schlessel, CEO of FilmDistrict, who initiated and approved the production with Bersch while at Sony, and then forged the partnership between Sony and the newly formed FilmDistrict for release of the film.
"SOUL SURFER embodies an absolutely amazing story, wonderfully told by the filmmakers, and we're thrilled to play a part in bringing this story to audiences this spring," says Bersch, President, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
"This movie, with its winning story and cast, is a real audience pleaser," said Bob Berney, President, Theatrical Distribution, FilmDistrict. "It's the perfect family film for the spring break season."


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When it comes right down to it, it doesn't matter whether something is right or wrong. Once it is, then it is, and that's it.
For a long time Microsoft's hold on the PC market gave IE a decided advantage and thus all of my clients had IE optimized websites.
Today we're seeing another company, Google, being looked at for anti-trust issues and Google+ is a big part of that.
Whether or not Google is ultimately "punished" for its actions is to me irrelevant. What matters to me right now is knowing and understanding the situation and dealing with that situation as it exists.
Folks, right now the situation is simple. Traditional search engine optimization may not be quite dead yet … but it's going to die pretty fast. At this point, search is social and social is search. The death of traditional "seo", or search engine optimization is upon us.
What matters now to getting good search rankings is "social involvement" and "social sharing" most of all.
Now let me be clear about something, I am not saying that it's important for you to be sharing socially (though that would help). What matters is that you and your company are engaged socially AND that the content you produce is being shared socially.
At this point, sites that get lots of +1s to their content will trounce their competition … and the number of links won't really matter. Websites that are getting tweeted and liked are going to murder everyone else in the market place and the mountains of money spent on "seo experts" won't matter one bit.
In fact, Google is really throwing down the gauntlet. People and companies that actually go out and make themselves market experts through information sharing are going to be gaining search and social popularity while those that just want to sit back with relatively static ecommerce websites are going to be crushed.
All Businesses Are In The Information Business
The plain and simple fact of the matter is that no matter what you sell, you're actually in the information/education business. Your job is to educate and inform your customers why they should do business with you. More to the point, people and companies that are viewed as experts in the market can actually charge more than their competition, and therefore enjoy better profit margins, simply because people will pay a premium to work with the best.
This means that despite the advent of Facebook and Google+, blogging is here to stay.
It is from your blog that you can post great content of interest to your market. From there, you can use Facebook, Google+, and Twitter to share that content out.
Understand something, with +1s being considered more important in many ways by Google than inbound links, that means you can provide actual incentives for people giving you that +1 vote and thereby catapult past your competition in the search engines.
Not only that, but at the end of the day Google is not really that good of a source of traffic.
Traffic from Google+, Facebook, and Twitter on the other hand are GREAT sources of traffic. Traffic from those places are much more likely to buy from you without price shopping.
Not only that, but once you are creating great content that is being widely shared socially, you are no longer subject to the vagaries of Google updates which as we all know can sometimes cause massive reordering of the search results. That means you won't have to wake up one morning and find that your once great search positions have vanished and now you suddenly have zero traffic.
Instead, by creating content and getting it to be shared out, you're obtaining traffic from a growing number of sources and in ways that the Google search engine couldn't stop if it tried.
That is why I'm calling the end to traditional search engine optimization.
Yeah, Great, But How Do You Actually Do It?
The process is actually fairly easy.
1) Find out what problems, difficulties, wants, and desires that your market has
2) Create some great content that explains how to solve the problem, overcome the difficulty, or fulfill the wants and desires.
3) Put that content on your blog and link to it from Facebook and Google+
4) Go to fiverr.com and for only $5 buy some +1s and some Facebook likes
5) Get your friends to +1 and like your content. ALSO get them to add your Facebook Page and your Google+ Page to their circles
6) Ask every customer to +1 AND add you to their circles (or like your Facebook Page) … give them a discount as an incentive. This way as you create information it get automatically spread out. A quick word of advice, give a much bigger discount for adding your page to their Google+ circles than for doing the Facebook like. The reason is that the G+ will also give you search benefits.
7) Take every piece of content and create a video of you just talking it out and post to YouTube. In the very beginning of the description, link to your G+ Page (more help with the search engines) and tell people in every video about the incentive that you give if people add you to their G+ circles.
8 ) Periodically run some kind of sale or special promotion open ONLY to G+ people. Now notice how heavily I'm favoring Google+ here. Like I said, the situation is such that the more you can get people to use that, the more likely you are to also be heavily favored/ranked in Google searches as well.
9) After a while you will create a pretty significant body of content that you will have produced. Take that, give it to a virtual assistant (Pam Drayton has a great article on Virtual Assistants here on opportunities planet), and have your "VA" turn it into a book and place that on Amazon in both print and kindle formats. Now that you've "written the book" this will expand your authority presence in your market and likely cause a dramatic increase in the amount of sharing that you see of your other content, thus helping you even more. I do have a special report on how to partner with Amazon on my blog, click here now to get it.
Only Two Kinds Of Businesses
The changes with Google and making G+ an integral part of search is quickly going to cause business to be split into two categories. There will be those businesses that have made themselves experts in the market by creating content that is heavily shared; and because of that they are succeeding wildly.
Then there will be the businesses that struggle.
Which kind of business do you want to have?
To learn more about how you can get more traffic by having more people in your Google plus circles read this article written by Kostas Chiotis about the new Search plus Your World of google…


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Today in factories and modern industrial plants, the most important thing
on the agenda is "productivity." Every department of a factory must work
with ideal speed but it is not enough that the individual units work to
the ideal speed by themselves. Every unit must work in harmony with the
others. If one unit thinks that there is an advantage in working on its
own faster than the others, this could cause harm rather than benefit.
For this reason, industrial engineers and strategic planners work in factories
and plants to put planning into place and ensure productivity.
Imagine a factory that produces millions of different products, operates
twenty-four hours a day without a break, and has 100 trillion workers.
No doubt, an army of engineers and business planners would be required
in this factory to formulate a productivity plan and determine how quickly
each group of workers will work must productively.
In real life there exists such a factory, but engineers and business
administrators do not work in it. The work is done by a small set of cells
and the hormones that they secrete.
This factory is, of course, the human body and what is responsible for
the productivity of this factory is the thyroid gland. With the help of
the thyroxine hormone secreted by the thyroid gland, 100 trillion cells
are individually organized to function according to a certain rhythm and
at a certain rate of speed. This hormone determines how quickly nutrients
are converted into energy and how efficiently food burns in the body.
For example, most young people, especially those still in the process
of growth, have a very high rate of metabolism, and the food they consume
is quickly turned into energy. In other words, the nutrients they eat
are quickly burned so that they do not gain weight easily. Generally,
as people grow older, there is no difference in their appetite but, if
they eat the same amount of food as when they were younger, they gain
weight. The reason for this is that, when they were younger, the body
cells produce energy from their food at a higher rate. When a person gets
older, the energy produced by the cells from the burning of nutrients
is lower and unburned food is stored in the body as fat.
If you were a factory owner, you would work to ensure that your employees
worked in the most productive manner and, at the same time, you would
make sure that they paid attention to their own health and safety. If
the employees in one department of your factory worked more slowly than
they should, it would not be good for the factory's general production.
If there is no foreman to tell the workers what job they must do and how
quickly they must do it, production will suffer.
The same thing happens in our bodies. If there were
no foreman to tell your cells how quickly they must work, the result would
cause the activity of the cells to slow down, the food you ate would turn
to fat, you would not have enough energy to raise your arm, and your whole
body would come to the point of exhaustion. When too little thyroxine
hormone is secreted, a condition called hypothyroidism occurs which is
characterized by these symptoms.11
But even if you are not aware of it, your thyroid gland is working for
you, secreting the thyroxine hormone that controls each one of the 100
trillion cells and prevents them from slowing down. As a result, you can
live your daily life normally.
Thyroxine not only prevents the cells from moving too
slowly, it also prevents them from working too fast. Because this hormone
is secreted in a definite amount, the speed at which the cells work is
kept in balance. If the cells of the body worked more quickly than they
should, "toxic goiter" would develop, caused by the excessive secretion
of thyroxine.12 Symptoms of this disease include
the increase of the metabolic rate, a rise in body temperature and blood
pressure, weight loss, excessive sweating and general nervousness. The
eyes bulge in their sockets and, in advanced stages of this disease, blindness
and even death (due to cardiac insufficiency) can result.
The tissues that make up the human
body are continually being renewed. Every day approximately 200 grams
of muscle and tissue cells are renewed.13 Every
minute 200 million cells in our bodies are produced to replace dead cells,14
and it is the thyroxine hormone that determines the speed at which this
renewal takes place.
How does this hormone-producing thyroid gland know the speed at which
the cells in our bodies must function? How does it determine the speed
of the replacement of body cells? The person himself does not even know
the speed at which his body's cells have to function, and most people
are not even aware that their body cells have a particular speed at which
they must function. If someone wanted to interfere with the speed at which
his body cells work, he could certainly not affect the cells with his
own will. In order to do this, he would have to obtain medical help or
take some medication. Human beings do not determine the speed at which
their own cells work; this is under the control of that small piece of
flesh called the thyroid gland.
How has the thyroid gland determined the ideal working speed for the
cells? How does it know the working speed of the hundreds of different
systems contained in the cells-systems that scientists are still investigating?
Let scientists continue to try to understand these systems; the thyroid
hormone knows all the details of these systems, including what kind of
intervention is needed to increase their working speed. To do this, it
produces a specific molecule type and sends them to each of the cells
one by one. In light of this, we must accept that the cells, which make
up the thyroid gland and produce thyroxine, have a much higher intelligence
about this process than human beings.
Remember, like all the cells in the body, cells that compose the thyroid
gland do not have any conscious intelligence.
As can be seen in the picture on the left, a thyroid molecule is composed
of lifeless, unconscious atoms. The cells perform their function according
to humanly inconceivable genetic program written in their nuclei. This
fact brings to light even more the enormity of the miracle of creation.
It is God, the possessor of eternal intelligence and knowledge, Who wonderfully
created the cells of the body, the genetic program that determines the
functioning of this system, and the inner systems of the cells that translate
and interpret this genetic program.
Moreover, in the genetic programs of the cells that compose the thyroid
gland, He wrote the molecular formula of the hormone that accelerates
the activity of other cells. So it is evident that a remarkably harmonious
system has been put in place which proves once more the perfection of
God's creation. In the Qur'an, God reveals harmony and perfection that
is seen everywhere in the world:
He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw
in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again - do you see any gaps?
Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted!
(Qur'an, 67: 3-4)
The Proportion in Our Bodies
Thyroxine has another wonderful characteristic in that it works in cooperation
with the growth hormone. These two molecules act together in harmony toward
a common goal. There is only one explanation for this: these two molecules
were created for this common task.
You will recall from earlier pages that the growth hormone is the molecule
that orders the cells of a developing child to grow and multiply. This
hormone stimulates the cells to grow in both size and number. But there
is another very important detail that must be planned-the speed of cell
division. Thyroxine influences the speed of cell division during the period
of growth, ensuring complete development of the body.
understand the importance of thyroxine, we just have to look in a mirror.
So long as there is no birth defect, every individual's mouth, nose, eyes,
the face-in short, everyone's whole body-has a proportion that resembles
that of almost everyone else. The body has this proportion due to the
perfect functioning of the thyroxine hormone that God created. If you
were reading these sentences years ago as a young person in your developing
years, and the thyroxine molecules did not go to each one of your individual
cells and inform them of the speed at which they must divide, your body's
organs would have developed without proportion. You could even have become
mentally impaired, as is the case when cretinism occurs as the result
of insufficient secretion of thyroxine immediately after birth. The bodies
of people afflicted with this condition lack proper proportions when grown;
generally they have very short legs and a large skull. In addition, a
lack of thyroxine also causes dwarfism.15
Most of the people you see in your daily life (your schoolmates, fellow
workers, people in the street, and your family) have bodies perfectly
shaped by God's creation by means of the activity of two small molecules-growth
hormone and thyroxine. These hormones are secreted at the right time and
in the right amount, commanding trillions of individual cells with orders
as to how much and how fast they have to multiply. As a result, a perfectly
formed human body comes into being.
In the majority of human beings, the amount of this molecule is adjusted
in a very special way so that neither too much nor too little is produced.
If the amount of these hormones produced varied too much from one individual
to another, there would be major physical differences between people;
millions of people would be between 2.5 and 3 meters tall; millions would
be one meter or less in height, everyone would have a body and facial
structure lacking proportion, and almost everyone would be mentally retarded.
Millions of people would die while still in adolescence.
To repeat: the external appearance and physical characteristics of human
beings is due to two small molecules that God has wonderfully created-the
growth hormone and thyroxine. This is another proof of how God has constructed
human beings on a foundation of delicate balances:
He created the heavens and the Earth with truth and formed you, giving
you the best of forms. And He is your final destination. (Qur'an, 64:
One Hundred Trillion Micro-Heaters
In order for you to be able to read this page, your body temperature
must be at a certain level. If this temperature falls or rises too much,
you will die. For this reason, some systems that keep the body temperature
at a definite level have been created and placed within the human body.
One of these remarkable systems is the thyroxine hormone. The body reaches
a certain temperature as the result of the activities of its 100 trillion
cells. We can compare these cells to micro-heaters, and the wonderful
molecule that controls how much heat each micro-heater must produce is
the thyroxine hormone.
It is in itself a wonder that cells produce a certain amount of heat
as they do their work and that the total amount of heat produced by the
100 trillion cells is exactly the amount that is required for human beings
to survive. Moreover, the thyroxine molecules know how much heat the cells
must produce. Together with all of this, the fact that the cells know
how they can act on the metabolism and raise the body's temperature is
one more wonder of creation.
A Delicate Control Mechanism
A highly advanced and organized system has been created to regulate the
amount of thyroxine secreted. The secretion of thyroxine occurs again
as a result of a chain of command of a set of unconscious cells organized
in a highly disciplined hierarchy.
When thyroxine is needed, the brain of the hormonal system-the hypothalamus-sends
a command (the TRH-Thyroid-releasing Hormone) to the conductor of the
hormonal system orchestra (the pituitary gland). When it receives the
command, the pituitary gland understands that the thyroid gland must be
activated and immediately sends a command (the TSH-Thyroid Stimulating
Hormone) to the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland, as the last point in
this chain of command, immediately secretes thyroxine in compliance and
distributes it throughout the whole body by way of the blood.
How is the amount of this hormone that needs to be secreted determined?
How is it that, except in cases of illness, neither more nor less of this
hormone than is needed is secreted?
The amount of thyroxine secreted is determined by a special system created
by the great artistry of God. This system is based on two separate, negative
feedback mechanisms and is an example of an incomparable wonder of engineering
When the amount of thyroxine in the blood rises above normal, the thyroxine
hormone produces a very interesting effect on the pituitary gland and
sometimes directly on the hypothalamus: it reduces the sensitivity of
the pituitary gland to the TRH hormone.
The function of the TRH hormone is to activate the pituitary gland to
send a command (the TSH hormone) to the thyroid gland. This command is
the second point on the chain of command in the production of the thyroxine
The system is so intricately designed that the excess thyroxine takes
highly intelligent measures so that the sources in which it is itself
produced do not make too much, and it interferes with and severes the
chain of command established for its own production. By this means, when
the thyroxine in the blood rises above normal, the production of thyroxine
is automatically curtained.
We can understand this more easily with some examples: imagine that small
intelligent machines were made in a factory. These machines were made
in three stages:
1. First stage: computer A sends a production command to computer B.
2. Second stage: computer B translates this command into another language
and sends it to computer C.
3. Third stage: computer C begins to produce the desired machines with
the help of a robot.
Suddenly, production exceeds what is required and there are more machines
in stock than are needed. At this stage, one section of the machines in
stock goes to computer B and removes the cable connecting computer B with
computer A. Now, computer B cannot receive a command from computer A.
Since the production command cannot reach computer C, production ceases
and the computers in stock last until the supply runs out. When the stock
runs low, the cable connecting computer A with computer B is again attached
by the machines and production resumes.
If such machines were made which could supervise their own production
and that of the machines that produce them so intelligently, a revolution
in industry and technology would be the result. In every human being,
there exists such a fantastic system of production occurring every minute.
A second system also determines the amount of thyroxine produced. An
increase in the amount of thyroxine affects the cells in the hypothalamus.
These cells reduce the production of TRH and, therefore, the amount of
TSH secreted in the pituitary gland is reduced. By this way, the production
of thyroxine is slowed down.
Using the above factory example, it is useful to examine this second
system. The effect of the thyroxine on the hypothalamus and its curtailment
of the production of TSH can be compared to the machines produced in our
imaginary factory that slow down the information flow from that computer.
Not only the communication between computer A and computer B is cut, but
computer A is also slowed down, thus being prevented from sending a command
to computer B.
When the amount of thyroxine in the blood is reduced,
the system works in the reverse direction. More commands are sent from
computer A and the capacity of computer B to receive these commands is
increased. As a result, the hypothalamus secretes more TRH hormone, the
pituitary gland becomes more sensitive to TRH, and raises the production
of the TSH hormone. In this way, more thyroxine is produced and secreted.16
How does the thyroxine hormone know that the chain of command must be
broken in order to stop its production? How do the cells in the hypothalamus
know that, when the level of thyroxine is high, its secretion must be
stopped and, when it is low, its secretion must be increased? How did
this flawless system come into being?
To think that this intricately planned system came to be by time, chance,
and natural law is more outside the realm of sound thinking than to think
that a computer or a television could come into being by a similar process.
In order for this system to be able to function, hundreds of specially
designed molecular sized structures (which we have not described in detail)
are required. It is a clear fact that this system was created by a supreme
intelligence, that is, by God.
Four Out of Ten Thousand Molecules
The amount of thyroxine secreted is determined by the amazing system
we have described above. But together with all this, there is another
remarkable system that keeps the level of thyroxine in the blood stable
in times of crisis.
Thyroxine molecules are secreted by the thyroid gland
into the blood and must soon become attached to molecules specially designed
to transport them in the blood. While they are attached to this molecule,
they cannot perform their function. Of the thousands of thyroxine molecules,
only a few freely circulate in the blood. It is only about four out of
ten thousand thyroxine molecules that affect the metabolic speed of the
After the free thyroxine molecules enter the target cells, other thyroxine
molecules that detach from their carrier molecules take their place. The
carrier molecules serve as a storage reservoir to ensure that enough thyroxine
is ready when needed.
We have already seen how delicately the balance of the amount of thyroxine
required to affect the cells is adjusted and the medical problems that
can result if the amount of thyroxine rises or falls. This delicate balance
involves a proportion of four free to ten thousand bound thyroxine molecules.
In the light of this, these questions must be asked:
Who counted these trillions of molecules and decided that only close
to four out of ten thousand are needed for the health of human beings?
Who calculated that nine thousand nine hundred ninety-six molecules out
of every ten thousand molecules must stand by idly? Who foresees that
there will be a reduction of the number of these four molecules out of
every ten thousand molecules roaming in the veins, and releases more molecules?
Who made this incredible mathematical calculation and created this system
that has existed in every human ever born?
Certainly this example is a proof that God is sovereign over everything
both visible and invisible, that He encompasses and determines most exactly
the number of all things on the face of the Earth.
So that He may know that they have indeed transmitted the Messages of
their Lord. He encompasses what is in their hands and has counted the
exact number of everything. (Qur'an, 72: 28)
11 Musa Ozet, Osman Arpaci, Biyoloji
2 (Biology 2), Surat Publishing, February 98, p. 126
12 Biyoloji 2 (Biology 2), p. 126
13 Body Atlas, Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. New York, Discovery Communications,
14 The Incredible Machine, p. 222
15 The Incredible Machine, p. 241
16 Biological Science: A Moleculer Approach, p. 521
17 Biological Science: A Moleculer Approach, p. 521
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In Islam a woman, who is divorced by her husband, has to wait for at least three monthly periods and a woman whose husband died has to wait at least four months and ten days before they can re-marry.
If she turns out to be pregnant, then her waiting period lasts until the birth of the child.
This has surprised the modern science after discovering of imprint man water.
According to investigation, carried out by Embryologists in the United States of America, the liquid imprint of a man contains 62 proteins, and it differs from one man to another, just like our fingerprints.
It's like a personal code for each man and a woman's body carries the computer where the code can be put. If a woman marries another man immediately after the divorce, or allows other codes to enter her, it's like viruses entering the computer.
This will cause imbalance, and it'll bring dangerous infectious diseases.
It has been proven scientifically, that during the first menstrual period after divorce, the woman removes 32% to 35% (of the liquid imprint or the man's personal code). Second period, 67% to 72% and third period, 99.9% of the man's imprint.
Hence, the womb is cleansed from the previous imprint after three menstrual periods, and it will be ready to receive new imprint without injury or harm.
Therefore, the practice of prostitution or sleeping with more than one man, causes dangerous diseases as a result of the mixing of sperm fluid in the womb.
The waiting period of a widow needs more time to remove this code because grief makes the imprint to settle inside the womb in a very strong way.
That's why Almighty Allah, the All Knowing prescribed four months and ten days.
This period is for the man's water imprint to vanish completely inside the womb of a widow.
This fact made an embryologist to carry out investigation into the neighborhood of African Muslims in America.
He found out that all women carry their husbands imprint only.
Investigation in another neighborhood of non Muslim women shows that they possess multiple man's imprint, from two to three.
Consequently, they discovered that Islam is the only religion that guarantees women's immunity and holding of society.
The findings also show that Muslim women are the cleanest on earth!


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Welcome to Friday and yet another edition of Ars Technica's Android app round-up. We know how much you love to cut your teeth on new software.
Thanksgiving is just a few days away (in the US, at least) so be sure to eat sparingly to prepare your stomach for all the wonderful food you're going to consume. This would also be a good time to prepare your Android handset as well by queuing it up with a selection of games and apps to keep you occupied during the holiday weekend. Here are a few to help you get started:
Wreck it Ralph, $0.99
The launch of Wreck It Ralph, the mobile app, coincides with the recent release of the Disney animated feature of the same name. The movie follows the tale of an arcade game villain who decides to turn around his fate and instead be the protagonist. There are a plethora of references to classic 8- and 16-bit games in the movie, and the mobile app follows suit with "throwback" minigames.
The app feature three minigames including Fix-it Felix Jr., where you guide Felix to fix the windows that Ralph has wrecked in an old school Donkey Kong-style setup; Sweet Climber, which follows the same game mechanics as the popular mobile game Doodle Jump; and Hero's Duty, an adorable shooter where you blast away cy-bugs.
The games are easy to pick up and drop, and the cast of characters featured within the app are sure to delight. For only a dollar, Wreck It Ralph's mobile app is worth the multiple new games it will bring your device.
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So if your family is driving you nuts this holiday weekend, remember: you have a smartphone, and you can use it to book a hotel or a flight back with only a few taps of a finger.
Pocket Yoga, $2.99
OK. We get that the word "yoga" in the title of this app might be a little scary. Doing yoga for the first time can seem intimidating, but all of that stretching and contortion is really good for the body. After a huge, sleep-inducing Thanksgiving meal it might actually be a good idea to do a couple of simple yoga stretches to help with digestion and keep the blood flowing.
Pocket Yoga lets users choose between three different yoga practices, difficulty levels, and duration times. Classes are as short as half an hour or as long as an hour, and the virtual instructor verbally walks you through every pose while providing an accurate representation of how the pose should look. You can also choose to do individual poses at your own pace, as well as add your own music to the "classes" to listen to as you flow.
Pocket Yoga is the cheapest way to try yoga without investing too much time, energy, or money in studio classes. Take your Android tablet or smartphone into a private room and try your hand at some of the poses. You might be surprised at what you can do.
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Humes, who was 5 of 6 from 3-point range and 8 for 9 overall, also had seven rebounds for the Flames (7-1). He was joined in double-figure scoring by Daniel Barnes and Gary Talton, with 11 points apiece, and Ahman Fells who scored 10. Talton also had eight assists.
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Ill try and keep this nice and simple, so it can provide an interesting read to those who dont want to get too deep (and also so I dont give any secrets away :P)
for those who dont know much about Artificial Intelligence (AI) ill give you a quick run down of whats what.
Fuzzy Logic: Most people who're here will know that binary is a set of 0's and 1's, fuzzy logic is basically a fancy name for grouping numbers into sets.
Expert system: Still researching this one, basically, you give it a set of correct questions and answers and it can then perform things like diagnosis.
Neural network: Looks like the best of the bunch, very powerfull, but somewhat limited in its speed and capabilities as far as I can tell.
take a look here for more info
One of the things I purposefully did when developing the ideas for the TBM_AI system, was to avoid pollution from other AI systems, given its now pretty much proved itself under various test conditions, I've been testing other technologies and developements while I find the direction I want to go. (the two that seem the most promising are the raytrace - openRT and various audio systems such as openAL and VOIP)
So where does the TBM_AI fit into all this?
well, what you've seen so far is the toolset developement, I purposefully minimized exposure to whats truely going on in the core developement (if anything its been the TBM_AI ruleset thats been doing most of the public work on ltktbm), the main exposure you've had to the TBM_AI has been the pathfinder project and its optimizations (2 minates to build route info on a map was still with us not 18 months ago, and the capability 1.8 now has still doesn't really exist anywhere even now) and some small hidden tweeks to the AI which stops them behaving like complete fools.
To get you thinking a little more of where I plan to take this stuff, let me point you to two links:
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this beauty is an expansion on part of the inspiration for TBM_AI
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At the present time, unsupervised learning is not well understood. This adaption to the environment is the promise which would enable science fiction types of robots to continually learn on their own as they encounter new situations and new environments. Life is filled with situations where exact training sets do not exist. Some of these situations involve military action where new combat techniques and new weapons might be encountered
And this my friends, is where TBM_AI fits in, beyond implimenting special information on the map for optimisation purposes, the TBM_AI system is completely unsupervised, I remember back in the day the week after the first TBM_AI system when I first saw a bot hide behind a tree in teamjungle while developing its tactics, after less than 8 generations - completely learnt behaviour (it shouldn't even of been able to know the tree existed) and I nearly fell off my chair.
Why are we not there yet?
well mostly set backs. The original code base was Extremely buggy, crashed alot and was generally unusable for anything other than simple analysis, and no-one was interested.
So how far on am I?
pathfinder, is basically done, and this is a big boost for the real-time processing required to make the AI SDK a reality. The ruleset is defined in my head, and I have about 30 pages of handwritten notes on how to impliment it in code, providing for maximum versatility, theres many applications it can handle, and as such needs to be written with these in mind. Most of the tools and principles have been well tested, but final versatility has yet to be realised. Version 1.9 should mark the end of this stage, and maybee the dawn of a new day for TBM in general. Especially with the parrallel developements such as q2a3d and the water surfaces. It also has shown promising results for the likes of project and financial management, which may prove to be its most usefull functions.
So what next?
Ill not go into to much depth as to where I plan to take it, other than to say this. Yesterday I read an old (1995) publication called "Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and evolutionary computation" this made some pretty fantasical claims based on research at the time and where they expect to be using 2001 technology. Well the technology is here, above and beyond what they were looking for. But needless to say it didn't live up to expectations. With this in mind, The TBM_AI SDK should provide technology sets beyond my expectations, but untill its tested more throughally all I can say is hope. However, a nice discovery recently is how well neural networks can provide a 'plugin' to the current TBM capabilities - they fill in some irratating holes with regards to recognition and fuzzy logic. these WILL be a part of the SDK, so the very least you can expect is unrivelled pathfinding capabilities, with some well proven learning systems.
Why donate?
Well, your not just saying "thank you" for the time Ive already spent to bring you what I would hope is some great entertainment, but also ensuring I have the time and resources to continue todo so. Let me get this straight, I may be getting on a bit, but I am a full time student, you may have seen me less and less recently (mostly due to part time work to fund my degree), but what you have seen I hope you like, the more donations I recieve, the more time I can spend evolving what we have already, and believe me when I say you aint seen nothin yet.
Lastly, To become a beta tester from now on your probably going to have to donate. This means, if you want access to the water surface tech demo stuff, its source, and maybee even the ltktbm beta your going to have to donate.
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Spend even a few minutes with Joy Neas and you start to wonder, "When does this woman sleep?"
Spend even a few minutes with Joy Neas and you start to wonder, "When does this woman sleep?"
There are so many hopes and dreams and plans percolating that you almost feel the dizzying, whirring mind that simply doesn't rest.
As she sat in the Mexican Heritage Center on Thursday - volunteering the first and third Thursday of each month - Neas was anticipating Saturday's Art Flash Mob that she'd scheduled on the Miracle Mile.
It was her second planned flash mob and she dreams of monthly events in locations all around town.
She also was discussing the upcoming Summer ArtSplash, the monthly downtown art shows that she began coordinating last year when the Downtown Stockton Alliance abandoned the art walk.
In the fall she's hoping to hold Art Break Day, similar to the flash mob that was started in one city and has spread to 13. Funds are made available for art supplies, but Neas said she applied too late to receive the $500.
"They said they love what I'm doing, and if they have any money left, they'll let me do it. Or, maybe I can raise some money," Neas said.
Well, sure, she could go out and raise some money in her spare time, relying on the salesmanship that made her the top candy seller when she was a Camp Fire Girl growing up in Richmond.
Selling stuff and raising money isn't what Neas is all about, though.
She's about art and vision and community and working together to make places more beautiful and harmonious.
The blond-haired, blue-eyed 50-year-old artist's first love is photography but she also crochets, dabbles in paint, draws with chalk, writes poetry and creates collages. She has been devoted to the Mexican Heritage Center since it started in 1997, but is just as committed to Little Manila and the efforts of the Filipino Community.
"There was a picture in the paper of (Stockton native) Dawn Mabalon when they knocked down the gateway block, and the building where her grandfather's lunch counter was," Neas said. "Her head was down and she was devastated. Nobody should have to feel like that."
Neas' affinity for old buildings took form when she was introduced to urban planning when she returned to San Francisco State from 1998-2000 to complete her bachelor's degree in humanities.
So inspired was the notion of developing communities with a nod to art and history, Neas went to San Jose State from 2001-04 to earn a master's degree in urban planning.
She's been civically engaged since then, from serving as chair of the University Neighborhood Renaissance Committee to founding Save Old Stockton, which spared five of eight historic downtown hotels slated for the wrecking ball to make room for parking spaces.
Neas' devotion to the place she calls home began when she and her husband of 31 years, Frank, bought their first home here in 1993. They'd moved from place to place during their marriage, but when they purchased a home, Neas was determined to embrace the community.
A woman who doesn't drive, Neas instead would walk around the city, and she was dazzled by the architecture of downtown and the splendor of the rivers and trees and natural habitats of the region.
When she looks at the Calaveras, she doesn't just see a need to clean up the riverbank, which she's done, but the need to capture it in some art form. She's coordinated art shows for different river-themed events and not only had a display of her photographs at the Earth Day celebration, but also took some 200 photos for organizers to use in promoting future events.
Neas wanted to create an art show for this year's Waldo Music Festival, an outdoor celebration on the banks of the Calaveras River that raises money for wilderness areas in San Joaquin County.
"I went several years ago and they had an art display," Neas said. "I called them and wanted to do one this year, and they said, 'We've never had an art display, we're not going to have an art display, we can't have an art display. It's only music.'
"They had an art display at one time, but they only want to do music now."
Frustrated but not deterred, Neas is taking her plans for an art show to Whirlow's, which is holding a Health and Body Festival the same day, June 8.
Neas simply refuses to give up on a desire to make her world better through the arts. She's not na�ve about the crime in her beloved city. Her father-in-law was a victim of it, run down and killed in a cross walk on California Street in 2003. Neas just believes there's a better solution than another crime summit.
"Crime talk, crime summits?" Neas said. "If you provide people with art experiences, with activities to involve themselves, they don't have the desire to commit crime or the time to commit crime.
"We need to learn about each other. We're not miserable (as Forbes Magazine says every year). A lot of people have risen up and said, 'We can be better.' A lot of positive has come out of that."
Neas' own reaction to Stockton being branded a miserable city was to win a mini grant from the Stockton Arts Commission to create a movie about the good in Stockton. It's not yet finished, and she's hoping for a grant to pay for its screening in a theater, but she attended countless events and produced hours of footage.
"When people say there's nothing to do in Stockton I feel like punching them in the nose," Neas said. "There's so much to do in Stockton. When I first started this, I would look on the visitstockton.org website and there'd be five or six things going on a day and we'd be running from one to another."
The two discovered there's more to Stockton than asparagus. There's a rich, diverse culture with plenty to offer.
And, if it isn't offered, chances are good Neas will think of a way to offer it.
She has hopes for a show at the Horton Gallery on Delta College's campus, maybe next summer. It would include a blank space, called a world without art, and another, a world with art, featuring art forms of all varieties, asking the viewer the question "Which world would you choose?"
That's down the road. For now, there's the ArtSplash to coordinate and a May 30 fundraising event, from 5 to 9 p.m. with an art exhibit and live music, to keep the Plea for Peace Center open.
If the musical shows at that venue aren't necessarily to her taste, Neas nonetheless stepped in to help with the fundraising cause.
"Artists need to support each other," Neas said.
As much as Neas enjoys creating, whether photographing and drawing or crocheting, what gets her out of bed in the morning in the face of discouragement, is the opportunity to help others share their art, and the possibility that others will find the joy in it that drives her on a daily basis.
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RELIGION Catholics divided over church's stance on same-sex marriage
By choosing a staunch same-sex marriage foe as San Francisco's new archbishop, the Vatican has laid bare a rift among local Catholics, some of whom strongly support the church's position while others emphatically don't.
Salvatore Cordileone played a key role in the passage of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California. The Vatican on Friday named him to replace San Francisco's current archbishop, George Niederauer, in October.
To some Catholics, Cordileone's stance on same-sex marriage shows a leader unafraid to speak out.
"He stands up for his faith," said Dorothy Vigna, 63, relaxing with friends Sunday after services at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Noe Valley. "I think if all Christians stood up for their faith, we'd have a better world."
She supports the church's position against same-sex marriage and doesn't see it as an outright rejection of homosexuals or their families.
"The church has guidelines, so we believe in the sanctity of marriage," Vigna said. "That does not mean the church does not recognize gay families - not at all."
Other San Francisco Catholics, however, view same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue, and they fiercely opposed Prop. 8. To them, Cordileone's appointment looks like another example of the Vatican trying to rein in Catholics who want the church to change its ways.
"We need another Reformation," said Tom Sheahan, following services at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro. Many of Holy Redeemer's worshipers are gay, and they're proud of their parish's welcoming stance.
Sheahan, 46, noted that the Vatican is also trying to exert more control over the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which church officials accused of spreading "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith."
"With the plight of women religious and the crackdown on gay marriage, it's the Vatican trying to set its mark down, and it's pretty disgusting," Sheahan said.
Organized Prop. 8 backers
While serving the church in San Diego four years ago, Cordileone organized Catholic leaders and donors to back Prop. 8, a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. He also forged alliances with Protestant leaders to broaden the measure's support.
It worked. Voters approved Prop. 8 by 52 to 48 percent. Cordileone now chairs the Subcommittee on the Promotion and Defense of Marriage for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Same-sex marriage, however, isn't his only issue. He favors a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. And he supports Proposition 34, a measure on California's November ballot that would abolish the death penalty in favor of life without parole.
San Francisco's archdiocese, which also includes Marin and San Mateo counties, has its own issues that local Catholics would like Cordileone to address.
Other concerns
Several said Sunday that they want the church to do a better job reaching out to young people, finding ways to keep them active in the faith. Some want the church to step up its efforts to fight homelessness, one of San Francisco's most visible and pressing problems.
"If you get here any time before 8 o'clock in the morning, throughout the week, you will see five to seven people sleeping out here in sleeping bags," said Hugh O'Regan, waving his arm across the sidewalk in front of Most Holy Redeemer. "It's a crime that San Francisco still has so many homeless people, and that this state and this country can't get a handle on it. Some of these people here are veterans, and they're sleeping on the street."
As for Cordileone, even some of those opposed to his views on same-sex marriage said they were willing to give him a chance as the church's new local leader.
"We all have to take a wait-and-see attitude," said Nicolas Volante, 53, at Most Holy Redeemer. He credits the parish with bringing him back to Catholicism after 30 years away from the church, and he asked Cordileone to see the place for himself.
"Come here, see what we're doing, see what we're all about," Volante said. "Come break bread with us."
David R. Baker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: David R. Baker at email@example.com


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Mark your calendar, foodies. On Saturday, August 7 the Piedmont Environmental Council is having a fundraising feast for its Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign at Whole Foods Market on Route 29 North. Guests will dine on a menu featuring products from many local and regional farmers and producers including Barboursville Vineyard, Blue Mountain Brewery, Blue Ridge Dairy, Caromont Farms, Green Hill Farms, Henley's Orchard, Meadow Creek Farm, Porcello Farm, Shenandoah Valley Family Farms, Shenandoah Joe Coffee and Wade's Mill. Many of the farmers and producers will also be on hand for the event.
The feast begins at 6pm and tickets, which are said to be completely tax-deductible, are $50. Tickets can be purchased online or by giving Melissa Wiley at the PEC a call at 434-977-2033.