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BOULDER - Colorado had three players in double-digits and used a late run to pull away from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 75-48, in the second game of the 2012 Omni Hotels Classic at the Coors Events Center.
Colorado improves to 3-0 and will play San Diego State in Saturday's championship game set for 7:30 p.m. San Diego State defeated Auburn 78-57 in the first game. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (0-5) will play Auburn in Saturday's consolation game at 5 p.m.
Freshman forward Arielle Roberson scored a game-high 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting. Senior guard Chucky Jeffery nearly missed a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Jasmine Sborov tied a career-best with 10 points.
""I thought for the second straight game we had great contribution from everybody on our team," head coach Linda Lappe said. "They all did their job and they played their role. Many of them came in and gave us some great energy, whether it was to start the game, start the half, or when they came in off the bench. But I thought they did a fantastic job of really playing together."
Seven players had at least five points as the Buffaloes hit 70 for the third straight game to open the season. The Buffaloes also had seven players with three or more rebounds and six players with multiple assists.
"It's awesome," Jeffery said on her team's depth. "To have a number of players that can come off the bench and replace players on the floor without disrupting the flow is great. We know the game isn't going to change when we sub because we have confidence in getting the ball to our post players."
The layups in the post weren't falling like they did in Kansas City last weekend, but the Buffaloes were able to hit the outside shot.
Sborov, making her first start of the season set the tone early for the Buffaloes. She scored all 10 of her points in the first half on 5-of-7 shooting, most on smooth looking 12-15 foot jumpers.
"Chucky [Jeffery] did a great job at drawing in the defense and I was just hitting shots off of reversals and kick-outs," Sborov said. "We worked on that religiously in practice so I think that opened up a lot of our inside game in the second half."
The Buffaloes built a 35-24 halftime lead by scoring 11 points off turnovers and turning in their best half from the line this year, hitting 8-of-10.
CU shot below its season average of 44 percent, making just 12 of 30 in the first 20 minutes, but Lappe lauded the team's ability to shake off the early misses and keep hammering away down low.
"I liked how we stayed composed tonight," Lappe said. "Our inside game wasn't going well at the beginning, but we were getting great shots. The thing I liked about tonight is that we didn't shy away from using our posts, our guards kept feeding the ball down there, they kept offensive rebounding, and they kept at it. When you do that, those easy shots are going to eventually fall."
Jeffery ran a solid point game, contributing four assists and four steals, and notably just one turnover against an aggressive Islanders defense.
Colorado led by double-digits most of the game, but still only led by 10 when Trish Amboree hit three free throws with 9:28 left to make the score 53-43.
Roberson responded with five straight points and Jeffery followed with a transition layup to put CU up 60-43. The Buffaloes ran from there, ending the game on a 22-5 run.
Colorado dominated the boards, by a count of 49-23. Roberson had eight, Sborov had six.
Janae Blount led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with 13 points and six rebounds. Ashley Darley pitched in 12.


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While Jad is playing in the garden a small bird falls down onto the ground in front of him. Jad carries the bird gently into the house and with the help of his sister, Tala, tries to revive it. After a few days the bird recovers and soars up high into the sky.
* If you were Jad and you saw a wounded bird would you help it? What would you do?
* What does a bird have which allows it to fly? What covers the wings of a bird? You could possibly expand further on the link between the form and the function of the wing.
* What else might cover an animal's body? (Wool, fur etc.)
* Name other animals whose bodies are covered with feathers. Can all of them fly?
* Where did Jad and Tala put the bird? Why?
* You could possibly talk about the places where other animals live.
* Why did Jad and Tala open the windows and the door for the bird?
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LONDON: Philips has joined The Climate Group's Clean Revolution campaign as the first Lead Corporate Partner, with aims to speed up the global switch to LED lighting and reduce lighting energy consumption by 40% worldwide.
Philips Lighting, a world leader in innovative lighting solutions, is the first Corporate Partner to join The Climate Group's three-year Clean Revolution campaign.
The campaign's main aim is to inspire the world's decision-makers and enable them to accelerate low carbon economic growth.
The partnership is aimed at speeding up the global switch to LED lighting (light emitting diodes). LED lighting offers extraordinary opportunities for significant cuts in energy use and worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.
At the same time, LED lighting solutions provide important social benefits, such as higher productivity at work, increased road safety, more effective school learning and an enhanced sense of well-being and comfort at home, in buildings and on streets.
Currently, lighting accounts for 19% of global electricity production. A full switch to LED lighting could reduce energy consumption for lighting by 40% worldwide. This translates to approximately 130 billion euros in running costs and 670 million tons of avoided carbon dioxide emissions per year.
Furthermore, the switch to LED could cut back the need for capital investment in new electricity generation capacity of over 1 trillion euros – or some 640 power plants.
Marc de Jong, CEO of Professional Lighting Solutions, Philips, said: "We have joined the Clean Revolution campaign as we believe it is an excellent avenue to further strengthen the case for LED lighting that can lead to dramatic savings in energy and spur low carbon growth, while enhancing people's feeling of security and comfort on streets, in buildings, and at home. This partnership underlines our commitment as a leading health and well-being company to drive the wave of innovative LED lighting and provide meaningful solutions that improve people's quality of life."
Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group, said: "We are delighted to have Philips, one of the principal corporations in lighting internationally, as our first Lead Corporate Partner for The Clean Revolution campaign. Over the next three years we will be working with Philips to highlight the opportunity for governments and corporations in investing in the low carbon economy with a focus on expanding the use of what is one of the most promising smart technologies, LEDs.
"In 2010 The Climate Group launched a highly successful and pioneering global program called LightSavers. This pilot saw ten cities, including Hong Kong, London, New York and Mumbai, utilize LED lighting across public spaces. Our cooperation with Philips will allow us to further highlight the great cost-savings and energy efficiency improvement LEDs provide and catalyze a low carbon transformation in lighting around the world.


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VANCOUVER -- DJ Tiesto has postponed his Vancouver show hours before he was set to take the stage at the Pacific Coliseum, citing travel delays.
"That one time I fly commercial to Vancouver my plane gets super delayed...thanks @united," he tweeted Sunday afternoon.
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The spinner was set to headline the Dooms Night Halloween event in Vancouver, with fellow DJs Danny Avila, Dzeko & Torres and Benji also taking the decks.
But by 8 p.m., the world's most renowned DJ, who played a set in Texas the night before, resigned himself to the fact that he wouldn't make it here on time.
The following was sent out from his Twitter account: "Due to travel issues beyond our control, the event in Vancouver tonight is postponed. We are working to reschedule as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and patience. - Team Tiesto."
According to the ClubZone website, tickets cost $120 for the Sunday pass, with Tiesto billed as the main attraction.
Club promoters Solid Events Ltd. later confirmed via Twitter: "Due to unforeseen circumstances with flight delay with #tiesto. #DAY2 will be postponed until further notice. Thank you for ur patience."
The Dutch DJ, who has a reported net worth of $75 million, plays to massive audiences around the world. According to Forbes, Tiesto was the highest-paid DJ of 2012, pulling in an astonishing $22 million.
This follows last week's last-minute postponement of Kanye West's Vancouver concert.


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"Don't overcomplicate your strategy and your focus," said Raymond James (RJF) CEO Paul Reilly in a media roundtable on Tuesday during the Raymond James Financial Services National Conference for Professional Development in Dallas.
Speaking a day before the company released its quarterly results, Reilly was asked whether the company planned to grow organically or through additional acquisitions, like the deal to acquire Morgan Keegan which was closed in April 2012 and whose technolgoy integration was completed in late February. "With Morgan Keegan, we had such a good experience," he said, "but that's because the cultures were nearly identical." As for future acquisitions, "if the culture doesn't fit, we won't do it," he said, mentioning as well that any future deals would have to positively answer three questions: "Is it strategic? Can you integrate? Is the price right?"
While there might be some "smaller firms" in the industry that could meet those conditions, the problem is that "they're private and not for sale," he said, concluding that there weren't "a lot of opportunities" for acquisitions. Instead, he joked that Raymond James would "go back to our boring old ways," but also asserted "that's why they [financial advisors] join us."
Citing the average age of advisors, 58, Reilly said further that broker-dealers "can't just go on stealing from each other." So one of the alternative paths to growth for Raymond James will come in training prospective advisors, using the "good training group" that Morgan Keegan had and that Raymond James kept intact as part of the Morgan Keegan acquisition. The integration of Morgan Keegan's 800 representatives and 500,000 client accounts "far exceeded our high expectations," he said, though he admitted that "reducing headcount was the most difficult" part of the acquisition and integration.
On April 11, Raymond James said that following the completion of the Morgan Keegan integration, it was eliminating 160 positions, 115 of which are at its St. Petersburg home office, leaving 3,200 staffers at its headquarters. However, Reilly said in the interview that the "rightsizing" of technical and support staff was prompted by "some direct overlap" between Morgan Keegan and Raymond James' employees, but that the company would be hiring 35 technology staffers, and said that operational support staff would rise 6% from pre-merger levels. Noting that those support staffers would be assisting in areas like account openings, he pledged "we won't cut support."
"Our focus of 'client first' hasn't changed," he said, and Raymond James' intention to be the "premier alternative to Wall Street" remains intact as well. "We're looking to grow the business five years out, not for the next quarter; our core values haven't changed."
Reilly then turned to regulatory issues, which Raymond James Private Client Group CEO (and current SIFMA chairman) Chet Helck addressed in a speech on Tuesday. On the Department of Labor's planned redefinition of fiduciary under ERISA, Reilly said Raymond James, most advisors and even "Schwab and Fidelity" agree that "it's a bad idea." "We need a common set of regulations" from both DOL and the SEC.
He also addressed the issue of diversity, saying that the financial services industry's overall record has been "poor," and that particularly among African-Americans, the industry "has been pathetic." There are two reasons for more diversity in financial services, he suggested: social justice, but also economic drivers.
While Raymond James has been an early (starting more than 18 years ago) and consistent advocate for bringing more women into the advisor force, he argued that women needed more role models to change the male-heavy advisor workforce. "We can target, recruit and train [women] ourselves, but it's an industrywide problem," he argued.
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Man crashes motorcycle after chase, Virginia police say
By Allen Worrell, The Carroll News
CARROLL COUNTY, Va. -- A Hillsville man has been airlifted from Carroll County High School after he led local authorities on a high-speed chase Monday afternoon that resulted in him crashing his motorcycle, causing it to catch fire.
According to Virginia State Police Sgt. Scott Todd, Brian Ellison Workman, 38, failed to stop at a traffic checkpoint Monday afternoon at the intersection of Keno and Snake Creek Roads. Workman, driving a 2003 Kawasaki motorcycle, failed to stop, leading Carroll County Sheriff's Office deputies on a high-speed chase that reached speeds of 110 miles per hour, Todd said.
The six-minute chase on Snake Creek Road ended at 1:43 p.m. when Workman lost control of the motorcycle in a curve in front of Fairview Presbyterian Church.
"There was a deputy sitting off the road with his blue lights engaged. When he lost control, he slid into the deputy's vehicle and the bike caught on fire," Todd said. "He is being flown. I don't know the extent of his injuries, but I know he had burns."
Todd estimated Workman was going approximately 60 miles per hour when he lost control in the curve.
"His driver's license was suspended. I don't know if that is why he ran," Todd said.
"It appears he may have had methamphetamine on him," Carroll County Sheriff J.B. Gardner added.
Todd said he would charge Workman with reckless driving, while additional charges from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office are forthcoming, Gardner said.
Deputy Justin Haga was working the traffic stop at the intersection of Keno Road and Snake Creek Road along with Sgt. Bobby Lyons.
"Sgt. Lyons was in the road and told him to stop. He was wearing a green Sheriff's Office traffic vest, which was highly visible," Haga said. "He had hands in the air motioning for him to stop. He started to stop and then he took off. That is when we started our pursuit."
Haga said Deputy Billy Johnson, who was at Gladesboro School at the time, joined the chase. Lyons also joined the pursuit a little later, Haga said. Haga said he was unsure of the how high speeds got during the chase.


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And, no, neither of them answers to a nickname that rhymes with "Schmonny Schmootball."
Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman — and not head coach Kevin Sumlin — announced Saturday night that cornerback Deshazor Everett and safety Floyd Raven have received punitive measures from the football program that will cost them game time. Specifically, Raven has been suspended for the entire opener against Rice, while Everett has been suspended for the first half of that game.
Both players had been indefinitely suspended following a late May arrest related to an incident in early April, but returned for summer camp.
In that incident, it's alleged that both players beat on two males and a Chevy Tahoe after a bar beef spilled over to an apartment complex confrontation. Everett and Raven were ultimately charged with two counts each of assault causing bodily injury.
Everett started 12 games in 2012, rising to fame after intercepting an AJ McCarron fourth-and-goal pass that helped seal the Aggies' upset of Alabama. Raven played in 13 games in 2012 as a cornerback, but won the starting job after moving to safety during spring practice.
Raven and Everett actually serve as the second and third A&M defensive starters suspended for the opener. Earlier this month, Sumlin announced that defensive lineman Kirby Ennis is suspended for the opener following his arrest on a gun-related charge. Ennis started 11 games last season for the Aggies.


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Centre Dimensions to perform Dec. 3
Centre Dimensions to perform Dec. 3
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Centre Dimensions, Penn State's premier jazz ensemble, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Esber Recital Hall. Their repertoire includes music by Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Thad Jones and Phil Woods, as well as an original composition by director Dan Yoder. Tickets (at the door) are $4.99 for the general public and $2 for students.
This concert is also available through live streaming video at the Penn State School of Music.
Program Highlights
El Congo Valiente (from "Cuban Fire Suite") -- Stan Kenton
"Get Happy" -- Chris Mertz
"You Are So Beautiful" -- Dennis Wilson, Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher; arr. Woody Herman (with Sean Durkin, trombone)
"The Hot Rod King" -- Dan Yoder
Centre Dimensions, the premier 20-piece jazz ensemble at Penn State, performs frequently on campus and tours throughout Pennsylvania and the East. In addition, Centre Dimensions performs and works with several internationally known artists each year. Previous guests have included Cyrus Chesnut (piano), Bob Mintzer (sax), Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), George Rabbai (trumpet, vocals), Frank Morgan (sax), Lynn Seaton (bass) and John Riley (drums). They perform a challenging repertoire of modern and classic jazz as well as originals written by the director. This highly selective ensemble is open by audition to undergraduate and graduate students in all majors.


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Having formed during the early part of 2006, Wooden Shjips could be classed as veterans of the psychedelic rock scene. The four-piece, comprised of Ripley Johnson (guitars/vocals), Dusty Jermier (bass), Nash Whalen (organ) and Omar Ahsanuddin (drums) came together through a love of bands like Suicide, Spacemen 3 and The Velvet Underground. Initially based in San Francisco, they put out their self-titled debut album the following year, sandwiched in between a host of singles and EPs released through various labels.
2009's follow-up Dos continued to build their growing reputation as one of the most intuitive bands on the US underground circuit, while third album West, released two years later, further highlighted their musical development. Since then, two of the band - singer/guitarist Johnson and drummer Ahsanuddin - have relocated to Portland, culminating in their latest long player Back To Land, released on Thrill Jockey earlier this month. A more mellow, song-based affair than the experimental looped grooves of its predecessors, Back To Land heralds the beginning of a new chapter for Wooden Shjips. Intrigued by the apparent change of direction, DiS caught up with affable frontman Johnson and discovered his approach to writing and recording has changed considerably since the band's early days.
DiS: Your new album Back To Land came out last week. Are you satisfied with how the record turned out? Would you say it is Wooden Shjips most definitive record to date?
Ripley Johnson: I'm really happy with it. I don't know about definitive, but it reflects where we're at now, or where I was coming from when we made it. The goal is always to just make an honest record, so it's successful by that measure.
DiS: The band's sound seems to have developed with each record from the raw energy of your early singles and self-titled debut through to the more refined sounds of West. Back To Land seems more song-based than its predecessors. Is that something you were consciously striving to achieve with this record?
Ripley Johnson: It's just something that I've been more interested in, and an aspect that we hadn't focused on as much in the past. I tend to just start writing, and as the process goes forward I will steer things one way or another. For this album I kind of let the songs dictate how the album would sound. In the past I was maybe more interested in letting the sounds dictate the form of the album.
DiS: In terms of the recording process, what did you do differently on Back To Land compared with its predecessors? Did you take a different approach to the songwriting for example?
Ripley Johnson: The approach wasn't that different but as I said, we just let the songs lead the way more. In the past I might have set aside some of the more mellow songs, like 'These Shadows' or 'Everybody Knows'. For this album I thought, what the hell, let's just add some acoustic guitar and bongos. I guess I was in a mellow mood. I was also listening to a lot of typical classic rock, like Creedence, Pink Floyd, the Faces, etc...
DiS: You've recently relocated to Portland. Did that play a part in influencing the sound and direction of the record? Is it a more settled environment to write and record compared to the hustle and bustle of San Francisco?
Ripley Johnson: It did play a part. I'm more settled there. I was basically without a proper home for a while, so moving into a house, unpacking all my old records, hunkering down for the winter, all of those things had a huge effect on my state of mind. I don't think of San Francisco as having a lot of hustle and bustle, but Portland is certainly more laid back. There are a lot of trees.
DiS: Of the songs on 'Back To Land', which is the oldest? It's been two years since West came out. Were any of them written around the same period or are they all completely new?
Ripley Johnson: They're all new, written last winter. I generally don't like to dig up old songs.
DiS: You've spent a lot of the interim period recording and touring with Moon Duo. Is it difficult balancing the two acts? With both bands having achieved respectable levels of success, do you ever find time to have a break?
Ripley Johnson: It's not that hard. I think we have good separation between the two bands. I get breaks here and there, but I'm grateful for the opportunities to work. They won't always be there.
DiS: I'd imagine the writing and recording process to be a lot more complex with Wooden Shjips than it is with Moon Duo, for logistical reasons if nothing else. How do the songs come together? Who has the final say on what stays and what goes? Is it a purely democratic process?
Ripley Johnson: I wouldn't say it's complex. Basically I write the songs, record some very basic demos, then we get together and hash them out. If a song doesn't come together right away it might get tossed. I don't like to force it. Sometimes it's just not a good groove for the band. There's not a lot of discussion, we just feel it out as we go.
DiS: The psych rock scene has had something of a massive resurgence over the past few years, with both Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo at the forefront of its explosion. Are you comfortable being classified as part of a scene? Do you feel any kinship or commonality with other psych bands? Which bands in particular do you think are pushing the boundaries that bit further?
Ripley Johnson: I'm OK with it generally. I've always had a separate section of my records for psych music, for bands like Vermonster, Blue Cheer, Chrome, Comets On Fire, George Brigman, High Rise, etc..., so I could have easy access to it. I like being part of that tradition. As far as boundary pushing, I'm less interested in that than in personal vision. I'm into the auteur kind of thing. I'm impressed by bands who have an identifiable sound, like Sun Araw, Psychic Ills, Fabulous Diamonds, MV&EE and Comets on Fire.
DiS: You're over here in the UK for a handful of dates next month. What can we expect from the setlists? Will there be any surprises? Are there any songs from your back catalogue which you're not that comfortable about playing any more?
Ripley Johnson: We generally like to bring the rock, as we say, so the set will more than likely reflect that. It depends on the venue and atmosphere but more mellow songs tend to drop off the set list fairly quickly. I guess we'll see what the mood is when we play those places.
DiS: Do you prefer playing live or working in the studio?
Ripley Johnson: I like both but if forced I would choose the studio. It's where everything begins. I like the process of building up an album out of nothing.
DiS: 2013 has been an exceptional year for music. What have been your favourite records released in the last year?
Ripley Johnson: I'm not anywhere near my records so I'll probably miss a few but I liked new ones by Bill Orcutt, Thee Oh Sees, Kurt Vile and The Violators, Steve Gunn, Cave, Purling Hiss and Hellshovel.
DiS: What does the future hold for Wooden Shjips? Will there be any more tours or festival appearances next year?
Ripley Johnson: We have West Coast and Europe dates for the winter, then we'll be back over in the summer. Our booking agent Fitz is working on it now.
Wooden Shjips play the following shows in December:-
09 Brighton Audio
10 London Scala (w/ Kandodo)
11 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
12 Glasgow SWG3
13 Belfast Menagerie
14 Dublin Grand Social
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Sony SCD-CE775 SACD Changer
When I reviewed the first Super Audio CD (SACD) player, Sony's ultra-expensive SCD-1, in these pages almost two years ago, I envisioned the format as designed for audiophile "purists" who turned up their noses at CD and even (for reasons still very debatable) DVD playback. Since then, however, it's become clear that SACD is being positioned to compete directly against DVD-Audio. Whereas the first SACD players were two-channel only and carved from solid metal, the SCD-CE775 marries full surround sound playback with a plastic front panel and further flouts audiophile sensibilities by providing a five-disc carousel changer mechanism. But unlike the two-channel DVD-S9000ES SACD player I reviewed in January, it doesn't sweeten the deal by also playing DVD-Video discs. It plays SACDs and CDs, period.
The SCD-CE775's utilitarian front panel has enough controls that you might not even miss a lost remote. My favorite is the knob that lets you find a desired track with a quick twist. The Time/Text button lets you display CD/SACD text, if any (all the SACDs I've seen have disc and track titles, but it's still rare on regular CDs). The SACD/CD button lets you choose either the SACD or CD layer on hybrid discs, while the MULT/2CH button lets you choose either the multichannel or two-channel mix on discs that offer both. Unfortunately, you can't use these buttons while a disc is playing, so you can forget about any instant A/B comparisons.
Unlike DVD players, the SCD-CE775 has no onscreen setup menu - or any video output. The menu button brings up text prompts for setup options on the fluorescent display. The remote control is a slender stick with a numeric keypad and buttons that largely duplicate the front panel.
Installation was an easy matter of connecting the six analog audio outputs to my receiver. Using the menu button, I set the default playback mode to SACD for multichannel and set up the player's onboard bass-management processing, a key feature that the first round of DVD-Audio players lack.
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Over one thousand people demonstrated outside Ofer prison on Thursday, near the town of Beitunia in support of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israeli jails. It is the third demonstration at Ofer this past week.
The demonstration was met with countless volleys of tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition from Israeli soldiers positioned at the entrance to the prison. Soldiers also invaded the town's buildings to shoot from the roofs overlooking the demonstrators.
Over 70 people were injured, including 30 from rubber-coated steel bullets and one from a round of live ammunition.
"It was chaos, crazy— so many people got injured. I got shot in the chest with a tear gas canister," said Tareq, an activist from Ramallah.
The action attempts to draw attention to Israel's malformed justice system. Out of the several thousand Palestinians kept in Israeli prisons, close to two hundred are under 'administrative detention', which allows their indefinite custody without trial or charge. An even larger protest was held outside the prison last Friday, with a smaller one on Wednesday, amidst a developing movement inside Palestine to highlight the plight of Palestinian prisoners.
The demonstration also forms part of the solidarity efforts for imprisoned hunger striker Samer Issawi, who has surpassed 213 days without food in defiance of his prison guards and the Israeli prison system writ large.
"We are campaigning for the release of Sameer Issawi, Jaafar [Ezzedine], Ayman [Sharawneh] and Tareq [Qaadan]. On Tuesday the Israeli court issued a statement that it was not releasing Sameer, despite his hunger strike and plea for bail," explained Reem, a demonstrator carrying a large poster with the hunger strikers' faces on.
At the same time as the protest, the Jerusalem Magistrates Court sentenced Sameer Issawi to eight months imprisonment, backdating from July 2012. Although this indicates he may be released in March, he still faces trial by the Israeli military court. According to the Free Sameer Issawi Campaign, the military court charges could re-convict him of his original sentence, which has a remainder of 20 years in prison.
Several activists and the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC) stated that the protests at Ofer would continue every Friday, Tuesday and Thursday until the prisoners, like Sameer, are released. Friday's protest was partially organised by members of the PSCC, and was the culmination of a march through the streets of Ramallah a few hours earlier. In total, the demonstration lasted six hours.
Midway through the protest a huge volley of tear gas was released, engulfing half the town and splitting the demonstrators. Israeli soldiers promptly stormed the large group of Palestinians trapped between the prison gates and the cloud of gas. During this incident, Abir Kopty, the media coordinator for the PSCC, was hit on the top of her head by a tear gas canister. She was quickly carried to a nearby ambulance and taken to hospital where she was treated with three stitches.
After this, the military began firing rounds of live ammunition, striking one demonstrator in the thigh. He is also currently undergoing treatment at Ramallah hospital.
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Living Will / Medical Power of Attorney
A Living Will is a written statement by a competent person over the age of 18 directing the withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining measures in a terminal condition. A Medical Power of Attorney gives another person the authority to make medical decisions on someone's behalf if and when the individual becomes disabled or incapacitated. Information regarding health care directives (Living Will and Medical Power of Attorney) is available by asking health care providers.


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In my preceding post, I talked about the importance and the amazing benefit of reciting a sutra. Regular readers of this blog, already knows that chanting a mantra is a powerful way of tapping into the power of a Buddha or Bodhisattva, but as mentioned in the post – INVITE WONDERFUL BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE BY RECITING A SUTRA – reciting a sutra brings in even more wonderful blessings.
When I say reciting a sutra, it means that you will have to read it aloud. If you can memorize the sutra then recite it from memory, then the blessings are multiplied hundred times. In the succeeding posts, I will share with you the different sutras that I personally recite, some everyday and some once a week. Some are quite short and some are really long.
Today, let me start off with the shortest but one of the most revered sutra in the world, and that is THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA. It's called THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA because even though it is quite short it captures the essence of the PRAJNA PARAMITA sutras, which consist of several different sutras that talks about the Prajna Paramita or Perfect Wisdom.
THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA is short but is also one of the hardest sutra to understand. It is also more often called as THE HEART SUTRA. The Tibetan Buddhists believes that THE HEART SUTRA is a sutra that was spoken by Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, but Zen Buddhists and Pure Land Buddhists believes that Shakyamuni Buddha himself spoke it. I tend to believe that it was indeed spoken by Buddha Shakyamuni.
Reciting THE HEART SUTRA will help create the blessing of harmony and peace. So people who are affected by the #3 Flying Star (also called Argumentative Star), and people who are in a hostile environment, and people who are engage in a legal case will do well to recite THE HEART SUTRA everyday, maybe even several times a day will do. Wearing the whole sutra as an amulet will also help bring about these blessings but wearing it and reciting is the most ideal situation.
Furthermore, when one totally understands THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA, one can enter into Samadhi. This is easier said than done because even though this sutra is really short it's quite difficult to understand it.
I personally love this sutra and believe in its power so much that I highly recommend people wear this sutra. In fact, the past 2 or 3 years I have recommended wearing the image of Kuan Yin with Heart Sutra gold pendant. Partnering this sutra with the Vajrapani Ruel also creates tremendous amount of winning edge with attracting a lot of hostile energies. In fact a reader has shared with me a personal testimony involving The Kuan Yin with Heart Sutra pendant. You can find the link below if you want to read about it.
Since the sutra is short, instead of a link to it, I will put it here from memory in its entirety.
Please don't be surprised that the English translation of these sutras might slightly differ from each other. This is simply a matter of translation. But I will always share with you the English version that I use and believes is easier to understand. If you can recite it in the Tibetan language or Chinese language, which are more accurate. Sometimes, I will recite them in both Chinese and English or English and Tibetan.
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara,
While deeply immersed in prajna paramita,
Clearly perceived the empty nature of the five skandha,
And transcended all suffering.
Sariputra! Form is not different from emptiness,
Emptiness is not different from form.
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
So it is with feeling, conception, volition, and consciousness.
Sariputra! All dharmas are empty in character;
Neither arising nor ceasing,
Neither impure nor pure,
Neither increasing nor decreasing.
Therefore, in emptiness, there is no form;
There is no feeling, conception, volition, or consciousness;
No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind;
No form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or dharmas;
No realm of vision, and so forth,
Up to no realm of mind – consciousness;
No ignorance or ending of ignorance, and so forth,
Up to no aging and death or ending of aging and death.
There is no suffering, no cause, no extinction, no path.
There is no wisdom and no attainment.
There is nothing to be attained.
By way of prajna paramita,
The bodhisattva's mind is free from hindrances.
With no hindrances, there is no fear;
Freed from all distortion and delusion,
Ultimate nirvana is reached.
By way of prajna paramita,
Buddhas of the past, present, and future
Attain anuttara – samyak – sambodhi.
Therefore, prajna paramita
Is the great powerful mantra,
The great enlightening mantra,
The supreme and peerless mantra.
It can remove all suffering.
This the truth beyond all doubt.
And the prajna paramita mantra is spoken thus:
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha (Soha).
Below is the Chinese version of the Sutra. I have taken the liberty to include it here for those who can read Chinese.
You may want to read the story of my reader who had this wonderful experience with the Vajrapani Ruel and the Kuan Yin with Heart Sutra Pendant by checking the post called: THE KUAN YIN WITH HEART SUTRA AND THE VAJRAPANI RUEL HELP SOLVED THE PROBLEMS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR.
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Getting behind a good cause — That's what at least some of state Rep. Dee Richard's colleagues in Baton Rouge have done.
Getting behind a good cause — That's what at least some of state Rep. Dee Richard's colleagues in Baton Rouge have done.
Richard, a Thibodaux independent, was able to gather 38 signatures from House members on his petition seeking a special legislative session.
That is quite an achievement, considering that such a special session would come without the request or blessing of Gov. Bobby Jindal, usually a prerequisite for a session.
Things were a little slower progressing on the Senate side, where Richard's push for a special session bogged down. He needed 13 signatures but got just nine from senators.
Richard had a noble goal: force a statewide discussion on the many draconian cuts Jindal has made in health care.
"The fact that we are left out of this process of where cuts should be made is very disturbing to me, and I believe this is the Legislature's only avenue of trying to get a seat at the table," Richard said.
It's a shame that a public official has to go to such extraordinary lengths to have a say in the process. It is an even larger shame, though, that not all of Richard's colleagues joined him in his demand, effectively shutting the legislators and their constituents out of these significant events.
Breaking ground — It's been a long time coming, but a low-income subdivision in Houma is getting closer to becoming a reality.
That should be greeted as good news by all of Houma, which has more housing options on the horizon.
The subdivision is planned for East Street, between Senator Street and Memory Lane. In all, developer S.P. LaRussa hopes to develop 226 lots, a significant number of homes aimed at families that make $45,000 or less.
The crux of the deal is a $2.7 million loan from the Terrebonne Parish Council, made possible by money the parish received through hurricane-recovery efforts.
Approval of the loan this week means LaRussa can go ahead with plans for the subdivision, which could break ground this year and start building homes early next year.
The homes will range from 1,100 1,500 square feet and will cost $125,000 to $135,000.
It can't happen soon enough.
Oyster management — A new program through the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries should give the state more-accurate information about oyster harvesting, but it will require the cooperation of oyster fishermen.
The Vessel Monitoring System Pilot Program will install tracking devices on oyster boats, allowing the state to keep track of where the oystermen are working at any given time and to match that information with trip tickets to tell the state how well harvesting is going.
"The program will help the state to manage our public fisheries," said Mike Voisin, owner of Motivatit Seafood in Houma and a member of the state's Oyster Task Force. "We have to keep track of 1.6 million acres of public oyster grounds from Sabine Lake to east of the Mississippi River."
The program will help the state monitor an important industry, but it will have to overcome privacy concerns expressed by the oystermen.
With any luck, they will see that the program is meant to gather information to help this industry rather than to impose on the fishermen.
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Common-Core Deal in Florida Sparks Legal Feud
Lawsuit filed after state terminates contract
If the implementation of the Common Core State Standards is an opportunity for government and the private sector to work together toward a mutual goal, a bitter dispute in Florida over a website planned to prepare teachers and students for the standards is proving the messy realities of what can happen when government agencies and private companies can't get along.
The Florida Department of Education terminated a $20 million contract with Infinity Software Development on Oct. 30, about a week after the company filed a lawsuit against interim Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart. The dueling public disclosures outlined a bitter dispute in which both sides claim the other acted too slowly and too sloppily on the project.
While the project is in litigation, Florida educators are left without a preparation resource officials expected would be in use by now, in advance of the curriculum being in place by 2014. Assessments for the common standards are set to begin in the 2014-15 school year.
"It's the definition of building a car while it's careening downhill at 60 miles per hour," said Mark Pudlow, a spokesman for the Florida Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
Complex Relationships
As a majority of states scramble to meet the common academic standards that were unveiled in 2010, Florida's dispute could serve as a cautionary tale for the unusually complex public-private relationships developing to make sure the new standards are used in classrooms.
"It's one thing to procure for buses and desks, but if you're procuring for a more complicated product, you need more expertise and resources to manage contracts," said Douglas Levin, the executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association, or SETDA, based in Glen Burnie, Md. "It needs to be a collaborative effort, and the state needs to take a leadership approach."
Last December, Florida's education department signed the contract with Infinity, an established software company based in Tallahassee. Infinity would create a website for students and teachers featuring mini-assessments and lessons aligned with the common standards and Florida's Next Generation Sunshine State Standards that were adopted in 2007. Tutorials in high school biology, English/language arts, civics, and mathematics would prepare students for more rigorous state testing, and eventually the common assessments, which are being developed in the common-core subjects of English/language arts and math.
MARCH The Florida Department of Education chooses Microsoft to design and build an education website for students and teachers, in preparation for the common core and the state's Next Generation standards. Infinity Software Development challenges the contract between the state and Microsoft, claiming that Microsoft should be disqualified because the company would not relinquish ownership of the software to the state.
JULY The education department agrees to hire Infinity to create the website.
DEC. 9 Infinity and the department sign the final contract for the website, for $20 million. The contract period ends June 30, 2014.
JAN.-FEB. Infinity and Loretta Costin, the Florida education department's chief of staff, meet to discuss communication channels for the contract and payments for contract milestones.
MAY 8 Ms. Costin informs Infinity of her pending retirement, and that interim state Chancellor Pam Stewart will be the department's point of contact for the contract going forward.
MAY 23 Infinity delivers a letter to Ms. Stewart claiming the department is not meeting project-review deadlines, is not updating the timetable to account for delays, and does not have enough project-management resources.
AUG. 15 At a meeting, the education department asks Infinity to relinquish its responsibility to create content aligned to the common standards, and focus only on the technology portion. Infinity responds that technology and content are so intertwined that it would make more sense to turn over both components to the department.
SEPT. 5 Infinity sends a letter of complaint to the then-chairwoman of the state board of education, Kathleen Shanahan.
OCT. 3 The education department sends a "notice of concern" to Infinity President Jon Taylor, writing that it considers the contract to be "highly at risk" because the company's missed deadlines put the project behind schedule by six months, and the quality of content is "inadequate."
OCT. 15 Mr. Taylor responds to the department's letter addressing its concerns. "The department has demonstrated a consistent pattern of inaction," it says.
OCT. 17 The department sends a "notice of default" to Mr. Taylor. "As a result of Infinity's inability to adequately perform on this contract, this important resource will not be available to Florida students as scheduled," it says.
OCT. 22 Infinity files a lawsuit against Ms. Stewart for breach of contract, citing the company's loss of profits, employees, and reputation.
OCT. 30 The education department terminates the contract with Infinity. In a letter, the department says it is in the process of reprocuring the contract.
Infinity earned the contract in a roundabout way. Florida had initially turned to the Microsoft Corp. to develop the website in early 2011. However, Infinity challenged the contract, claiming Microsoft's intent to retain ownership of the software was not in the state's best interest, according to the Associated Press. Infinity won the contract in July 2011 and signed it a few months later.
Poor Communication?
Right away, the relationship went bad, according to court documents and correspondence between the two parties. Infinity accused the education department of not altering the contract's timetable to account for Microsoft's dismissal, and of missing review deadlines. The department claimed the company missed its initial deadlines and had fallen six months behind schedule.
Both sides accused the other of missing meetings and communicating poorly. The department said Infinity "thwarted" efforts to "foster an environment of cooperation and support," accusations that Jon Taylor, Infinity's president, called "inaccurate and offensive."
A particularly heated exchange arose over allegations that Infinity wasn't properly submitting content produced for the website to a panel of experts, as required, and that factual errors resulted.
For example, one civics lesson suggested a discussion on the meaning of "the pursuit of happiness" in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, though the phrase is actually found in the Declaration of Independence, the department said. In response, Mr. Taylor said the department didn't understand the point of the lesson, which was to draw comparisons between the ideals in both documents.
Students were supposed to begin work on the site last month, and in an Oct. 3 letter, the department said it would be "extremely damaging" if lessons weren't delivered this school year. On Oct. 22, Infinity sued the state, and a week later the state terminated the contract.
Infinity, which told the AP it laid off 17 employees and halted work with 100 contracts because of the situation, requested a payment of $3.23 million for the completed work.
The state education department reportedly has spent nearly $2.5 million on the project already, according to the AP. The department is now in the process of rebidding the contract, the letter of termination says.
Test scores suggest there is a need for the resources. Just a few months ago, a more rigorous Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, caused student scores to plunge and led the state's board of education to lower the test's passing score.
The education department declined to comment about the legal feud.
Mr. Taylor also declined to comment, citing the ongoing legal situation, but issued a statement. "Our goal was to reach a resolution that would be in the best interest of everyone, especially Florida's students and educators," he said. "Unfortunately, it now appears that a fair, objective arbiter, in this case the courts, may be the best means to addressing our concerns."
'Ambitious Project'
Florida is not the only state looking for large-scale ways to use technology to prepare for the common standards, Mr. Levin of SETDA said.
Massachusetts and Ohio are negotiating with vendors to build a shared, comprehensive training and classroom-management website for teachers in both states. It will be Ohio's first statewide online instructional system, said John Charlton, a spokesman for the Ohio education department. In addition to serving as a digital repository for lessons aligned with the common core, the site will allow for creation and delivery of lessons and assessments, search of online educational resources, and student data reporting and analysis.
"It's an ambitious project," Mr. Charlton said.
Complex projects, like the one Infinity was hired for, bring with them difficult management decisions. In August, the Florida education department asked to meet with Infinity to discuss "turning over the content-development portion" of the contract to the state. It appears that Infinity hired subcontractors to help create content aligned with the common standards for the site, and the department wasn't satisfied with the quality.
The content creation was too "intertwined" with the technology component for the responsibilities to be separated, Infinity responded.
Disputes over content development could become more frequent on common-core projects, because the standards are such a large shift for educators, administrators, and vendors, Mr. Levin said. And with budget and personnel constraints, that content development could be increasingly contracted and subcontracted to parties further from the classroom.
"Staffing levels are only going in one direction," Mr. Levin said. "This is more complicated work than states have done before." He added: "Departments absolutely have expertise, but they have few experts."
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Meconium aspiration happens when a newborn breathes in a mixture of meconium and amniotic fluid. Amniotic fluid is the liquid that surrounds the baby in the womb. Meconium is the baby's first stool, or poop, which is sticky, thick, and dark green. It is typically passed in the womb during early pregnancy and again in the first few days after birth.
Doctors don't fully understand why babies release stool before they are born. It may be a natural event or it may be caused by stress. Meconium aspiration only happens in a small number of births.
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UPDATED: Jan. 22, 2010 – Listen to Tim interviewed by Rodney Olsen on Australia's 98.5 Sonshine FM.
You can see the photos and video footage on your television or computer, but they don't do the devastation in Haiti justice.
Building after building has collapsed. I've seen dozens of multistory buildings that have collapsed into a stack of pancaked floors. Looking at the sheer tonnage of cement, I'm amazed anyone survived.
Hospitals, schools, churches and businesses all flattened. As if this country didn't already struggle to provide those services to those who need it. That is the great irony right now. The number of people who need medical attention has increased dramatically as the result of this disaster, but the number of medical clinics and hospitals decreased. It seems so unjust.
Communication and transportation are terrible. I'd love to be able to show you some of the videos that I've shot, but I can't get a strong enough Internet connection to last long enough to upload. At this point, my best connection provides 8kb per second. Terribly slow. And it lasts only a few minutes at a time.
This morning, I witnessed a relief truck get overtaken by a crowd of people in the streets. The people climbed the big rig by the dozens, forcing open the back doors and tossing out bags of rice … all while the truck was driving.
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People are desperate for food. All over town, there are makeshift signs (mostly sheets with painted words on them) saying, "We Need Help" or "Please — We Need Food and Water."
At the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, I saw a couple of relief supply trucks that had been turned into makeshift storefronts. People were trying to sell the food, water and clothing inside. Another example of how important it is for you to make sure you partner with an organization that has established distribution channels.
Many organizations can get stuff here, but don't know how to distribute it. Parking a truck on the side of the road can cause mayhem.
We don't know exactly how many of our kids are affected. Getting to them all is terribly difficult. Many families fled when the quake hit. Many are sleeping on the streets. Rounding them up is tough.
Perhaps one of the most inspiring things I've seen is our Haiti staff here. Keep in mind, many of them lost everything in the quake. They lost homes, possessions and sadly, some of them lost loved ones. Yet here they are, working at our makeshift camp every day, trying to help others. Serving in the midst of their pain. Amazing!
Please continue to pray for them. They are heroes of the faith.
Compassion partners with established local churches in Haiti. We have for more than 40 years. They know us. We know them. And shouldn't the church be the distribution channel for relief in times of hurt anyway?
You are providing for tons of supplies to make it into Haiti. Our first planeload is expected to arrive Friday in the Dominican Republic. It will be transported into Haiti on Saturday. We'll be able to provide two weeks' worth of basic necessities to more than 77,000 people.
Two weeks later, we'll be able to give them another two-week kit. It's a start. But it's a drop in the bucket of need. We need more. Help our relief efforts by making a donation to our Disaster Relief Fund.
Thankfully, Compassion has a long-term solution to poverty, too. It's our program. Child Survival, Child Sponsorship, Leadership Development. Holistic Child Development. That's how you change a country like Haiti, from the inside out. Because, let's be honest, as much as this is a natural disaster, its reach is far more exponential as a result of the dire poverty here.
Haitians had little to begin with. This quake took that little away. It's time to start over. And starting over begins with hope. And thankfully, that's something Compassion specializes in.


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January 30, 2012
Walking Underwater
This was the poem selected for the 2011 Montreal International Poetry Prize, "Walking Underwater" by Australian poet Mark Tredinnick.
The winning poem was selected by former UK poet laureate Andrew Motion from a shortlist of nearly 50 poems. "This is a bold, big-thinking poem, in which ancient themes (especially the theme of our human relationship with landscape) are re-cast and re-kindled. It well deserves its eminence as a prize winner," said Motion.
When asked to say a few words about the Montreal Prize, Mark responded: "This prize celebrates the making of poetry everywhere, in particular all of the shortlisted poems. To win it feels completely improbable. It's a huge delight and an honour I'll try to keep living up to in my writing."
Walking Underwater
By Mark Tredinnick
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For Kim Stafford
There is this quietness that hangs over North America.
As if all the days were double-glazed against themselves.
It's uncanny. Tectonic. A kind of grief, a kind of pain
In waiting. Some sort of business unfinished. I feel it here
In the northwest, especially, though it stalked me in Toronto:
A slender quality of northern light, I guess, my southern
Self's unused to, transposed into a season of suppressed sound,
A penumbra of silence cast by too much history, too much
Ecstatic landscape, too many plot points resolved at gunpoint,
And it feels like my life's been lost here from the start.
I'm sorry: I'm talking out of my mood, which is jet-lagged
And dreaming heavily of what it used to think I loved.
There are plates subducting other plates on the mantle
Of my mind; there is disquiet and illness of ease. But look,
Out your windows the prayer flags have stopped
Praying, and moss deckles the edges of the oaks and firs,
Which hold out stoically inside the sweetest excuse for day-
Light I've ever seen. Come out with me, you say; let's wander
Up the river. Let's see what N'chi wana has to say about
The light… Which turns out to be a lot, and most of it profane—
The cock and the cunt, for instance, Neruda's entanglement
Of genitals, right there, gargantuan in basalt, and wrapped in Douglas
Fir on the south bank—and glorious. The robins along the Eagle
Creek drainage seemed convinced it was spring, but the cloud
That streamed downriver on the back of the teal-blue water
And the rising wind and the narrow road coming unstuck beneath
Our feet, were all busy putting winter back in place. And for two
Hours you schooled me in the art of walking underwater; for two
Hours we carried a bright conversation all the way to the falls
And back again in rain that fell like disappointment on my head.
If you're going to call a mountain range The Cascades, this is
What you're going to get—their very name on the map
A long walk in the rain. But it was worth it; it nearly always is:
The afternoon crying out the grief the continent had spent
All morning—all last century, so far as I can tell—trying not to
Confess. The watershed was a Japanese watercolour at risk
Of running off the canvas, the big water carrying its muted palette
Down to the sea and taking a good part of me with it. The gorge,
It turns out, is a green sermon left largely unsaid, and as we drove
Out of it, evening lay on the river like half the psalms I never knew.
Note: The Columbia River is known by many names to the people who
live along it. To the Chinook of its lower reaches, it is known as "Wimahi";
the Kwak'wala-speaking peoples of the river's middle reaches call the river
"Nch'i-Wana". Both "Wimahi" and "Nch'i-Wana" mean "the big water" or
"the big river".


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Orthodox Metropolis of Korea
The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, is an eparchy of the Church of Constantinople. Its current primate is His Eminence Sotirios (Trambas), Metropolitan of Korea (both North and South).
|Orthodox Metropolis of Korea
|Patriarch Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople
|Autocephaly/Autonomy declared
|Autocephaly/Autonomy recognized
|Current primate
|Metropolitan Sotirios
|Seoul, South Korea
|Primary territory
|North and South Korea
|Possessions abroad
|Liturgical language(s)
|Musical tradition
|Byzantine Chant
|Revised Julian
|Population estimate
|Official website
|Metropolis of Korea
The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea is treated as one single metropolis with 10 parishes and 8 priests and 1 deacon in South Korea, which has healthy relations with the single North Korean parish under the Moscow Patriarchate. The Metropolis also has a female monastery dedicated to the Holy Transfiguration, albeit with no Korean nuns. The Metropolis also has a Theological Seminary dedicated to St. Nicholas which trains the clergy of Korea and Southeast Asia.
The Episcopacy
- Metropolitan Sotirios (Trambas) of Korea, 2004-present.
- Archimandrite Ambrosios (Zographos) is Dean of the Cathedral.
- Protopresbyter Daniel Na is priest of the church in Incheon, and was involved in the talks with the North Korean parish.
- Hieromonk Theophan (Kim), a Korean priestmonk, is priest for the St Maxim the Greek chapel (which does services in foreign languages).
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The Queens Borough Public Library has filed a lawsuit against SirsiDynix for matters related to its 2006 procurement of the Horizon 8.0 software. The initial complaint, filed July 2, 2008, posted earlier on this site, contains the accusations of the Queens Borough Public Library. On October 26, 2009, SirsiDynix filed a motion to dismiss many of the demands specified in the complaint. This motion reveals something of SirsiDynix side of the matter.
As supporting evidence, SirsiDynix has filed the License Agreement between Dynix Corporation and the Queens Borough Public Library signed on March 6, 2006. It's rare to get a glimpse of a license agreement made by a library for a major library automation procurement, since in most cases these documents are considered proprietary and confidential. The documents filed also include an affidavit of Brad Whittle, currently the Vice President for North American Sales and Marketing for SirsiDynix who was involved with the sale of Horizon to Queens.
These motions made by SirsiDynix for dismissal are based on complex legal arguments and case law. We make no attempt to summarize or explain. Making these documents available does ensure that both sides of the case have been represented in the documents available to those in the library community following the issue.
Marshall Breeding Nov 2, 2009 10:14:00
Link to Posting: Developments in the Queens Borough Public Library vs SirsiDynix lawsuit


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Sarasotan and Texan have had medical repercussions after being accused of carrying single bullets in their bags.
Two older Americans — arrested separately for carrying one bullet each in their baggage as they attempted to return home from Turks and Caicos Islands last month — have each experienced medical repercussions in the wake of their ordeals.
Cathy Davis, 60, of Dallas was arrested on her way out of Turks and Caicos on April 25 and jailed overnight.
She "has since suffered debilitating panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, and acute stress disorder characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, memory loss and uncontrollable thoughts leading to severe anxiety," her son told the governor of the islands in a May 14 letter obtained by the Herald-Tribune.
Horace Norrell, an 80-year-old retired Sarasota surgeon, had a pacemaker implanted Monday to regulate his heart rate after he collapsed in his garage on May 10. He was jailed for three nights after an airport security guard allegedly found a bullet in his luggage April 26 after Norrell checked it in with American Airlines.
Both are under orders to return to Grand Turk Island on June 7 to determine if they should stand trial. Seen as criminal defendants at the moment, each faces five years in prison if found guilty.
The judge can decide to throw the cases out or set a trial date for either case.
Davis' son, Lance Davis, a physician, said his mother "did not see the guard search her bag." He asked the islands' governor, Damian Roderic "Ric" Todd, in a letter to have the charges against her dropped immediately.
In a response dated Thursday, Todd's deputy head of mission Philip Rushbrook, wrote that "we must allow the legal process to run its course."
"Judicial proceedings are conducted in the absence of political or government intervention," Rushbrook wrote.
The island group's elected premier, Rufus Ewing, made similar statements in a news release on Monday, but added that "should there be any evidence of foul play uncovered during the course of the investigation, the relevant authorities will take all necessary steps to ensure that justice is served."
Norrell had the pacemaker implanted the day he was scheduled to meet in Tampa with U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson regarding the separate but parallel criminal charges Norrell and Cathy Davis face. The meeting has not been rescheduled, but Nelson has been nudging authorities to rethink the arrests and charges.
Norrell was released Tuesday and is back at home in Sarasota, he said Thursday.
"It was my wife's birthday," he said of the day he collapsed. "I was standing in the garage. The next thing I know I was lying on the floor and my wife was calling my name.
"I have never had any symptoms before," Norrell said.
Norrell was jailed at Chalk Sound Police Station last month before he could appear before a judge and pay a cash bail of $4,000.
He is asking his and Davis' representatives in Congress — Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, and Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth — to write Turks authorities on their behalf.


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A SIX-year-old boy is fighting for his life after he was involved in a collision with a car.
The boy was airlifted to the John Radcliffe Hospital with life-threatening head injuries following the collision with a white Audi Q5 in Faringdon Road, Watchfield, yesterday.
Police said the boy had just got off a bus when the accident happened at about 8.20am.
PC Mike Woodward, of Thames Valley Police's roads policing unit, urged witnesses to call 101 with information.
He said: "There were a number of people on the bus who may have witnessed the incident and may not have released the serious nature of the collision and I would ask they come forward and speak to an officer."


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Dr. Gallant's teaching and research interests include the application of research methods to social computing and the maximization of information and communication technology (ICT) to advance human communication in multiple contexts – healthcare, politics, and the workplace.
She is published in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, First Monday, and e-Service Journal. She presents at national and international conferences such as the International Communication Association, the National Communication Association, General Online Research Conference, and Critical Issues in eHealth Research Conference, and Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). She brings a disciplinary background in communication studies to burgeoning area of user experience design. Specifically, she investigates how New Media facilitate human communication by investigating Internet-based technologies as social artifacts. A central interest in her research and teaching is how a technology's design and development (information architecture, usability, and rhetorical strategies) impacts its social and cultural uses, whether these uses were intended or unintended by the technology's original engineers and designers.
Communication Studies
Since 1997
M.A., Suffolk University
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln


text: Coding4Fun - Some Assembly Required - USB Wireless PC Lock August 13, '05 Comments [28] Posted in Learning .NET | Coding4Fun | Bugs Sponsored By In this fourth installment of the "Some Assembly Required" column, Scott Hanselman and Bryan Batchelder find a piece of hardware so compelling - and with included software so bad - that they write their own version using the .NET Framework 2.0. Big ups to Bryan for letting me piggy back on his initial design and for his help on the article. We've had a lot of fun, fixed a few bugs, introduced a few new ones. We've also ported the code back and forth so you can get 1.1 and 2.0 versions. The project is up at SourceForge along with source and an installer. Buy the hardware at NewEgg for $15. NOTE: If you're reading this post and you are the Asian company that makes this hardware, please contact Bryan or I, as we'd like you to use our software as yours really isn't very good. You've got a great product here, and we're happy to have you use our software with attribution. We aren't trying to get rich, just trying to get good karma. BUGS: If you're running Skype and you're using our software along with the Windows Media Player plugin, apparently Skype doesn't like the Broadcast Window Message that we send to stop the media from playing. I haven't seen the bug myself, but Bryan has, so be aware. It's very likely Skype, not us. DEVELOPERS: If you develop new plugins or fix bugs - which we hope you do - be sure to release the source, or give them to Bryan and I and we'll post them on SourceForge. « DasBlog 1.8 Gold | Blog Home | Dungeon Siege II Demo - Sucks Too Much? » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [28] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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This week, the words are HONOR and LOVE. So I chose an old and a new photo. (I'm still excited about digging out the old photos to share.......INDULGE ME!)
So first, we have HONOR.
This is my childhood friend's installation ceremony back when I was in Job's Daughters. You can find me pretty easily, I'm the TALLEST girl at the top of the pyramid in the back, right in the center. If you don't know what any of this picture means.......well, it means I can keep a secret. I can't tell you more or I'd have to kill you.
For LOVE I chose a recent snap of the Baby Birth of Cool discovering the wonder of a garden. He was just full of wonder, especially at this silly bunny rabbit sign. I was so delighted with this picture when I pulled it up on the PC because he was so enamored of the place.
How did you say the words?
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Posted by Gidge Uriza at 12:01 AM
Labels: WEEKLY WORDS CHALLENGE
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Well... I have no idea what Job's daughters is all about. So I guess I will remain in the dark on that one.
The second picture is really adorable, though.
Thanks for playing!
- Sat Dec 09, 12:39:00 AM


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Welcome to Noisebridge! We're glad you're interested in our space and we look forward to seeing you soon. Here's some advice to help you understand what you're getting into and see if it appeals to you.
Who is welcome
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to visit Noisebridge. We ask that visitors follow our rule of "be excellent to each other" in the best spirit they can. Visitors can drop by anytime unannounced. You do not need an invitation, or to be attending a scheduled event/class. It may be wise to follow the advice below on the best times to visit, to ensure there are people there who can let you in. You can also talk on IRC or the Mailing list to figure out a good time, and ask if someone is willing to give you a tour.
Come with an open mind
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Not "child-safe"
We have not limited what we like to explore or discuss according to anyone's notions of "appropriateness" for children. Thus, anyone entering the space can be exposed to adult-themed ideas, concepts, language and items. We also have some tools and materials that can be hazardous for children or adults if used improperly. Children are as welcome in the space as any other person - just be prepared for what they may encounter.
Some times are better than others
We have many scheduled activities in the space, and many of us have day jobs. You can coordinate the time of your visit to ensure that you can find people to talk with (and to let you into the building!).
- Are you new? Wondering when to drop by? Come by any evening - you don't have to wait for a class or a meeting. Any night there will be people hanging out, and you're welcome to show up, say "I'm new!" and get a tour, join an outing for food, or just relax and work on your laptop until a conversation of interest comes up.
- If you're interested in particular activities, check out our schedule, posted on the main page of this site.
- If you'd like to come during unstructured time and talk with lots of people, after hours is best.
- If you'd prefer a quieter environment, come earlier in the day.
- You're unlikely to find many people in the space before noon on most days.
Our code of conduct
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Other people's stuff
Please try to be careful with the things you find at Noisebridge, and recognize that the things on shelves are other people's stuff.
Hostile network
The network at Noisebridge - like any public network - should be regarded as potentially hostile. This means that you should assume that any unencrypted communications over the network could (and most likely are) be monitored by others. Examples of vulnerable communications include POP3/IMAP email clients, most web browsing, IRC/AIM and similar chat protocols that are often not encrypted. While no issues have come up to date, and our code of conduct opposes malicious monitoring of others, it is wise to be aware of the potential. Stick to using SSL or secure tunnels or VPNs for anything that uses a password or that you otherwise wouldn't want other people to read. If you don't know how to protect your communications with encryption, many people at Noisebridge would be glad to help you out! Noisebridge Class Pwn_Your_Own is a good place to get more information about security concerns. although not as secure as SSL, Secure Tunnels, or VPN's noise bridge also has Secure_wifi available for both testing and more secure browsing, WEP, WPA, and WPA2 networks have been made available. However, it is also recommended that other precautions be taken than simply using the secured network.