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Exactly a week ago, I read the announcement of the release of OpenMandriva Lx 2013 and, since I had been experimenting with the Beta and the RCs, I installed the final version on my HP laptop.
Curiously, I did not experience the live session that installs itself, reported here. I could navigate the live session before deciding to install without any problem.
The installation of this Linux distro, which I had been waiting, posited some risks. First, my laptop has a rather complicated partition layout: it runs Mageia 3, PCLinuxOS, Pisi GNU/Linux RC1, and PicarOS, a spin of GalpON MiniNo made exclusively for children (you can learn more about PicarOS here). Second, although most distros in my laptop are 64 bits, I keep one 32 bit-distro (PCLinuxOS). Third, I combine GRUB legacy and GRUB 2 to boot the different Linux distributions.
However, the installation of OpenMandriva Lx went without any problem and, when finished, its beautiful GRUB2 detected all my other distros. It even identified some with their corresponding logos and placed a Tux icon next to the others. I liked that detail. The installation from a USB drive was significantly faster than the one with a DVD, by the way.
Then, I decided not to say a word of this distro after having used it for a week. This is what I have found as an OpenMandriva Lx user:
1. SimpleWelcome Launcher
Let me clarify something: when I first saw SimpleWelcome in Mandriva 2011 RC, I hated the new launcher. Later on, I warmed up to it and now I must admit that the darn thing is beautiful and responsive. Yes, it might look like a gigantic cellphone, but it certainly looks better than certain ridiculous tiles with childish colors that distract you with their constant movement...
The tab Welcome displays the programs that you have used recently and you can pin them on that position by toggling a little star ont their upper corner. You can delete the recently used documents from that tab by clicking on a small broom (and you will see a cute brooming animation as they are removed).
|SimpleWelcome launcher: the Welcome tab
The next tab ("applications") shows you the programs on the computer. You can navigate them using the search field on top, clicking on the little dots at the bottom, or sweeping to the right or left with the mouse. The applications can also be grouped together.
The timeframe is my favorite part of SimpleWelcome and what made me like the new launcher. It stores your documents chronologically, provides several views of them, and lets you get glimpses of what's happening in Facebook (also with a nice picture-scalating animation).
2. Stability
|Timeframe displaying Facebook activity
The OS has been working perfectly all this time. No crashes, no freezes, no weird delays. Of course, OpenMandriva Lx is a somewhat resource-hungry system, but its performance has been notoriously improved since Mandriva 2011, which I jokingly nicknamed the Vista of Linux-Land. OpenMandriva Lx works fine on my desktop (2GB RAM) and my laptop (3GB RAM)
3. User Account
They included new icons for the user accounts (/usr/share/mdk/faces). However, the one I liked was removed: the cat.
Fortunately, I had saved the icon. It took me a whiIe to figure out how to change it, though. Even when you change it from MCC (System/Manage users/Edit), the icon you selected during the installation stubbornly stays. What you have to do is go to /home and, with Dolphin, display the hidden files. You are going to see a file called .face.icon, which is the picture selected during the installation. Substitute it by the one you want, but make sure the image is 225 x 225 pixels.
The problem with the fixed image does not occur when you set up additional user accounts. For example, I set up a Guest account and gave it this icon:
To do so, simply open Konsole and type su, your password, and then cp image.png /usr/share/mdk/faces before you set up the account to have your image available.
OpenMandriva Lx controls my scanner, printer, wireless and wired Internet connections, etc without any problem. LibreOffice and Firefox come with it, so you can work and browse the web. It plays video files and music files, and you can watch YouTube videos, too. It integrates KDE nicely: KOrganizer can work with my Yahoo! calendar, Kmail retrieves and sends my Yahoo! mail, and the contacts can be managed with Kontact. In other words, it can do what most computer users need it to do.
However, due to the fact that OpenMandriva Lx is taking its first steps, users who require more specific functions might get disappointed. For example, concerning accessibility technologies, some more polishing is required. Although I could make Kmouth read text in English, Jovie does not seem to work and, therefore, you cannot change readers and languages. Asian language input is another area of problem. iBus does not work and, hence, I have not figured out how to type in Japanese.
Those two, nevertheless, are not great blunders for most users. Gaming might be a more serious consideration. To activate Steam, you need to add the i586 repositories even if you are working with a x86_64 system. To do so, as a superuser, type this in Konsole:
urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://downloads.openmandriva.org/mirrors/openmandriva.2013.0.i586.list'
Some of the games I have do not work, though.
Desura is giving me a major headache; after trying to start a game, the client crashes...
Even so, I like the OS and it shows great potential. I am sure that OpenMandriva Lx will get better with time. It was worth waiting for this release.


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internal-combustion engine, one in which combustion of the fuel takes place in a confined space, producing expanding gases that are used directly to provide mechanical power. Such engines are classified as reciprocating or rotary, spark ignition or compression ignition, and two-stroke or four-stroke; the most familiar combination, used from automobiles to lawn mowers, is the reciprocating, spark-ignited, four-stroke gasoline engine. Other types of internal-combustion engines include the reaction engine (see jet propulsion, rocket), and the gas turbine. Engines are rated by their maximum horsepower, which is usually reached a little below the speed at which undue mechanical stresses are developed.
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- Introduction
- Rotary Engines
- Environmental Considerations in Engine Design
- Engine Operation
- Cooling and Lubrication of Engines
- Evolution of the Internal-Combustion Engine
- Bibliography
- Reciprocating Engines
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Brendan DeMelle | October 13, 2010
By Brendan DeMelle • Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 13:01
The billionaire Koch brothers have long claimed that they have no direct connection to the Tea Party, denying that their vast oil wealth is directly funding corporate front groups like Americans For Prosperity, the key organizers of the fake grassroots Tea Party movement.
David Koch told New York magazine earlier this year, "I've never been to a tea-party event. No one representing the tea party has ever even approached me."
But the Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg reports today that footage has emerged showing David Koch at the podium during an Americans For Prosperity gala receiving direct and detailed reports from his astroturf AFP army on their efforts to organize tea parties around the nation.
Watch the clip from the new documentary (Astro)Turf Wars: How Corporate America Faked a Grassroots Revolution:
Charles and David Koch's company, Koch Industries, the largest private corporation in America, has also denied direct links to the Tea Party, as Jane Meyer reported in her extensive piece in The New Yorker on the Koch brothers:
In April, 2009, Melissa Cohlmia, a [Koch Industries] spokesperson, denied that the Kochs had direct links to the Tea Party, saying that Americans for Prosperity is "an independent organization and Koch companies do not in any way direct their activities." Later, she issued a statement: "No funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, or Charles Koch or David Koch specifically to support the tea parties."
Yet Greenpeace and others have documented the extensive funding flowing from the Koch brothers through their Koch family foundations to Americans For Prosperity and other front groups working on behalf of corporate America to stop progress on healthcare reform, climate and energy policy.
With this new footage clearly showing David Koch interacting with his tea party foot soldiers, the Kochtopus definitely has some 'splainin' to do.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
It isn't the climate scientists...
…who lie and cheat.
The US populace need to be confronted with this as do the loud mouthed ignoramuses of Faux News and the intellectually challenged or dishonest shills that work in Murdoch's global propaganda tabloid machine. We know who you are.
Note to BBC reporters and bloggers: please stop dragging yourselves down to their level.
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brendan, we will see how fake this movement is in november.
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VADOC Opens New Facility
INDEPENDENCE, Va. — Inmates started moving into River North Correctional Center in early October in Independence after the facility opened as the state's first new prison since 2007. The Security Level IV facility will house around 1,000 offenders.
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) closed several correctional facilities in recent years due to budget constraints, so the new prison adds much needed bed space to the Virginia Department of Corrections' prison system.
"A major goal was to utilize a state-of-the-art facility to house higher security level offenders as opposed to aging facilities which make it difficult to manage these populations," said River North Warden Ben Wright.
The new correctional facility was designed to improve security, as well as create energy efficiencies. The VADOC decided to move from the traditional precast structures to pre-engineered metal building system. The design eliminated the cell windows in lieu of a clear-story window system in the ceiling of the dayrooms that allows a tremendous amount of light that all but eliminates the need of lights during the daytime hours. The use of rear chase cells that are insulated along with the insulated pre-engineered building creates an energy-efficient building.
The facility also features some of the most current technology such as an advancement in coatings for metal cells. This allowed the use of prefabricated metal cells and panel systems, which facilitated a rear chase design, expedited construction and substantially reduced the prototype square footage. Even a few cells were added in each pod due to the thinner walls used. This design saved costs resulting from the reduced footprint and foundations. This design also created a much safer environment for staff and inmates by allowing maintenance of the plumbing or HVAC and electrical from rear chases which significantly minimizes the need to ever have "class a" tools in an inmate occupied area.
River North was constructed on the smallest footprint of any of the 1,000-bed facilities, according to Kimberley Lipp, chief of A&E Services for VADOC. The small footprint became a challenge for the project team because it required a great deal of coordination of the various utility systems. The project team spent much time in developing the design to deal with these potential conflicts before the construction began. The project also encountered unforeseen site conditions that created a potential for an extended delay in construction, however, the construction team worked collaboratively through a mitigation plan that eliminated the delay and resulted in on-time project completion.
River North Correctional Center is the fourth prison to be delivered under a public-private partnership, and the VADOC is proud of that.
"We worked collaboratively with the community and our private sector partner during the prison siting phase to find a site that was supported by all," Lipp said.
Another major success of working closely with the local community was that it lead the project team to use perimeter or exterior lighting considered "dark sky friendly." This was the first time VADOC had used this type of lighting in Virginia corrections, and it was a first for corrections nationally according to the International Dark-Sky Association.
Warden Ben Wright reports he is most proud of the number of security enhancements made in such a short period of time once it was determined the facility was funded to open, and would open as a Security Level IV rather than a Level III as it was initially designed and constructed. Collaboration and cooperation between prison operations staff at all levels, VADOC design and construction staff, multiple contractors, private sector A/E, inmate work crews and the State Building Official allowed significant security enhancements to be constructed in a very short time.


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The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is one of only two species of orangutan, which together are the only species of great apes to be found in Asia (2). Orangutan means 'person of the forest' in the native languages of Indonesia and Malaysia, and orangutans are the largest tree-dwelling mammals in the world (1) (2).
Orangutans have a distinctive body shape, with very long arms that may reach up to two metres in length. They have a coarse, shaggy, reddish coat and grasping hands and feet (2). The skin of the face is bare and black, but can be pinkish around the eyes and muzzle in younger individuals (2). Orangutans are highly sexually dimorphic, with adult males being distinguished from females by their larger size (2).
The adult male Bornean orangutan occurs in two forms, flanged or unflanged (1) (4). Flanged males are larger than unflanged males, and also differ in possessing fleshy, protruding 'flanges', or cheek pads, on either side of the face. Flanged males also produce long vocalisations in order to attract receptive females (4).
The Bornean orangutan and Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) were once considered to be subspecies of the same species. However, genetic evidence has since shown them to be different enough to be classified as two separate species (5). The Bornean orangutan differs from the Sumatran orangutan in having a broader face and shorter beard, and is also slightly darker in colour (6).
A predominantly solitary creature, the Bornean orangutan occupies large overlapping home ranges where it spends almost all of its time in the trees, clambering between branches or using its body weight to bend and sway trees (2). Each night, the Bornean orangutan builds a nest from bent branches on which to sleep, high up in the trees (2) (7). An extra layer is added to cover the individual if it is raining (2).
Orangutans are the slowest breeding of all mammal species, with an inter-birth interval of approximately eight years (2) (8). They are long-lived, and females tend not to reproduce until they reach 15 years of age (2). The female Bornean orangutan is thought to prefer to mate with a dominant, flanged male, and will seek one out (4). However, other male orangutans may force matings should they encounter a lone female (2) (4).
The female Bornean orangutan gives birth to a single young after a gestation period of 235 to 270 days (2). The infant spends its first two to three years being carried constantly, and will still remain close to the female for at least another three years (2) (8).
The orangutan's diet includes over 400 types of food, with fruit such as wild figs (Ficus spp.) and durians (Durio spp.) forming around 60 percent of its diet (2) (8). Leaves, shoots and invertebrates are also taken, and the Bornean orangutan will occasionally feed on mineral-rich soils (2).
Fossil evidence suggests that orangutans were once widely distributed in Southeast Asia. However, the Bornean orangutan is today restricted solely to the island of Borneo, with the largest population located in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island (7).
Three subspecies are currently recognised, and their ranges are as follows; P. p. pygmaeus ranges from northwest Kalimantan to Sarawak, P. p. wurmbi occurs on southwest Kalimantan, and P. p. morio can be found on northeast Kalimantan to Sabah (1) (8).
The Bornean orangutan mainly inhabits lowland and hilly tropical rainforests (2), at elevations up to 800 metres above sea level (8).
The Bornean orangutan is classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3).
Subspecies: Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (western Bornean orangutan), P. p. wurmbii (southern Bornean orangutan) and P. p. morio (northeast Bornean orangutan) are all classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1).
In the past, orangutans were hunted relentlessly in the majority of their Southeast Asian range, with their large size and slow movements making them easy targets for hunters (9). However, the main threat to orangutans today is loss of habitat. In the past twenty years, 80 percent of orangutan habitat has been lost to illegal logging, gold mining and conversion to permanent agriculture, in particular oil palm plantations. Orangutans are extremely vulnerable to exploitation, largely as a result of their extremely long inter-birth interval (8).
Forest fires raged through much of Borneo in 1997 and 1998 and it is estimated that around one third of the island's orangutan population was lost at this time (9). Orangutans that wander into oil palm plantations and other human-inhabited areas may also be captured for the illegal pet trade (8).
The Bornean orangutan is protected by law in both the Malaysian and Indonesian areas of the island, and is listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which prohibits international trade (3) (7). While some populations do occur within protected parks, illegal logging even within protected areas remains a key threat to the survival of this species, and has increased with political instability in Indonesia (2).
Current conservation priorities for the Bornean orangutan include the long-term protection its forest habitat (6). In order to ensure their long term success, conservation projects need to involve local communities that occur in close proximity to orangutan habitat (6). Conservationists are also working to reduce conflict between people and orangutans, by devising practical solutions to prevent orangutans from raiding crops (7).
Captive Bornean orangutans, often rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, are being re-introduced into the wild in rehabilitation centres (7) (8).
For more information on the Bornean orangutan:
Information authenticated by Martha Lorenz of the Orangutan Foundation, 2004.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the fodder of science fiction past, but reality may be creeping up. It is a big subject of research in today's universities and corporations. Some AI systems are designed to handle specific problems and tasks. Others take a more general approach. General intelligence, sometimes known as strong AI, usually involves research in reasoning, planning, learning, communication, perception, and movement. Integrating these areas creates what we know as AI systems.
However, an MIT Media Lab research team led by Catherine Havasi is looking to add another area of significance into the mix.
The researchers have developed a database called ConceptNet for common sense. Many AI systems currently use methods based on keywords and statistics; computer systems could pick up and understand basic facts using these methods but will have a difficult time understanding basic human communication. For example, if someone says, "I want some chips right now," humans will often interpret "chips" as meaning potato chips. But "chips" may easily confuse a computer system. Are we talking about potato chips? Computer chips? Poker chips?
The idea behind ConceptNet is to give systems and technical devices a better understanding of the human language. The researchers wrote in a paper that they formed a crowdsourced database meant to give ConceptNet an optimized approach for making "context-based inferences over real-world texts." It also helps computers grasp "unknown or novel concepts by employing structural analogies to situate them within what is already known" by the computer.
Robert Sloan and Stellan Ohlsson of the University of Illinois at Chicago recently tested the system. They used the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, a test commonly used to measure a child's IQ. The test focused on the verbal categories, including information, vocabulary, and word reasoning. For a question such as, "What would you wear on your feet?," ConceptNet will search its database for the words must commonly associated with "wear" and "feet." Overall, ConceptNet's verbal IQ was equal to that of a 4-year-old child.
The MIT researchers said in a press release that they can improve ConceptNet's performance by using better algorithms. Furthermore, they think the latest version, which includes 17 million statements (the one tested by UIC had 1 million) can achieve an even higher score.
A system like ConceptNet could help engineers create extremely beneficial applications that would otherwise be impossible.
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Some Downtown Business Expect Increase in Customers as Students Return
COLUMBIA - As the spring semester draws near for students at Columbia universities, some businesses are looking forward to an increase in profits. Campus Bar and Grill on 9th Street has seen a fairly regular amount of customers, but less than what the restaurant has during a university semester. According to Manager Matt Hudson, business drops dramatically the week after students are released for break leading up until Christmas, but after the new year begins, business "steadily builds as students return."
Britches on broadway sees dramatic decreases in business over break because according to employees, the main clientelle is made up of college students. The store has been slow over the course of the break, but expect business to increase starting around the 15th. Another downtown clothing store, Swank has seen some decreases in business, but has kept busy around holidays with christmas gift purchases as well as customers looking for new new year's outfits.
Employees from Main Squeeze on 9th Street say that about 50 percent of their customer base is students and they do see a decrease after universities dismiss for winter break.
"Usually we get students during the day and we haven't got any of that at all." said employee Rebecca Preston.
Columbia College resumes on Jan. 14, University of Missouri and Stephens College all resume on Jan. 22.


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Chatham is a town in Carroll county, New Hampshire. It was formed in 1767. Its parent county/ies is/are Strafford/Coos/Grafton. For more information, contact the county at 1681 Main Rd., Chatham 03813. On the attached map, Chatham is shown as 3 in Carroll.
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Speed thrills — and kills.
In Pennsylvania in 2010, speeding caused 30,520 crashes, 597 of which were fatal, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation figures.
And nowhere is speeding more pronounced than on Interstate 80, according to a survey of six Monroe County roadways the Pocono Record conducted this week with a speed gun.
Of 101 vehicles sampled Tuesday afternoon on I-80 East near the Crescent Lake rest area, not a single driver was traveling at or below the 55 mph speed limit.
The highest speed clocked was 79 mph, and the average speed was 14 mph above the limit, the Record found.
The finding is noteworthy because the area sampled — between the I-380 interchange and Scotrun — was close to where a trucker died the day before in a wreck involving four tractor-trailers and a passenger car.
Two prefabricated concrete forms fell off the flatbed on one truck, setting off a chain reaction involving the other vehicles.
It has yet to be determined if speed played a role in that crash.
But what is known is that Daniel L. Snyder, 41, of Youngstown, Ohio — on his way to Brooklyn, N.Y., with a load of aluminum extrusions — died in the resulting collision.
But unsafe speed by a trucker was a factor in a Wednesday morning I-80 crash near Tannersville involving an 18-wheeler and eight cars, state police said.
Police said Leesent Stapleton, 66, of East Stroudsburg, lost control of his rig as he approached traffic already backed up due to road work.
There were no serious injuries.
Just as stunning as the findings on I-80 were speeds recorded Thursday near Hamilton Elementary School on Hamilton South Road in Hamilton Township during dismissal time.
When the school zone lights are flashing, the speed limit is supposed to be 15 mph.
But out of 58 drivers clocked, only two were doing at or below the limit.
Instead, the average speed was found to be 25 mph, with the fastest driver measured going 46 mph.
Parent Jessica Longo Metzgar said she's called police about what she called "the insane drivers" that whip through the school zone when its lights are flashing.
"I am not talking about the lights flashing and people going 20. I'm talking about the lights flashing and people going 65 through it," she said. "I have never seen an area where people have such disregard for school zones as I have here. It's truly sad."
In addition to I-80 and Hamilton Road South, the Pocono Record used a speed gun, similar to that employed by police, to record the speeds of traffic at Monroe County locations on I-380, four-lane Route 209, Route 33 and Old Route 115.
Here's what we found:
I-380 has a higher legal speed limit of 65 mph, with 59 of the 108 vehicles sampled there complying with the law. But the highest speed clocked was 80 mph. A Route 209 South sampling near Beaver Valley Road in Snydersville included 89 vehicles. Of them, 16 were at or below the 55 mph speed limit. The highest speed clocked was 77 mph. The Route 33 South sampling of 109 vehicles near the Saylorsburg flea market included 28 motorists driving at or below the 55 mph speed limit. The highest speed clocked was 70 mph.
Are drivers in our fast-paced and competitive society naturally inclined to push the speed limit?
A 1997 study by three Indiana State University professors points to ego, risk-taking, time pressures, inattention and even a disdain for driving as factors motorists said reinforce their speeding behavior.
"Males agreed more strongly than females with ego-gratification items," according to the study summary. "Younger subjects agreed more strongly with risk-taking and less strongly with time pressure items than older subjects. Females agreed more strongly than males with time pressures, disdain of driving and inattention items."
European studies also point to the thrill of risk-taking and time pressure as factors encouraging speeding.
Competitiveness, too, is a factor in speeding, said La Salle University psychology professor emeritus Jack Rooney.
"We learn that it is a good thing to do things fast and to get ahead of others, and we carry this over to the highway," Rooney said. "I recall one occasion that I thought was a semi-emergency, when I was driving faster than I normally do. When I passed a car, the driver often took it as a challenge and immediately sped up to try to pass me."
Several clusters of motorists driving at close to the same speed — whether speeding or driving under the speed limit — were often observed in the Pocono Record surveys, even as overall speeds varied widely.
There may be a reason some motorists drive fast, but not fast enough to lead the pack.
"There is a concern of getting a (speeding) ticket," Rooney said. "I think that worries them more than getting in an accident."
People who drive at or below the speed limit often are abused by other motorists through honking or hand gestures, Rooney said.
The thrill of the drive is a motivating factor for speeding, said Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Psychology.
"The same people who speed in a car will often do other things for thrills, too — play competitive sports, go kayaking, go on roller coaster rides, and so on," Epstein said.
"Producing a thrill is reinforcing to many people, and people also differ in how sensitive they are to this kind of reinforcement.
"Most people, fortunately, are thrill-averse," he added. "If that weren't the case, the world would be considerably more dangerous than it already is."


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A Russian couple who blew the whistle on their country's athlete doping program is in fear for their lives after a cyber attack, NBC News reported.
Yuliya Stepanova, an 800-meter runner, and husband Vitaly, a former doping officer in Russia, have been living in hiding, first in Germany and now in America, for the past two years.They blew the whistle on doping in Russian sports in a documentary by German broadcaster ARD.
Stepanova herself, once banned for doping while on the Russian team said she felt manipulated by what she calls a corrupt system, and wanted to expose it.
U.S. & World
Stepanova and her husband have been branded traitors in their home country — a spokesman for President Vladamir Putin once called Stepanova a "Judas" — and have been living like fugitives ever since they decided to expose the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs among Russian athletes.


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From Colony to Nationhood in Mexico: Laying the Foundations, 1560–1840
Sean McEnroe M.A.T. '95, assistant professor of history at Southern Oregon University, offers a new interpretation of Indian government, citizenship, and military service in the Spanish Empire. His book describes how Spanish alliances with Indian states built a multiethnic empire capable of expanding to new frontiers and incorporating new peoples.
Cambridge University Press, 2012. 264 pages.


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Dear Mother's Circle Readers,
Here's a book you've got to read: Carry On by Lisa Fenn. I am trying hard not to be a book review site, but I've been reading like crazy (I'm kicking butt in my Goodreads Challenge) and the deeper I get into this being-an-author thing, the more I'm connecting with other writers and find myself committing – and volunteering – to do reviews.
As a parent, you'll be grateful for this book review. I devoured Carry On and found myself underlining and marking passages with hearts, stars, smiley faces and even some tear drops. I loved this book and its powerful story; I'd recommend it as a family read or an independent read for older kids and teens. There are so many things to discuss, so many life lessons and conversation starters.
Carry On tells the story of how an ESPN journalist featured two wrestlers, each with their own disability, one blind and one without legs, and found herself becoming entwined in their lives. Eventually Fenn became their mentor, their family, and their Guardian Angel as Dartanyon wrote on his emergency contact form describing her "Relationship to Student."
I'm almost not sure how to begin, what to share with you about this inspiring, heart-wrenching, hopeful story. It made me reflect on so much in life, in our society, and on our current journey within the foster care system. I was moved by the challenges these boys faced, by their growth and insights, like this quote from Leroy.
History is like gravity. It can pull you down. We wanted to succeed, but we needed someone to show us how – someone who believed our potential was more important than our past.
– Leroy
Carry On is the evidence that mentoring works, that caring about another person – really investing in someone – makes a difference. I love this video from Josh Shipp and this story made me think of his video: Every kid is one caring adult away from success. For Leroy and Dartanyon, Lisa Fenn became that one caring adult.
Questions bubbled and and I pondered the effects of poverty, how long a person carries trauma, the power of forgiveness and open-mindedness and many other issues. A good book is certainly one that prods thought and pushes us to see the world in new ways.


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Patience and Kindness
Consider today's lesson as a test. As you review it, evaluate yourself in terms of patience and kindness. Are you patient with those who are inferior to you, like your children? Are you as kind and sensitive to other people ...Read More
Love Versus Death
When someone hurts or offends us, our reaction is usually to assume the worst possible motive in that person. But one application of the law of love is that we should give others the benefit of the doubt. How have ...Read More
The Wellspring of Love
Sin, ultimately is a failure to love ordinately. Either we fail to love enough, as when we mistreat others, or we love too much, as when we elevate love of God's gifts above love of God. Seek always to give ...Read More
Resisting the Sinful Nature
As we finish our study of Galatians, consider anew Paul's defense of the Gospel. All in whom the Spirit has worked must continue to fulfill the law of Christ. We are not redeemed to live independently. God gave the church ...Read More
Grace Fulfills the Law
Some nominal "believers" are professors of faith only. All who claim to be in Christ must also be possessors of faith. Read slowly and carefully the two lists of Galatians 5:19–23. Where do you need help? Pray through each of ...Read More
Saved and Sanctified by Faith
The wonderful blessings that come with new life in the Spirit are not earned. They are God's gifts to enable us to live the Christian life. When we act as if we have to earn them, we are actually rejecting ...Read More
James and Jesus
Think of ways that God, through this study of James, has been challenging you in the areas of testing, wealth and generosity, and wisdom and speech. Find a way to implement concretely a couple of the things you have learned. ...Read More
In the Midst of Suffering
Look back over the book of James. Notice how he weaves together the themes of suffering and the tongue. Observe how he brings them together. Consider carefully what this means and what changes you should make in your life. Recommit ...Read More
The Repentant Heart
When was the last time you spent a day or part of a day in prayer and fasting, reading the psalms, going deep inside yourself before God and crying out to Him? We all need this from time to time. ...Read More
The Evil of Envy
Selfish ambition is very dangerous. God has many good things for us, but often He tells us to be patient. We must be careful not to eye jealously what God freely gives to our neighbors. Going about our daily business ...Read More


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Friday, June 15
You can watch Persuasion 2007 online
Persuasion 2007, Part One can be viewed here. You will find the other video segments in the sidebar.
In addition, you can also watch the 1995 version of Persuasion here.
Critique: The 2007 version of Persuasion is quite serious and somber. The scenery is lush and gorgeous, and I find the costumes more authentic in this production than in other cinematic depictions of Jane's work. Rupert Penry-Jones is the perfect Jane Austen hero and his handsome Captain Wentworth is quite to my liking. However, this production is not as full realized as the 1995 version of Persuasion, and I preferred Amanda Root as Anne Elliot over Sally Hawkins.
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I thought Rupert Penry-Jones was lovely. Not so taken with the actress that played Anne Elliot though...
- 6/16/2007
I do like the 1995 version of Persusion but I enjoyed this one as well. I would love it if I could get a DVD copy of it. Who knows if they will sell it to the public though.
Is it just me or did the video get taken off of youtube?
- 7/12/2007
"ITV's Persuasion"
- 10/21/2007
The first set of You Tube videos, you correctly assess are no longer working, but a new set is up. If you can bear with the Portuguese language subtitles, you can watch them here:
- 11/11/2007
Any idea where else I can watch Persuasion 2007? I'm dying to watch it but the don't show it in my country.=( All I can find on youtube are the 1995 ones. Thanks in advance!
felsongz @ yahoo .com (remove the spaces)
- 12/20/2007
I discovered it on You Tube just yesterday posted by this user: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TSOM90
Enjoy it!
- 1/10/2008
I am desperatly looking to find a romantic drama I belive I saw on the BBC. I rember that at one point that two men came to some girls house and asked two of them out for on a horse and cart, with one of the men shwoing interest in one of the weomen, but she did not reciprocate. Could anyone tell me what this is, I belive it is persuasion, sorry if this is a little vauge!
- 3/02/2008
sounds more like sense and sensibility
- 5/05/2008
does anyone know the what the theme music is called i can't find it anywhere??
- 5/26/2008
- The Rush Blog said...
I like both versions of "PERSUASION" equally. Unfortunately, both versions have their flaws, which included maintaining Austen's portrayal of William Elliot as a rake.
- 11/22/2010
I have to say I do not like this version of Persuasion. First of all, could they not have picked a better actress to play Anne? She does not even look like an Anne. The only reason I would watch the movie again is to listen to the gorgeous music.
The 1995 version is much better. It not only explained the story better, but also had a good actress to play Anne.
- 1/11/2011
for the music:
Beethoven-moonlight sonata
- 1/13/2011
Can anybody please tell me where I can find the sheet music (free to download)for Persuasion 2007, i.e. the Main Piano Theme and the other piano tunes played throughout the film? I had bought the music book 'Jane Austen's World' only to find the Persuasion theme inside it was from the 1995 version, and although I can't fault the music, I was still very disappointed it was not the 2007 sheet music. I'd be most grateful therefore if anyone out there with access to the Persuasion (2007 Martin Phipps) sheet music, could please let me know how to access such beautiful music . . . every time I watch the 2007 Persuasion I dream that I'm the one playing the piano tunes in the background as Sally Hawkins' Anne runs all over Bath searching for Rupert Penry-Jones' Captain Wentworth! :) , I do hope someone reading this can help make me end my search once and for all!?
- 3/09/2011
"Persuasion"'s soundtrack is composed by Martin Phipps, and is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn7G2u01d0M
Enjoy it!
- 3/24/2011
"Anonymous said...
I am desperatly looking to find a romantic drama I belive I saw on the BBC. I rember that at one point that two men came to some girls house and asked two of them out for on a horse and cart, with one of the men shwoing interest in one of the weomen, but she did not reciprocate. Could anyone tell me what this is, I belive it is persuasion, sorry if this is a little vauge!"
if you're still wondering. That sounds more like Northanger Abbey than Sense and Sensibility...to me at least.
- 11/13/2011
Anyone else notice that "Charles Hayter" was dubbed "Henry Hayter" in the 1995 version? I was really annoyed by that. It has no influence on the story or its quality, but why on earth would you change the name of one of the characters? Austen did not name him Henry, she named him Charles.
- 7/13/2012


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Saturday, April 06, 2019
Tallahassee Polymer Clay Art Guild Meeting
Sat. 6 Apr, 2019 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Tallahassee Polymer Clay Art Guild was formed in 2006 and its purpose to bring together polymer clay artists, hobbyists, and enthusiasts to share ideas, techniques and to promote polymer clay as an artist's medium.
We host a two-day Retreat event in February and in 2017 we will debut a three-day event over Labor Day Weekend.
Our monthly meetings are held the first Saturday of the month, from 10 AM until 5 PM. Check the
page of our site for the current schedule.
All skill levels are welcome, and you may attend your first two meetings free of charge.


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Obi-Wan Kenobi.If you read the ROTS novel, there's a point where Mace Windu tells him that he only mastered a single light saber style because he has no particular weakness. Yoda had a style due to compensate for his stature and Mace had a certain style to compensate for some sort of inner darkness, but Obi-Wan had no such flaw.In essence, Obi-Wan was the perfect Jedi.
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From what I've been able to figure, our playoff picture is not too complicated. Ok, as I study this, it is a bit complicated. Remember that Philly has already clinched a playoff spot, though it's possible they could lose the division title yet to Dallas. But Philly beat the NYG 2x this year, so they own the head-to-head tiebreaker against NYG:
- Packers are in and clinch the #5 seed if we win our last 2 games no matter what other teams do.
- Packers are in if we win 1 of our final two games and the Giants lose 1 of their final 3 games.
- Packers are in if we win 1 of our final two games and Dallas loses 1 of its final two games.
How can the Packers still be elimintated?
- Packers could be out if we lose both of the last two games, Dallas wins at least one of their last two games and the NYG win at least 2 of their final 3 games. (In this case, the Packers would lose a common game tiebreaker to the NYG – thanks in large part to the embarrassing TB loss).
- Packers could be out if we lose one of the last two games, Dallas wins both of their remaining games and the NYG win all 3 of their remaining games. Again, we'd lose the tiebreaker to the NYG.


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There are so many missteps to the debacle that has been Atlanta's transportation system over the past couple days, that it's hard to draw conclusions on how they erred and how it can't happen in Houston.
The sad truth is, it probably can. Officials just have to make sure it doesn't. Let's go over the basics:
A lot of snow hit the South, where people aren't accustomed to snow and where cities aren't exactly versed in winter weather emergency plans.
Rather than do what Houston normally does in these occasions and have politicians and pundits alike say "BARRICADE YOUR DOORS, DO NOT OPEN THEM FOR ANY REASON. WINTER IS COMING. SHIELD YOURSELF FROM GEORGE R.R. MARTIN. GET TO H-E-B AS QUICK AS YOU CAN AND GRAB MILK AND BREAD AND THEN RETURN HOME UNTIL WE GIVE THE ALL-CLEAR. WINTER IS COMING!!!!!!! RELEASE THE JJ WATT-KRAKEN!!!!!" Atlanta and Georgia chose to take a laid back approach. They didn't cancel, they waited. According to accounts, they didn't want to cry wolf.
They should have yelled "wolf" a lot. When it became clear Tuesday morning that the city was snowed, it was too late. Calling for the mass evacuation actually sent people piling onto the streets, and piling on the accidents. More than 2,000 cars were abandoned on the roads. By that time in Houston, we'd have Twitter pictures of officials in polo shirts sternly looking at weather forecasts and monitors in the emergency operations command module disaster center.
From there, it's Katie Bar the Door. Chaos ensued, children were forced to sleep in schools while some folks found themselves stranded in drug stores, using feminine products for pillows. A city without substantial resources of snowplows and salt can't dig its way out once it's buried.
Things are thawing out, and now Georgia leaders are offering apologies and deflecting blame while everyone starts wondering how to make sure this never happens again.
It's foolish to think that can't happen in Houston. We have people, we're short on winter supplies and we have plenty of roads to clog. Dump 3″ of snow here that soon turns to ice and then have thousands hit the street and we'd probably break down, too.
What stops that is planning. Ounce of prevention rather than a pound of cure. It might look illogical when the weather doesn't deteriorate, but it looks real smart when it does.
It also takes people not being cocky, but competent. There's got to be some proficient 4X4 drivers in Atlanta who can help pull cars off the freeway to open it again. It shouldn't take the National Guard to move two Camrys and a Windstar aside and go pick some kids up at school. If that's the safest place for them, fine. But it seems a Jeep Club could have saved the day.
See more photos of Houston's winter storm.


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Anonymous donor meets Peabody woman whose life he saved
A woman who had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia met the anonymous donor who had helped save her life Tuesday.
There were tears and hugs as Anita Cutler met Joe Robinson for the first time.
Cutler, of Peabody, had registered with the National Marrow Donor Program last year.
In Bethesda, Md., Robinson, 38, turned out to be a much-needed match.
For patients with the disease, high-dose chemotherapy is sometimes used to cure it, but the process kills the patient's bone marrow cells. A transplant of stem cells from a donor is needed to survive.
"Thanks to Joe, I'm alive, he gave me my world back. I had leukemia and that was the only cure, that was the only chance for making it," Cutler said. "He gave me my world back. I get to see my grandchildren grow up, my kids."
At the time, Robinson did not know that Cutler had been the recipient. A year later, Robinson and Cutler arranged to meet.
"Different registries have different guidelines, but at the minimum, for at least a year after transplant, patients and donors are unable to learn of each others' identity. However, after a period of time, if both parties agree, they may share their contact information with each other through a donor center representative," said Cindy Albert, manager, transplant donor services at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Cutler and Robinson met at the restaurant owned by her son, Paddy Kelly's, in Peabody.
Robinson, who brought his wife and children to the reunion, said he had registered to be a donor 10 years ago and almost forgotten about it. In January 2012, he got a call that he was likely a match.
"It's really changed my life. It's an amazing journey I've been through. I've just become a kinder more giving person knowing what Anita had to go through," Robinson said


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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Rodgers 'can't put price on Suarez'
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists he cannot put a price on what Luis Suarez is worth but admits most clubs in the world would want him in their side.
The Uruguay international scored one and will lay claim to a second - credited as a Joey O'Brien own goal after a deflection off the defender - as West Ham were beaten 4-1 at Anfield.
After his four goals against Norwich in midweek, Rodgers joked the 26-year-old was worth £40,000,002 - in reference to Arsenal's failed summer bid of £40,000,001 - but in all seriousness he cannot put into figures the striker's financial value.
His worth to Liverpool is plain to see as he has scored 26 - 27 if he is awarded the own goal - in his last 25 league matches.
Suarez's late intervention in the last 10 minutes prevented a nervy finish after Martin Skrtel's own goal had given the Hammers a sniff following an own goal from Guy Demel and Mamadou Sakho's first for the club - although that was also disputed by Skrtel, who thinks he got the final touch.
"I don't think you can put a price on him and I wouldn't want to," said Rodgers.
"He has two-and-a-half years here and if you look at his consistency in his game and how he is playing, at this moment in time he is up there with the best players in the world.
"Whatever price people put on that then that is what people do, but at the moment it is not of interest to me or him."
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said in the week Sergio Aguero was better but Rodgers, obviously, disagreed.
The Reds boss said: "Most teams in the world would want Luis Suarez. I think Aguero is a wonderful player as well but I wouldn't swap Suarez for anyone.
"I get the chance to work with him every day and what he gives is a relentless desire.
"When you have that, you don't want to let him go. It hasn't always been smooth sailing of course but it never is.
"We have a strong relationship. He is a very humble man. There has been a lot said about him but beneath it all he is a real good guy who is a true professional.
"His will and desire oversteps the mark the odd time, which has got him in trouble, but if you are talking about tactical and technical ability he is up there with the world's best and he is a brilliant player to have."
The only downside to the day was captain Steven Gerrard limping off with an injury which may yet keep him out for a few weeks.
"I think we just need to assess that in the next day or so. Hopefully it is just a strain," said Rodgers.
Hammers manager Sam Allardyce felt the scoreline was a harsh reflection on his side.
"I think we showed in the first half that we didn't deserve to be 1-0 down," he said.
"The game at this level is 90-95 minutes long not 45. For me we didn't recover from that (second) goal going into the start of the second half and that was the disappointing thing.
"We could have taken a lot of encouragement from the first half and the chance from Modibo Maiga that was well saved (by Simon Mignolet) is one you want to go in when you come to the big boys, but I couldn't criticise as it was a super save off a very good header.
"The second goal killed us for a while, got Liverpool right up for it."
Allardyce was unhappy his captain Kevin Nolan was sent off for raking his studs down the calf of Jordan Henderson late on, yet Jon Flanagan escaped for a tackle on Stewart Downing.
"Kevin Nolan shouldn't have lost his cool but obviously he did and Stewart Downing is in hospital having his Achilles and calf stitched up from a nasty challenge from Flanagan," he said.


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Superior Builds Largest Sign in North Dakota
Sign visible by satellite
Bismarck, ND-based Superior Silk Screen has built what they believe to be the largest sign in the state of North Dakota, 6250 sq ft (62 ft x 100 ft), and applied it to their roof. The self-promoting sign claims that to find a source for the best printed shirts on the Web, contact their company at www.superiorsilkscreen.com.
"Our building is just off the flight pattern for our local airport, less than a mile away," says owner Dwight Hegel.
Hegel doesn't waste time. "On Monday I thought it would be fun to put something on our roof. On Tuesday we did some Google Earth and Maps research, talked to local pilots, and checked on material availability and costs for a satellite-visible-sized sign. By Wednesday, we ordered materials for the project, made arrangements to film its production, and aligned a 130-ft boom to mount a video camera on for filming the installation for You Tube and Facebook. By Thursday, employees cut and printed all of the parts. Friday called for cutting, trimming, and masking parts for our multimedia extravaganza promotion." In one week, on September 11, after battling heavy winds, the project was finished.
Superior Silk Screen is a garment-printing firm. The company produced its roof sign in sections using a Mimaki JV3, a 54-in.-wide solvent inkjet printer on a vinyl substrate. To see the production of the section-by-section printing and final time-lapsed application, search YouTube for the video, entitled "Largest Sign in North Dakota."


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|Faith Rosco
|General Hospital
|Portrayed by
|Cynthia Preston
|First appearance
|December 17, 2002
|Last appearance
|October 3, 2005
|Appeared in Carly's hallucination
|Created by
| Robert Guza Jr.
Charles Pratt Jr.
|Introduced by
|Jill Farren Phelps
|Birth name
|Faith Flynn
| March 9, 2005
General Hospital
Port Charles, New York
|Cause of death
|Shot by a hitman hired by A.J.
|Head of the Rosco mob family
Faith Rosco was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.
She was portrayed by Cynthia Preston from 2002 to 2005.
Faith Rosco arrived in Port Charles in late 2002 to take down rival mobster, Sonny Corinthos. She partnered up with Ned Quartermaine, who blamed Sonny for the death of Kristina Cassadine. Ned soon became fed up with her, and ended their partnership. Rosco found a new partner in Sonny's new lawyer Ric Lansing. When Ric attempted to end his partnership with Faith, she did not want to let him go.
Encouraged by their one night stand, Faith continued to pursue Ric, though he to rejected her advances at every turn. After realizing Ric had fallen in love and eloped with Elizabeth Webber, Faith tried to run her off. When she found out Elizabeth was pregnant, she tricked Elizabeth into a supposed meeting with Sonny, As Liz's back was turned, she pushed her down the stairs. Elizabeth had a miscarriage. Ric blamed Sonny.
Faith continually tried to convince Ric he would not be happy with Elizabeth. She went as far as breaking into Ric and Liz's home to poison Liz. Elizabeth survived. Ric found out about what Faith did He set her up to confess while the PCPD listened in. To avoid going to prison, Faith made a deal with the FBI to bring down Lorenzo Alcazar. Part of the deal was to pose as Sonny's mistress.
She turned on Sonny, and teamed up with Alcazar. The two planned to bring Sonny's ex-wife, Lily Rivera Corinthos, "back from the dead" to haunt him. The plan fell through. Faith begun working on her own plan, and at the next meeting of the five families, Faith had them all killed. She gloated about her accomplishment to Sonny, until Sonny informed her Jason survived the shooting. Faith panicked and offered to work with him against Alcazar. Sonny refused and pulled out his gun - but he could not seem to pull the trigger.
Faith, next became involved with Luke Spencer, Skye Quartermaine, and their casino, The Haunted Star. After she won a poker game against Luke, she became a partner in the casino. Worried, Skye hired Justus Ward to protect Luke's ownership rights while he was out of town. It was revealed Justus and Faith had a past together. Justus had represented Faith's ex-boyfriend, and they had an affair. Faith's ex was convicted and killed in prison. She believed Justus intentionally sent her boyfriend to jail so that he could be with her. Justus denied this.
Faith, went to Sonny to beg for her life. Through eavesdropping, she found he was the real father of Sam McCall's baby and planned to use it to her advantage. Sonny eventually came clean to his wife, Carly. Faith lost her leverage.
Faith went to Alcazar to help her leave town. Alcazar secretly planned to blow up the yacht she was on and frame Jason and Sonny for her murder. Alcazar's plan failed when the PCPD found Faith alive in the harbor. She was arrested once again, and begged Justus to help her. Justus agreed, feeling the need to make up for their past. When a prison inmate stabbed Faith, she was rushed to General Hospital, and from there escaped. Justus hid her in the basement of the Quartermaine mansion. There, she confessed her love for Justus and they made love. Soon Faith met her end in March 2005 where she was shot and killed by an assassin hired by A.J. Quartermaine. She later made appearances as hallucinations made by Carly Corinthos, during her severe mental breakdown.
Crimes Committed
- Had one of her associates trash the plumbing in Carly's club to flood it [Jan 2003]
- Had a stoned Zander Smith mess up Carly's club [Jan 2003]
- Hired someone to shoot blanks at Carly and Sonny [Jan 2003]
- Had her associate Fowler poison Carly's drink with the intent to rape her later [Feb 2003]
- Kidnapped Courtney to set Jason up in order to deepen the rift between him and Sonny [Feb 2003]
- Murder; poisoned and killed her grandmother to gain her inheritance [Feb 2003]
- Hired an assassin to kill Sonny and Jason [Mar 2003]
- Murder; poisoned the assassin when she botched the hit [Mar 2003]
- Caused Sonny's accountant Benny to have a heart attack and die [Mar 2003]
- Arrested for public indecency with Ned [Mar 2003]
- Had a sniper fire shots at Courtney [Apr 2003]
- Ran Courtney down with her car [May 2003]
- Broke into Elizabeth Webber's studio and planted a snake [May 2003]
- Pushed Elizabeth down the stairs causing her to miscarry her baby [May 2003]
- Arrested for poisoning Elizabeth [Jun 2003]
- Bought drugs from Lorenzo Alcazar [Jul 2003]
- Kidnapped Dillon Quartermaine and coerced him into giving her an alibi for Elizabeth's hit-and-run [Sep 2003]
- Arrested for Elizabeth's hit-and-run (not guilty) [Sep 2003; charges dropped]
- Helped Lorenzo Alcazar with his scheme to trick Sonny into thinking that Marcella was actually Sonny's late wife, Lily Corinthos [Sep 2003]
- Arranged the massacre at the warehouse to take out the five families [Oct 2003]
- Attempted murder; had her men throw Skye Quartermaine into the river [Dec 2003]
- Held Justus Ward at gunpoint [Jan 2004]
- Bribery; had Dr. Patricia Grimes drug Carly Corinthos during her stay at the Shadybrook Sanitarium [Jan 14, 2004]
- Attempted to brainwash Carly into falling in love with Lorenzo Alcazar [Jan 2004]
- Attempted to rape a drugged Jason Morgan [Jan 2004]
- Ordered Zander to oversee the interception of one of Sonny and Jason's shipments and have them killed in the process [Jan 2004]
- Told A.D.A. Ric Lansing that Zander shot Brian Beck when he really didn't [Jan 2004]
- Vandalism; trashed Courtney Morgan's office at Pride-Phillips [Mar 2004]
- Held a broken bottle up to Skye's throat, threatening to kill her [Mar 2004]
- Held a knife up to Lorenzo Alcazar's throat, threatening to kill him if he didn't admit that he was the one who caused the explosion during Sonny and Carly's custody hearing [Mar 2004]
- Arrested for laundering money through the Haunted Star Casino (guilty) [Mar 2004]
- Kidnapped Jax and shot him in the leg; later arrested [Jul 2004]
- Escaped police custody and hid out at the Quartermaines [Aug 2004]
- Kidnapped Kristina Davis, Morgan Corinthos, and Michael Corinthos under the orders of A.J. Quartermaine [Feb 2005]
- Held Brook Lynn Quartermaine captive [Feb 2005]
Health and Vitals
- Shot by Ric Lansing [Apr 2003]
- Had a gun held up to her neck by Sonny Corinthos [Oct 31, 2003]
- Assaulted by Courtney Matthews [Dec 17, 2003]
- Committed to a mental facility under false pretenses by Jason Morgan [Feb 2004]
- Almost thrown off the balcony of her hotel room by Jason [Mar 2004]
- Almost killed by Jason upon her return to Port Charles [Summer 2004]
- Shot by Jason [Feb 2005]
- Almost smothered with a pillow by Justus Ward [Feb 2005]
- Stabbed by a prison inmate [Feb 2005]
- Shot and killed by a hitman hired by A.J. Quartermaine [Mar 9, 2005]
See also
- ↑ While pretending to be his mistress.
- ↑ Only because he was drugged.
- ↑ Because Faith forced her.
- ↑ Because Faith forced her ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7HRCeFEX8


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Alegent Creighton Health makes history
Hospital network earns medical version of Triple Crown
Alegent Creighton Health made history over the weekend by earning the medical version of the Triple Crown, an award no other hospital network in the world has ever earned from the Society of Cardiovascular Care.
Alegent Creighton health centers are accredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Care in three areas -- chest pain, congestive heart failure and irregular heartbeat -- and they are the only hospital in the world to meet the standards.
Patient Mike Dempsy never thought he'd be on the table table, undergoing heart surgery.
"I wasn't a typical patient. I didn't have diabetes, I wasn't overweight. My cholesterol was good," Dempsey said. "I kept thinking I was having acid reflux."
In his 30 years of coaching football and basketball at Gross High School, Dempsy pushed athletes, on in November 2011, Dempsy couldn't push himself to move.
"The pain shot from my right chest to my shoulder, to my elbow, to my fingers, and I jumped up and screamed to my wife and said, 'I'm having chest pains. I'm going to the hospital,'" Dempsy said.
Dempsy was one of the 400 bypass surgeries performed in a year at Alegent Creighton Health, which has the only program in the world to have accreditation in chest pain, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation or irregular heartbeat.
Cardiologist Dr. Jeff Carstens said all six Alegent Creighton campuses practice the same methods, which starts with a long list of preventative care classes offered and the immediate dispatch of a medical team before a patient comes through the hospital's doors.
"We're the only ones in the world," Carstens said. "They do EKG's in the field now and transmit them wirelessly to our hospitals."
The hospital's method ends with an average length of hospital stay and post-surgery problems to less than half the national average, which Dempsy said saved his life.
"I feel very fortunate to be here still today," Dempsy said.


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Hitler's death camps, Stalin's gulag and Pol Pot's killing fields are now the stuff of history, but the unspeakable horrors they evoke still endure in the labor camps of North Korea.
However, the veil of secrecy that has kept the camps off the world's radar screen may now be less opaque thanks to the courage of a young man who was born in the harshest of those prisons and at age 23 miraculously escaped and made his way to the West.
Shin Dong-hyuk's story, told by veteran journalist Blaine Harden in the book "Escape From Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea to Freedom in the West" (Viking), details how Shin was bred by camp guards who selected his mother and father. Shin was tortured and starved, taught to inform on family members and classmates, and forced to watch the public execution of his mother and older brother.
Shin learned during an interrogation that his father was imprisoned because two of his 11 brothers had fled to the South during the Korean War. Shin had to remain in captivity because his father's sins against the state had left him with tainted blood. He had no knowledge of the world outside Camp 14, a 108-square-mile compound encircled by electrified barbed wire that became home to up to 50,000 prisoners who worked long hours in mines, farms and factories.
Prisoners were consigned to lives of squalor while subsisting on meager portions of corn and cabbage. The rules were strict, and violators faced swift punishment. Shin said he felt no anger as he watched his teacher beat a 6-year-old classmate to death after he found five kernels of corn hidden in her pocket. Shin, ever passive, thought her punishment was just and fair.
His thoughts turned to escape only after he met an older prisoner who had traveled outside Korea and described to him a world of computers and mobile phones. Faced with constant hunger, Shin was more interested in his friend's stories about food. "Freedom, in Shin's mind, was just another word for grilled meat."
Shin suffered severe burns as he slipped through the fence. He then found himself with no coat in the brutally cold Korean winter and no idea how to make his way to China and freedom. But even as his odyssey took him from there to South Korea and eventually to the U.S., where he decided to work as a human rights activist for North Korean prisoners, his adjustment to a new life posed severe emotional challenges.
"I am evolving from being an animal," he told Harden. "Sometimes I try to cry and laugh like other people, just to see if it feels like anything. Yet, tears don't come. Laughter doesn't come."
As U.S. policymakers wonder what changes may arise after the recent death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, this gripping book should raise awareness of the brutality that underscores this strange land. Without interrupting the narrative, Harden skillfully weaves in details of North Korea's history, politics and society, providing context for Shin's plight.
The cruelties inflicted on Shin and the thousands of others who were chosen by Kim's regime to work themselves to death at Camp 14 make for grim reading. The book is slim enough to finish in a sitting or two, but readers may find the accounts of torture and privation so harrowing that they limit themselves to a couple of chapters at a time.


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Characteristics of a good friend
Where did you meet your best friend Are they from your local neighborhood Or did you meet them on a family occasion:wrd: – a birthday party perhaps or a wedding- Perhaps they are colleague at school.
Which characteristic do you like in your friend Is it their attitude to life - optimistic, always excepting thing to get better Is it their behavior – their funny jokes and interesting stories Or is it the way you can always trust them to help you when you have a problem Or perhaps, it is because they don't criticize you, they just accept the way you are.
In this report you will know all the characteristics of the good friend. What is the real and good friendship And how to choose your friends?
We wish that you will like and enjoy it
First: The definition of a good friend:
A good friend is someone who is caring, loving and above all an entertainment factor in your life. Not a depressing one all the while. And as the saying goes a "friend in need is a friend in deed", abide by it and you will definitely find your true friend...
Second: When do you find your good friend?
If you really want to know who is a good friend then just look back to the time when you were in difficult moments. The one who was there to console you is definitely the one who is your true friend. A good friend never fails to see the right in you and will always take a little courage to correct the wrong in you. A good friend will help you in all your times of trouble and will never say 'no', if the time and situation demands it.
Third: Characteristics of the good friend:
A friend must endow with many qualities. First, he gives what is hard to give. He gives without asking you to give instead. Second, He does for you what is hard to do, even if this doing is harmful or difficult for him. He reveals his secrets to you because he trusts you. Instead he keeps your secrets. Also he loves you, looks after you, listens to you, and helps you when you need. Of course he doesn't put you down or hurt your feelings. He must like you as yourself, but this doesn't mean that he mustn't correct your mistakes. Your friend also understands you more than any body else. He understands your feeling and your problems. Then He tries to make you happy all the time and to solve your problems without asking him to do this. Of course he must forgive you when you apologize. Some people say that your friend should enjoy the same things you do. Any way friendship and the Characteristics of the good friend is something we can talk about it a lot. But as we think, we haven't to tell the friends what they should do for each other. They know these things by themselves because they must just love each other.
Forth: How to choose your friend?
You can't pick your brothers and sisters. You inherit them, and hopefully grow to love and appreciate them. But of course you can choose your friends. And because it's important and not easy to choose your friend. We will talk about this point. First we want to tell you that it is far worse to have the wrong sort of friends than to have no friends at all. Friends have much influence over us. Their ideas soon become ours. My mother used to tell me that "birds of a feather flock together." So we can say that a man who walks with wise men will be wise. Then we should tell you that a man who wants to have friends must himself be friendly. So if you want to have good friends, be one yourself! Next when you choose your friend care a lot about his believes. Because it will be yours by the time. As we said before: friends affect each other. Also you must care about his Characteristics because you will deal with him. So you will deal with his Characteristics. Any way we wish you real and perfect friendship.
At last we hope that you can choose your friend wisely now. And don't forget that friendship is very important to make life easy and happy. So always care about your friends and about their dealing with life. Now we can say that friendship is a nice thing and we wish your think about our report is nice also. Thank you for reading. We are waiting for your opinion and good luck


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Kent Park beach to open May 28
OXFORD– The F.W. Kent Park Beach will open for the season on Saturday, May 28. Daily hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Park officials remind the public that no lifeguards are provided; swim at your own risk, swim only at the designated beach. No alcohol is allowed on beach. Cans, bottles and food items are not permitted in the beach area.
For further information, contact the Johnson County Conservation Board at 319 645 2315.


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What Is a Surrogate Mother? - Everything You Should Know
A surrogate mother or gestational carrier is a woman who becomes pregnant by means of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) with the purpose of carrying a child for someone else. Becoming a surrogate requires a series of previous steps in order to make sure that you are healthy and prepared to give the gift of live to others. Read more


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Gabriel Kuri with Tyler Green
- October 1, 2013 7:00 PM
This special Tuesday Evenings presentation features artist Gabriel Kuri in conversation with Tyler Green for a live-audience taping of an episode of The Modern Art Notes Podcast.
Gabriel Kuri's poetic works composed of materials accumulated from the flux of life are showcased in the Modern's current exhibition México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990. Born in Mexico, Kuri is an international artist who lives and works in Mexico City, Brussels, and Los Angeles. He has shown internationally for more than fifteen years, with inclusion in renowned group exhibitions such as ILLUMINations, the curated exhibition for the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011, the 5th Berlin Biennale in 2008, the critically acclaimed Brave New Worlds at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Unmonumental at the New Museum in New York in 2007, as well as recent solo exhibitions in Norway, Beirut, Mexico City, London, Berlin, Boston, and Houston.
The Modern Art Notes Podcast is the most-listened-to audio program on art in the United States. Guests have included artists Richard Serra, Robert Irwin, Julie Mehretu, Sophie Calle, Olafur Eliasson, Robert Adams, Shirin Neshat, Fred Wilson, Barbara Kruger, Francis Alÿs, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Bradford, and Chris Burden; art historians Leah Dickerman, David Anfam, Helen Langdon, Stephanie Barron, Michael Auping, and Jonathan Brown; and Pulitzer Prize-winners Mark Stevens, Sebastian Smee, and Paul Goldberger. The Modern is happy to serve as the location of a Modern Art Notes Podcast with Gabriel Kuri for Tuesday Evenings at the Modern.
Gabriel Kuri's profound ideas as realized in his artistic practice, in combination with Tyler Green's fascination with and commitment to art, make this Tuesday Evenings presentation a promising hour of insights and meaningful information.
Modern Art Notes is a production of and wholly owned by Modern Art Notes Media and is enabled by advertising from over a dozen art museums, including The Museum of Modern Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. The Modern Art Notes Podcast, which is released each Thursday at noon ET, is available on Modern Art Notes, MANPodcast.com, iTunes, SoundCloud, and wherever podcasts are downloaded.
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from September 10 through November 19. Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. Free admission tickets (limit two) are available at the Modern's information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The Museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesday evenings during the series.
Café Modern serves cocktails, salads, and appetizers, as well as a fine dining menu, on Tuesday nights during the lecture series. Enjoy the Café Modern experience before or after the lecture; seating is available from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. For reservations, call 817.840.2157 or click here.
Gabriel Kuri, .)(., 2013. Skip, powder-coated metal plate, and natural stones. Overall dimensions: 90 ½ x 204 ¾ x 66 1/8 inches (230 x 520 x 168 cm)
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Size: 330 ml
I'm running out of superlatives and stories for the St. Bernardus beers – this is the fourth of my Odyssey, after the Abt (#46), Wit (#100), and Tripel (#106). I have talked a lot about the history of St. Bernardus, but not a great deal about the recent stuff.
It was 1992 when the brewery split asunder from St. Sixtus (#46) and was politely asked to drop the Trappist nomenclature. This transition had been managed by Guy and Bernadette Claus, the son-in-law and daughter of Evarist Deconinck. Both had both been in place for over thirty years since 1962, when Guy took over the brewing from Deconinck. It was only in 2003 that he retired as brewmaster at St. Bernardus, but both he and Bernadette continued to stay on and run the St. Bernardus guesthouse.
The 'T Brouwershuis bed and breakfast has long been something of an institution in Belgium, and is often listed among the top places to stay in the country. It currently comprises twelve immaculate rooms which are set fairly uniquely within the grounds of the St. Bernardus brewery grounds. Bernadette was actually born in this rambling property, and for those that are lucky enough to stay here, it really does feel like a home away from home. The attraction for beer lovers is to spend time chatting with the family, in the midst of a famous brewery, and of course not to forget the cabinet stocked full of a wide range of St. Bernardus beers. The beauty also is that even non beer geeks will get something out of a visit here. The breakfast is apparently sumptuous, guests have a free run of the house, complete with full library and solarium, and the welcome from the owners is second to none.
Reading about the guesthouse has done enough to convince me. I have resolved to head over in the spring with Mrs Beershrimper for a couple of days pampering ourselves on fine beer and conversation, in front of the roaring fire. I will be more than happy to accept a St. Bernardus Prior on my arrival. This beer like all the others from the range is made with water that has been pumped from as deep as 150 metres underground. Scientists even claim that the water from the St. Bernardus well originated as rainfall from the time of Joan of Arc which has seeped through hundreds of years and layers of Watou rock from the St. Omer region of France. It gives you a warm glow reading things like this as you look deep into your beer. The beer as usual with St. Bernardus looked the part, thick and velvety, and it was a similar experience on the tastebuds, with plenty of malt and fruit.


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Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 - XBox
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 - XBox
The legend of cricket makes a welcome come back after years of absence and does it with style. Take part in a World Tour, tournaments and a Challenge mode where you can relive some classic cricketing moments (the graphics even go black and white) like the first Ashes match where England lost back in 1882. Simple controls make the game as pick up and play as you could possibly want so you don't need to be a cricket genius to enjoy the game or understand what's going on.
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Ohio Tops Other States In Metal Theft Claims
Thieves Target Metal For Scrap
Ohio leads the nation in property insurance claims for the theft of copper and other metals, an industry-supported organization that fights insurance fraud says.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau says Ohio property owners made 2,398 such claims during the three-year period from 2009 through 2011.
Nationwide, such claims broke the 25,000 mark over the same period, an 81 percent jump from the three-year period from 2006 through 2008.
Texas ranked second in the number of metals theft claims, followed by Georgia, California and Illinois. The bureau listed the top metro areas for such claims as Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth and Detroit.
Thefts are spurred by high prices for copper and other metals in a struggling economy. Thieves cause millions of dollars in losses by ripping away air conditioners, plumbing and cables.
"Beginning in August, 2009, thefts steadily increased across the nation driven, once again, by rising prices for base metals, especially copper," the crime bureau said.
Last week, the Ohio Senate passed a bill to curb such thefts. The bill says dealers cannot buy from anyone who refuses to be photographed and must keep the photographs for 60 days.
In Cincinnati, rules regulating scrap metal sellers are being challenged in court. Owners of two scrap yards filed the challenge last month, saying their businesses would be harmed by proposals requiring permits, background checks, licensing and additional record-keeping.
The crime bureau says an alert neighborhood is the best way to fight metals thefts.
"Your best protection is simply paying attention. Talk with your neighbors and ask one that you trust to keep watch on your home if you will be away, and return the favor," the bureau says.
Lt. Charley Stepp of the Greene County Sheriff's Office agreed. "Just be diligent and keep your property locked up," he told the Dayton Daily News.
The bureau notes that comprehensive data is hard to track because some thefts don't result in an insurance claim or even a police report.