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Alex Newman
New American
November 19, 2013
As Libya continues its deadly spiral into lawlessness and bloodshed — most recently illustrated when Islamist militias gunned down protesters in the capital city of Tripoli last week, or when the "prime minister" was kidnapped last month — the Obama administration has a new plan to bring order out of chaos.
After having handed the smoldering ruins of Libya to a gaggle of radical Islamists and al Qaeda-linked fanatics by helping oust and summarily execute despot Moammar Gadhafi, the U.S. government is now working on a scheme to train Libyan "troops" and "security forces." All of it will help the embattled Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic regime cement its loose grip on power as it enforces sharia law.
Critics of the controversial scheme are warning that it risks further empowering Islamic terrorists with advanced U.S. military training. Of course, other problems with the missions include the absence of any constitutional authority to train foreign forces, as well as the fact that Washington, D.C. is already on the verge of drowning U.S. citizens in odious debts that can never be repaid. However, with the disastrous effects of the Obama administration's United Nations-approved unconstitutional war on Libya becoming clearer by the day, the surge in violence and chaos is being seized upon by policymakers as an excuse to justify further foreign intervention.
According to Adm. William McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. government plans to train between 5,000 and 7,000 Libyan "security" personnel. The scheme will include both conventional troops and "counterterrorism forces." Speaking during a terror-war panel discussion at the Reagan National Defense Forum, however, Adm. McRaven acknowledged that there would be "risks" inherent in boosting the capabilities of Libyan forces — particularly the very real prospect that U.S. taxpayer dollars will again be used to arm and train al Qaeda-linked jihadists.
"As we go forward to try and find a good way to build up the Libyan security forces so they are not run by militias, we are going to have to assume some risks," McRaven said at the event, referring to the lawless bands of Islamist militants armed and trained by the Obama administration amid the war on Gadhafi. "Right now we have the authorities to do that training, and I think as a country we have to say there is probably some risk that some of the people we will be training with do not have the most clean records. But at the end of the day it is the best solution we can find to train them to deal with their own problems."
Other than dealing with the nightmare unleashed in the wake of Obama's recent UN-backed "regime change" scheme against former U.S. terror-war ally Gadhafi, it was not immediately clear why American taxpayers and troops should be responsible for helping Libyans "deal with their own problems." Also unclear was what purported "authorities" the Obama administration believes it has to further train Libyan forces — though the lack of legitimate authority has proved unable to restrain the warmongering thus far. How much the scheme will cost also remains a mystery at this point.
What other governments might participate in building up the Libyan regime's monopoly on force has not yet been decided either, according to officials cited in media reports. A Carnegie Endowment associate who supports deepening U.S. government involvement in the Libyan fiasco, however, writing at the Council on Foreign Relations' publication, reported that authorities from Turkey, Italy, and the United Kingdom have committed their populations and forces to the effort.
As far as what "authority" purports to justify U.S. government involvement, proponents point to executive-branch machinations recently discovered by lawmakers aimed at easing U.S. anti-terrorism protections. "We still haven't gotten to the bottom of the Benghazi terrorist attacks and continue to face additional terrorist threats from Libya, yet the Obama administration is preparing to lift a long-standing ban that protects Americans and our interests," noted House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). "The Obama administration should focus its attention on getting answers to the lingering questions surrounding the Benghazi terrorist attacks and ensure that Americans are kept safe and sound."
Even though Adm. McRaven said top U.S. military leaders were aware of the "risks," he told the Washington Free Beacon that the plot was already in its "early phases." The controversial program will reportedly be carried out through the relatively new "U.S. Africa Command," also known as Africom, with support from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. Apparently much of the training, however, will take place on European soil — possibly owing to fear stemming from the Benghazi attack that left the U.S. ambassador and several other Americans dead. Another reason for setting up the schemes outside of Libya could be a recent raid on U.S. military supplies that resulted in militias stealing advanced American weaponry.
Ironically, perhaps, though hardly surprising: The controversial training announcement came just a week after Libyan "Justice Ministry" documents exposed the creation of a "council" to ensure that the new regime's laws were strictly adhering to Islamic sharia. In other words, following a long pattern that has accelerated quickly under the Obama administration, American taxpayers will again be financing the imposition of sharia law by force on a hapless population — large swaths of which were, to some extent at least, better off under the tyrannical but largely secular rule that preceded Obama, NATO, and al-Qaeda's "regime change" scheme. Among other changes, women will be relegated to second-class citizenship, along with non-Muslims.
In addition to the looming U.S. training for Libyan "security," functionaries serving the emerging European Union super-state are reportedly already on the ground in Libya training paramilitary forces under the "Defense Ministry." Supposedly part of an effort to prevent the nation from becoming a so-called "failed state" — a development that analysts say occurred years ago — the EU claims the plot is a "civilian" effort to support Libyan border guards and maritime forces. The controversial EU mission will also be supported by military experts and "public relations" (propaganda) operations paid for by taxpayers, according to media reports.
As The New American and, more recently, media outlets around the world have been documenting, with the ouster of Libya's brutal strongman, the Libyan people now find themselves under the bloody reign of a patchwork of revolutionary Islamist warlords with perpetually shifting alliances. Many of the "militias" have been put on the new regime's payroll in an apparent effort to purchase loyalty, but the chaos throughout Libya continues to grow. On November 15, for example, heavily armed Islamist gunmen fired on anti-militia protesters in Tripoli, reportedly killing several dozen and wounding almost 500.
In early October, meanwhile, a U.S. government raid captured alleged al-Qaeda operative "Abu Anas al-Libi." Ironically, the jihadist, who could live openly in Tripoli after the regime-change operation, was in hot water partly for possession of a terrorist manual outlining a scheme to overthrow "apostate" strongmen such as Gadhafi and Syria's Bashar al Assad — well before the Obama administration and other foreign powers openly joined the effort. In what reportedly may have been a response to Libyan regime cooperation in the seizure of al Libi, militias then proceeded to kidnap Libyan "Prime Minister" Ali Zeidan. The chaos and death toll in Libya are still on the rise.
Unsurprisingly, the establishment's Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the UN, the Obama administration, and other forces are working hard to get American taxpayers and troops more deeply involved in the Libyan fiasco that the establishment was largely responsible for producing in the first place. In the CFR's Foreign Affairs journal, for example, Carnegie Endowment senior associate Frederic Wehrey calls on Washington to "heed those who argue that the mission [to train new Libyan regime forces] should be accompanied by broader assistance designed to help Libya work through the economic and political challenges that underlie its insecurity."
A much better plan, though, would be for the U.S. government to stop meddling in the affairs of foreign nations. Washington, D.C.'s history of lawless and anti-constitutional interventionism speaks for itself: bloodshed, massacres, chaos, empowering future enemies, supporting dictators, and more. Each round of intervention, meanwhile, always seems to require more intervention to deal with the consequences. With American taxpayers already on the hook for some $17 trillion in debts, not to mention the thousands of U.S. troops killed, it is past time for policymakers to try a new approach.
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Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.
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OEF Update, Feb. 5, 2010: Operations in Afghanistan
Dispatches from the Front:
KABUL, Feb. 5, 2010 -- A combined Afghan and international security force detained several suspected insurgents and seized weapons and opium in recent operations, military officials reported.
A combined force searched a compound south of the village of Bangluk in Kabul province's Kalakan district last night after intelligence indicated militant activity there. The force detained "a few" suspected insurgents, officials said.
Meanwhile, a combined security force arrested several suspected insurgents and confiscated a weapons cache yesterday in Kabul's Paghman district. The cache contained 18 hand grenades, three AK-47 assault rifles, a pistol and ammunition.
Elsewhere, an International Security Assistance Force patrol detained "a few" individuals in a known Taliban compound yesterday in Helmand province's Nad-e-Ali district, officials said. The individuals tested positive for explosives residue and had bomb-making materials and more than 20 pounds of opium in their possession. They were turned over to Afghan security forces.
In Kabul's Bagrami district, Afghan forces discovered 68 82 mm mortar rounds Feb. 1.
No shots were fired and no Afghan civilians were harmed during these operations, officials said.
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How to Treat Failure to Launch
Let's Get Started!
Introducing Your Course and Instructor (5:56)
How to Navigate the Platform (5:01)
DOCUMENT: Course Slide Handouts
The Hikikomori Phenomenon
What's the Deal with Failure to Launch? (14:42)
Case Example: "George" (6:51)
Who Exactly Are We Talking About? Part One (11:23)
Who Exactly Are We Talking About? Part Two (11:57)
What ISN'T the Problem? (8:20)
Background Epidemiology: Youth in the 21st Century (8:31)
The Demographics of Hikikomori (To the Extent We Know Them) (5:39)
Risk Factors for Launchpad Problems
Societal Risk Factors: Why Now? Why So Many? Part One (9:05)
Societal Risk Factors. Part Two (13:32)
Case Example: "Roger" (2:49)
Risk Factors in the Client's Personal History (9:59)
Risk Factors We Deliberately (and Foolishly) Create in Youth (16:59)
Risk Factors in the Family (17:15)
Conducting Your Assessment
Handling the Referral: Who is Your Client? (3:58)
Assessment Day: Your Top Priorities (14:14)
DOCUMENT: 24 Hour Monitoring Sheet
Identifying the Significant Risk Factors (6:22)
DOCUMENT: Adult Independence Factor Sheet
Consider the Client's Stage of Change (12:53)
First, Get an Invitation: Handling the Assessment-to-Therapy Transition (5:51)
Alliance and Buy-In: The Groundwork of Therapy
Structuring Therapy: Length, Frequency, and Contracts (13:47)
The Alliance in Hikikomori Therapy, Part One (16:52)
The Alliance in Hikikomori Therapy, Part Two (8:32)
Avoidance or Anxiety: Which is Your Key Focus? (4:47)
The Kidnapping Question: A Strategy for Normalizing Mood (4:49)
How to Find and Focus on Shared Goals (10:12)
The Costs and Benefits of Staying Stuck (9:06)
Intervention Strategies: Your Toolkit
Accessing Your Client's Vision of the Future (20:51)
DOCUMENTS: Goal-Setting Brainstorming Sheets
Break it into Steps: Creating SMART Immediate Goals (22:18)
DOCUMENTS: Developing Immediate Goals
DOCUMENTS: Lifestyle Management Components
Turn Skill Deficits Into a Shopping List (8:06)
Financial Self-Management (3:10)
The Three Zones of Comfort: Orienting the Client to Exposure (11:47)
DOCUMENT: Zones of Comfort Diagram
Exposure Therapy Essentials (14:19)
DOCUMENTS: Exposure Therapy Helpers
Turbocharging with Exposure Therapy with Assistants (10:33)
Screen Time: Lengthen Your Client's Real-World Life (17:13)
Cognitive Work: Catching the Roadblocks (18:59)
DOCUMENTS: Cognitive Work
Work and School: Strategies to Get the Ball Rolling (15:07)
Strategies to Expand your Client's Social Network (13:19)
Mini-Groups: An Untested Option (10:05)
Walking a Tightrope: Getting Parents Involved
What's the Point of Parenting? (11:53)
Shifting the Balance Toward Self-Support (10:39)
Integrating Family in Individual Therapy (13:13)
Hidden Saboteurs: Good Reasons for Wrong Directions (9:21)
Getting the Family On Board (7:42)
The Battleground: Becoming an Adult by Remaining a Child (11:30)
Shifting the Family from Guywire to Launchpad (8:37)
DOCUMENT: Core Concepts for Parents
When a Parent is the Client (17:05)
Preventing Delays on the Launchpad
Parenting for Prevention: How to Raise an Adult (11:28)
Unrequested Advice for Educators (15:45)
Wrapping It To Go
The Open Door: Time to Move On (2:59)
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Cognitive Work: Catching the Roadblocks
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RETAIL landlords are preparing for a busy year as many embark on shopping centre redevelopments to entice consumers back to the malls.
While many of their tenants are feeling the pressure of the internet, a high savings level by households and cheap overseas travel, the landlords are benefiting from a resurgence in demand for upmarket food courts and cinemas.
AMP Capital Shopping Centre is one of the busier owners this year after its launch during the week of about $2 billion worth of redevelopments of centres across the country.
These include Ocean Keys in Perth, Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast and Sydney's Macquarie Centre.
According to the managing director of AMP Capital Shopping Centres, Bryan Hynes, the $390 million capital expenditure on the centre will make it the second-biggest mall in NSW. He said the group would use it as a blueprint for other centres across the country. Upon completion it will have an area of 136,000 square metres of food, retail and leisure outlets.
''With 130 new specialty stores, we have something for every market,'' he said at the launch.
The plans include a revamped David Jones department store that will be marginally smaller than other existing stores, but will offer customers a range of pick-up and internet shopping options.
The development comes as new data revealed department store sales grew by 1.9 per cent in real terms in 2012 - that is, there was a 1.9 per cent lift in the number of goods purchased over the year.
The chief economist at CommSec, Craig James, said 2012 was the strongest calendar-year performance in five years - the strongest since spending rose by 4.7 per cent in the 2007 year.
Mr James said over 2012, supermarkets recorded the best real growth in spending in eight years with a growth of 4.3 per cent, which was the strongest since 2004.
Food outlets such as butchers and greengrocers recorded the strongest calendar year growth in five years (5.3 per cent real growth).
Electrical goods retailers had the best year in four years (6.2 per cent growth). And pharmacies recorded the strongest growth in three years (10.3 per cent).
The data is positive for landlords who have chosen to focus on specialty stores in their renovations. But caution remains to the long-term future of a department store being the anchor of a centre.
In 10 years it is expected that more focus will be made on upmarket restaurants, fitness centres and computer retailers as the main reasons to visit a mall. ''Consumers don't spend evenly over the year. If there are government hand-outs, major discounts, price wars or periods of more buoyant consumer sentiment sparked by firmer share or home prices, then consumers will spend,'' Mr James said.
''But once the purchases are made, then Aussie consumers may retreat to the sidelines for a while.''
In the coming two weeks Stockland, GPT Group, CFS Retail, Westfield and Westfield Retail Trust will report their earnings for the six months and 12 months ending December 31, 2012.
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The American Cancer Society has a place where cancer patients and their caregivers can find help and hope when home is far away – an American Cancer Society Hope Lodge.
Each Hope Lodge offers cancer patients 18 and older and their caregivers a free place to stay when their best hope for effective treatment may be in another city. Currently, there are more than 30 Hope Lodge locations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Accommodations and eligibility requirements may vary by location. READ MORE.
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The American Cancer Society, in a cooperative effort with hotels across the country, provides overnight accommodations to cancer patients who must travel for outpatient treatment and need assistance with lodging.
The program is open to cancer patients of all ages, including pediatric patients accompanied by a parent, and patients traveling with children. All accommodations are provided based on eligibility requirements and are subject to availability and to restrictions imposed by the participating hotels. Requests for lodging are met on a first-come, first-served basis. READ MORE.


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Do you remember when Democrats used to defend free speech? That isn't true anymore. Democrats now want to silence the opposition. We might guess it was some free speech hating Democrat(s) who burnt David Jungerman's semi-truck trailer twice because he had this message painted on the side.
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Oh, and they torched his farmhouse too.
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So when the 72-year-old Raytown man wanted to speak out politically, he used what he had handy: a 45-foot-long, semi-truck box trailer.
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On May 12, Jungerman's trailer was torched...
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Snap: Seniors flock to a Hurt-free debate
It was a packed house at the Senior Center on Wednesday as the Senior Statesmen of Virginia hosted the Fifth Congressional District Candidates Showcase–- although the only signs of Republican candidate Robert Hurt were the stickers worn by his supporters. Congressman Tom Perriello and independent candidate Jeffrey Clark (the ostensible reason for Hurt's absence) noted the conspicuous absence in their opening remarks, and both vowed to continue waging a healthy, respectful race to Washington. The forum, moderated by WINA radio host Coy Barefoot, took questions from the audience for an hour, and hit upon such topics as the national budget, Afghanistan, and Social Security. Both Perriello and Clark emphasized the need for voter participation, urging the audience to hold Congress accountable for the rising deficit and shaky economy. "We need people to stop hiding behind party labels or sound bites," Perriello said.
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Old Timer, your unhealthy stereotypes are showing! Those in attendance were ages toddler to 90s and everywhere in between and the seniors present were overwhelmingly supporting Rep. Periello and asking questions about the future not the past. Folks over 50 are people too and have a wide variety of interests, perspectives and political beliefs. Stereotyping hurts us all.
There for the grace of god go I...
"Demograpics have shown time and again that the GOP has an older voting population, and most of it is white, with males being the majority" Same thing can be said for Democrats.
What stereotypes? Demograpics have shown time and again that the GOP has an older voting population, and most of it is white, with males being the majority. It was held at the Senior Center. I don't think twenty somethings were expected to be the majority in attendance at this one.
So Hurt was a fool to run away and get in a snit. When I was a young man there was something to the GOP. Those days are gone.
I'm surprised Tommy boy didn't manage to outlaw stickers for the meeting.
Perriello just voted for $10 billion to go to Calif. school systems. Supposedly they're going to pay for this by reducing funding for food stamps down the road, as if agribusiness is going to stand for this. Hurt turned tail and ran and should keep running. Is this the kind of behavior one would expect from a cowardly congressman? Why, yes. The only one that displays a shred of honesty and sincerity is Clark, but does he really have a chance of winning? I got tired of voting for the lesser of two evils long ago and may vote for Clark or I may vote for a write-in.
Jeff Clark is the only conservative candidate in this race, yet my fellow conservatives continue to support Hurt. Why? In my opinion, Hurt is even more liberal than PerryYellow!
Ahhahahahahaha. Boy, I tell you, the Republican candidates show themselves for the nitwits without a plan that they are. So many seniors love to pretend it's 1950 and life will return to Ward Cleaver, and their star totally disses them.
Who cares if it wasn't a real debate. It was a chance for the man to talk about his platform.
Both Perriello and Clark emphasized the need for voter participation, urging the audience to hold Congress accountable for the rising deficit and shaky economy.
Perriello would do this??? He's one of the ones responsible for our outrageous deficits.


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Two large churches, two traditions: unity is promoted through the celebration of Roman and Byzantine rites in Niederaltaich Abbey near Passau. Life in the monastery is a balance between solitude and community, contemplation and action, with constant efforts to build bridges between Christians in the east and west.
Even if each set of monks lives their lives according to their own rules and worships separately, despite both groups praying four times a day at the same time of day, Niederaltaich Abbey is the definition of togetherness. Two worlds come together around a holistic philosophy of prayer, working together and spiritual guidance. It is every bit as impressive as the abbey complex itself with the mighty St. Mauritius Basilica, which has shaped the skyline of the Danube in Lower Bavaria for more than 700 years and is one of the most prominent churches in South German Baroque architecture. The exterior is equally as extraordinary as the interior. Bold architecture is interspersed with light stuccos and elaborate paintings. The oval ceiling openings with their railings above the nave aisles are unexpected. The carvings in the sacristy are magnificent. By comparison, the Byzantine St. Nicholas Church appears almost unadorned. The iconostasis, the wall of magnificent icons and religious paintings separating the nave from the sanctuary, is the focal point of the room. The astrological chart on the basilica's south tower – a large stone slab with the horoscopes derived from the constellation of stars when the stone was laid – is one-of-a-kind. It was based on the deep conviction at the time that the work of man is part of the Divine Order and an integral part of its course – a nice idea in a place that seems to be without limits.
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Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 8x Optical, 4x Digital and 32x Combined Zoom
Image Capture Device
16.0 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD
Total Pixels
Approx. 16.6 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
Approx. 16.0 Megapixels
Focal Length
5.0 (W) - 40.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 - 224mm)
Optical Zoom
Digital Zoom
Focusing Range
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Normal: 2.0 in. (5 cm) - infinity (W), 4.3 ft. (1.3 m) - infinity (T);
Macro: 0.4 in. - 1.6 ft. (1-50 cm) (W);
Infinity: 9.8 ft. (3 m) - infinity (W,T)
Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus
Optical Viewfinder
Not Available
LCD Monitor
2.7-inch TFT Color LCD with wide viewing angle
LCD Pixels
Approx. 230,000 dots
LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%
Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture
f/3.2 (W) - f/6.9 (T)
Shutter Speed
1-1/2000 sec.
15-1 sec. (Shooting long exposures)
Exposure Control
Auto, ISO 100-1600
Light Metering Method
Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
* Facial brightness is evaluated in Face Detection AF
** Metering frame is fixed to the center
Exposure Control Method
Manual Exposure, Program Shift, Safety Shift, AE Lock
Exposure Compensation
Still Images: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Videos: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (not available during shooting)
White Balance
White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
* Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.
Built-in Flash
Auto, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off
- Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect.
Flash Range
1.6 ft. - 9.8 ft. (W), 4.3 - 4.9 ft. (T) (50cm - 3.0m (W), (1.3m - 1.5m (T))
Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance
Recycling Time
10 sec. or less (battery voltage: 3.7 V)
Flash Exposure Compensation
Not available
Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes
Auto, P, Live View Control, Digital IS, Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter
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Photo Effects
Not available
Self Timer
Approx. 10-sec. delay/approx. 2-sec. delay/custom*
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Wireless Control
Not available
Continuous Shooting
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Normal: Approx. 3.3 shots/sec. (in Low Light mode)
- Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically
- Differs depending on the zoom position.
Image Storage
Storage Media
SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
File Format
Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
Video: MOV (Image: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Monaural))
Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images (4:3 Aspect Ratio):
Large: 4608 x 3456
Medium 1: 3264 x 2448
Medium 2: 2048 x 1536
Small: 640 x 480
Wide: 4608 x 2592
HD 1280 x 720: 25 fps
Miniature Effect HD 1280 x 720: 5 fps / 2.5 fps / 1.25 fps
Miniature Effect 640 x 480: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)
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Playback Modes File
Stills & Videos:
Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Image Advance (Transition Effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback, Slideshow (Repeat, Interval, Effect)
Still Images:
Single, Index (6-100 thumbnails), Magnification (2-10x), Information Display, Red-eye Correction, i-Contrast, Resize, My Colors, Histogram, Overexposure Warning
Normal Playback*1, Skip Backward*2, Previous Frame*3, Next Frame*3, Skip Forward*2
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Erasing Specifications
Erase Modes
Select Image, Select Range, Select All Images
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- Using the Movie editing function, sections of the movie can be deleted.
Video Out
NTSC/PAL (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)
Audio Out
Monaural (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)
SD memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY, PIXMA Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers
Power Source
Battery Pack NB-11L/NB-11LH, AC Adapter Kit ACK-90
Shooting Capacity
Approx. 230 shots
Approx. 310 shots in ECO Mode
Playback Time
Approx. 4 hours
Physical Specifications
Operating Temperature
Operating Humidity
Dimensions (W x H x D)
3.75 x 2.14 x 0.87 in. / 95.2 x 54.3 x 22.1mm
4.48 oz. / 127g (CIPA standard)
3.95 oz. / 112g (Body only)
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In the Wall Street Journal's coverage of the concert the president is quoted as saying, "Dr. King himself once acknowledged that he didn't see 'the real meaning of the movement' until he saw young people singing in the face of hostility." There are many picture books that introduce children to Martin Luther King, Jr., the African-American civil rights movement leader. His most famous speech, "I Have a Dream," given in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is also the subject of many books.
Recently I had the chance to review a book about the civil rights movement, Dr. King's speech and the people who traveled to Washington to take part in the movement. The book, Riding to Washington, also introduces readers to two freedom songs that capture the spirit of the civil rights movement.
"Dr. King's speech sounded fine. The way he said it was just like music. But I wondered to myself: why is he telling me about his dream? What's it got to do with me." Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain, illustrated by David Geister
In the book Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain, a spunky young white girl named Janie describes her experiences as she rides on a bus from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C., and stands in the crowd watching Dr. King speak at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Her fellow passengers are black and white people from several different backgrounds. She encounters acts of discrimination when restaurants won't serve "mixed crowds" and a restroom door reads, "No Coloreds." In one particular eye-opening moment, she stands up for what is right and realizes that Dr. King's dreams pertains to all and that every individual has the power to bring about change.
A work of historical fiction, Riding to Washington is part of the Tales of Young American Series and provides a powerful depiction from an unusual perspective of the March on Washington. Swain's own father and grandfather both participated in the civil rights march and parts of the story are based on their memories. David Geister's well-researched period illustrations accurately show the clothing styles and buses found in the 1960's. His painting of the crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial is particularly awe-inspiring. Interestingly enough, all the illustrations and the text in the book focus not on Dr. King, but on the people that boarded the buses and attended the march. The book's text also highlights a couple freedom songs, "This Little Light of Mine" and "Get on Board, Children." An author's note on the last page provides some historical facts and details the inspiration behind the book. Because the book captures a snapshot of the 1960's, the wording in the book uses terms from this time period like "coloreds." The book would be appropriate for grades 1 and up and would work well for units on the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month.
Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain, illustrated by David Geister. Sleeping Bear Press; (December 2007); 40 pages; ISBN 9781585363247
Related links:
Riding to Washington Teachers Guide
Gwenyth Swain - Author Website
David Geister - Illustrator Website
In celebration of Black History Month, we made mosaic accordion fan hearts for our stART project. First we made a scribble picture, drawing a continuous, entangled black line that loops all over the paper. Then we colored in some of the scribble shapes in black, leaving the rest white. We cut the drawing into a capsule shape, accordion folded it lengthwise, and then folded the accordion in half to make a heart shape. (Craft tutorial at On a Whimm). For more books appropriate for various ages that embrace Black History, see PBSParents Books that Bring the Black Experience to Life.
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Kendrick (High Society, "Up in the Air," "Pitch Perfect, "Camp"), previously read the role of Cinderella during an October 2012 reading of the film adaptation of Into the Woods. "Chicago" Oscar winner Rob Marshall is directing the film for Disney.
Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Into the Woods book writer James Lapine authored the screenplay based on his own book for the 1988 musical that has a score by Stephen Sondheim. During an October reading of the screenplay, Lapine had streamlined the musical into a two-hour treatment for the screen.
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Young actor Daniel Huttlestone, who starred as Gavroche in Tom Hooper's film of "Les Misérables," has been tapped to portray Jack, with Tracey Ullman in talks to play Jack's Mother. Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred in the Off-Broadway drama If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, and Chris Pine, seen on the New York stage in The Atheist, are in talks to play the Princes; while Tony Award winner Christine Baranski (Hurlyburly, The Real Thing, "Mamma Mia!") is also in negotiations for the film – she was part of a reading of the screenplay adaptation of Into the Woods last fall, where she played Cinderella's Stepmother.
Into the Woods features a Tony-winning score by Sondheim and Tony-winning book by Lapine, who also staged both Broadway productions of the musical. Into the Woods premiered on Broadway in 1987 at the Martin Beck Theatre starring Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, Kim Crosby and Robert Westenberg. The original cast performance was preserved by PBS' American Playhouse in 1991. A 2002 Broadway revival played the Broadhurst Theatre.


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shop news!
I added several new pieces to the shop from the new collection I've been talking about!
The new pieces are all one of a kind, though I will make-to-order earrings and rings so that larger quantities can be made available.
It's been a slow progression from using just geo shaped beads and then adding some square & longer tube shaped beads to what I've just finished working on. The new necklaces & bracelets incorporate a bit of all the shapes I've used along with some new ones & in an entirely new set of colors to go along with it!
I love these statement pieces. They're each unique and bold but not overwhelming.
Nearly every piece in this new collection is ready to ship, which means no more long lead times...big yay!
I hope you all enjoy the newness, I've been anxious to get it posted. This is just a bit of it, I'll be adding more throughout the week too. :)
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These are so beautiful, not to mention the colour combinations which are superb!ReplyDelete
They are all totally gorgeous! Mine still hasn't arrived, rubbish post hey?ReplyDelete
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Those rings of yours are so cute! I love that mint color :)ReplyDelete
What fun necklaces! :) Love it!ReplyDelete
I love the color dipped drop earrings and the bracelets.ReplyDelete
Those look FANTASTIC!!! Ooh i just love the colors!ReplyDelete
beauties! so fresh for a fresh season! keep on keepin on!ReplyDelete
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I might order one soon :) or maybe you would like to go for a swap? ( I could for example send you this: http://supermarket.bonjourjohanna.com/product/wallet-geometrie-suisse)
Let me know!
Warm wishes & support,
Gorgeous Jennifer!ReplyDelete
Love the fresh colours! Admiring your work!:)ReplyDelete
Lovely lovely lovely!ReplyDelete
And they go perfectly with spring, and with France's new president!
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Bishop Alexander Delivers Commencement Address to Class of 2012
19 May 2012 • Campus Event • Deborah (Malacky) Belonick
Twenty-two graduates from St. Vladimir's Seminary have "gone forth" (Matt 28:19) to serve the Church as priests, deacons, and lay ministers—including choral conductors, scholars, and hospital chaplains. At Commencement Exercises held on Saturday, May 19, 2012, the seminary awarded diplomas in three programs: 2 Masters of Theology, 16 Masters of Divinity, and 4 Masters of Arts degrees were conferred. Graduates represented a broad range of ecclesial jurisdictions and included both Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christians; twelve of the 22 graduates already had been ordained to Holy Orders.
Commencement crowned the week's celebrations, which also included a community cookout, a formal dinner with the Board of Trustees, and a Divine Liturgy and Moleiben. At the Divine Liturgy, one graduating senior, Dn. Timothy Yates, was ordained to the Holy Priesthood (see that story, here). His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), presided over the celebration of the Divine Liturgy and ordained Fr. Timothy.
His Beatitude was joined in celebrating the Divine Liturgy by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Alexander [Golitzin], newly ordained Bishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese (OCA), and a seminary alumnus and former adjunct faculty member at St. Vladimir's. Bishop Alexander delivered the Commencement Address to the Class of 2012, speaking on the theme of priesthood and distinguishing between the sacramental and royal priesthoods. Bishop Alexander noted that an ordained clergyman has the "peculiar" role to "occupy the place of the High Priest [Jesus Christ]...and to offer himself up and give himself back to his people, his flock, as food and drink." Similarly, he said, lay scholars of theology have the duty to present Christ to the broader world, but by becoming " 'iconographers for the intellect'...constructing images of Christ that will reveal and make Him present to others."
Metropolitan Jonah, who is President of the Seminary and Chair of the Board of Trustees, opened the Commencement Exercises and conferred degrees upon the graduates. In his closing remarks, he encouraged the senior class to "bear the Good News with joy," to "practice asceticism with a smile," and to "remember always that you bear the responsibility for building up the Church and the seminary."
Class Valedictorian this year was The Rev. Gerasim [Eliel], who earned triple honors during his tenure as a seminarian: magna cum laude academic standing; commendation for contribution to community life; and commendation for his Master's thesis, titled, "Russian Icons in a Native Church: Conflict in Culture in Western Alaska." Second-year seminarian Harrison Basil Russin was Salutatorian. The Valedictorian and Salutatorian are selected by the faculty on the basis of their excellent performance in all aspects of seminary life, including academic work, participation in chapel services, and completion of community service assignments. The "Saint Basil Award for Academic Achievement" was presented to The Rev. Dn. Jason Ketz, who also graduated magna cum laude.
The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean, and The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, chancellor and CEO of St. Vladimir's, congratulated and encouraged the graduates as well. Father John reminded seniors that they not only had "worked hard" during their tenure at St. Vladimir's, but also had been "worked over" by the curriculum and long hours in chapel and field assignments, and that by those means, they had been made into "fertile soil" for the gospel message to grow. Father Chad reminded the students of the generations of alumni that had preceded them. The Chair of the Alumni Board, Gregory Abdalah, presented each graduate with a beautiful solid cherry wood frame to display their diplomas, and welcomed them to the St. Vladimir's Alumni Association.
Also present at the Commencement Exercises were visiting hierarchs The Most Rev. Tikhon, archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania; The Rt. Rev. Michael, bishop of New York and New York and New Jersey; and His Eminence Mor Titus Yeldho, archbishop and patriarchal vicar of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America. The hierarchs were present to honor graduates and seminarians from their respective dioceses.
[Photos in this article are by Leanne Parrott]
The entire campus community wishes the Class of 2012 many years!
View the Commencement Program, here.
View a photo gallery of Commencement Week, here.
Listen to Trustee Brian Gerich explain how St. Vladimir's graduates have touched his life, here.
View a photo gallery of Commencement Exercises by Leanne Parrott, here.
Listen to all of the Commencement speakers, here:
- Welcome by Dean Archpriest John Behr, with a recap of the academic year
- His Grace The Rt. Rev. Alexander, bishop of Toledo and Bulgarian Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America, 2012 Commencement Address
- Introductions by Chancellor and CEO Archpriest Chad Hatfield
- Valedictorian graduating senior Igumen Father Gerasim [Eliel]
- Salutatorian 2nd-year M.Div. student Harrison Basil Russin
- Metropolitan Jonah's closing remarks about joyful Christian witness


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Bus Schedules and Maps
All Pace bus schedules and maps are available in print and online. The Pace Route Finder tool, located below and on the left side of the 甘肃福彩快3走势图page, allows you to search for bus routes by keyword, carrier and division, communities connecting CTA and Metra stations and routes, landmarks or route numbers.
You can also use the Route Finder, below. You can search by:
You may also find complex routes using the RTA's Trip Planner.
Finding your route
Just pick your search type in the 'Search by:' pull down menu and enter or choose more detailed search criteria in the second section (the second section will change based on your 'Search by:' choice). Click the 'Find It' button and you'll be directed to a page displaying all of your search results. There you will find links to the route specific webpages which provides more information about the routes, including timetables and detailed maps.
Already Know Your Route Number?
Using the Route Finder tool, choose your search type in the 'Search by:' pull down menu and enter or choose more detailed search criteria in the second section (the second section will change based on your 'Search by:' choice). Click the 'Find It' button and you'll be directed to a page displaying all of your search results. There you will find links to the route specific webpages which provide more information about the routes, including timetables and detailed maps. If you already know your route number, you may type the route number in the search field of the Route Finder and get a link directly to that route's printed map and timetable.
Pace also provides video descriptions of many of its routes. If you go to Pace's , you can click on the appropriate route number and watch a 2- to 3-minute video. The video shows all the streets on which the bus travels, highlighting local landmarks and major destinations. It also highlights special features of certain routes, such as route variants at certain times of day. The videos are designed to provide visual assistance to those who are unfamiliar with a particular bus route. When used in conjunction with the bus route map and schedule, people traveling in northeastern Illinois have plenty of information about how to commute stress-free and cost-effectively.
Reading the schedule and map
In case of any questions regarding schedules, please call Pace Customer Relations at 847-364-7223, option 3, or the RTA Travel Information Center at 312-836-7000.
The Schedule Cover
The schedule's cover shows the route number and name, major destinations served, the effective date of the schedule and days of service. Be sure to check the days of service on the front panel of the schedule to ensure that the route operates on the day you wish to ride. If you find yourself with multiple schedules for a single route, please refer to the date at the bottom of the front panel to find the most recent version.
The Schedule Map
Each printed and digital schedule contains a detailed route map. The numbered circles on the map represent 'time points,' which correspond to numbers and locations on the timetable. Most time points are located at a main intersection or popular destinations and are meant as reference points to help riders judge what time a bus will be at a particular location. Please note that the bus does stop at other locations besides the time points represented on the route schedules. If flagged (or waved) down, most buses will stop at any intersection where it is safe to do so; however, some routes stop only at posted bus stops. Please check the schedule to see if your route serves posted stops only. The map also includes transfer locations (where other bus routes intersect with this route) and arrows, indicating the direction of travel. Additional information can be found on the schedule's timetable.
Your Pace web site provides two kinds of maps for your use, printable and interactive. Our printable schedules feature a symbolic map, clearly showing the route and major locations, transfer points and transit centers. These maps are monochrome and usually are not to absolute scale. They also lack background streets and community boundaries. Interactive maps are created by computers and can show many kinds of information that you select. You can turn or off several sizes of streets, state highways, federal highways, other transit services, community boundaries, community attractions, libraries, schools, hospitals and or museums. The maps are re-created depending on your selections.
Both kinds of maps can be located on each route's informational page.
The Schedule Timetable
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Timetables differ for weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, so do not assume that the bus you ride Monday through Friday will keep the same schedule on the weekend or holidays.
Real Time Bus Arrival Information
Pace offers its customers predictions about bus arrival and departure times based on real-time information using buses'locations. See the Bus Tracker feature of Pace's website or, for other ways to access real-time information, see the Real-Time Information page.
More information
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Jennifer Kelley initially spent 10 years in the restaurant industry, first as a server while completing her master's in English and then as a restaurant manager.
When considering another career, she remembered how much she enjoyed being a research assistant in college.
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Nemiroff Honored for Astrophysics Research
Note: The University is recognizing two faculty members with the 2012 Research Award, Robert Nemiroff and Andrew Storer. The article on Storer's accomplishments appears here.
From leading-edge research to extraordinary showmanship, few scientists have made as big an impact on their field as astrophysicist Robert Nemiroff, the co-recipient of Michigan Technological University's 2012 Research Award.
Nemiroff, a professor of physics, is best known in the lay community for being half of the team behind NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. With half a million hits daily, it is "the most successful and popular astronomy site on the web," wrote Bradley E. Schaefer of Louisiana State University in support of Nemiroff's nomination for the Research Award. "This is astounding, and the popular effect on astronomy perceptions and education throughout America and the world is enormous."
Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell of NASA started Astronomy Picture of the Day in 1995, which may make it the Internet's first science blog. It has been going strong ever since. Said Jon Hakkila of the College of Charleston, "As a result of this webpage, Dr. Nemiroff has contributed greatly to popularizing astronomy, following in the footsteps of the late Dr. Carl Sagan."
The site is so well known, that "some people in the astronomical community think that's all I do," said Nemiroff, adding with a smile, "It's good to get a Research Award to show that I'm a real scientist."
There doesn't seem to be much doubt that he is. Nemiroff established himself years ago within the astrophysics community championing the idea that gamma-ray bursts—the most powerful explosions in the universe—originate far beyond the Milky Way. "The gamma-ray burst distance was one of the most profound unanswered questions in astronomy," said Hakkila. Nemiroff's "work helped convince many astronomers that GRBs originated in distant galaxies."
"Our group back then had several indications that gamma-ray bursts weren't galactic and could be cosmological," Nemiroff said. To help settle the point, he organized the 1995 Great Debate between the leading proponents on each side of the issue, an event that was attended by hoards of professional astronomers.
Nemiroff's group showed time and again that new satellite observations were most consistent with a cosmological origin. They found differences between bright and dim gamma-ray bursts that could best be explained by the high-energy explosions occurring billions of light years away, in the deep cosmos. A serendipitous but definitive optical observation a few years later confirmed the suspicions of Nemiroff and a growing group of others: "It was game over for the galactic people."
Most recently, Nemiroff and his team used a gamma-ray burst to suggest that space-time is not as "foamy" as some scientists think.
"There are theorists who hypothesize the universe is comprised of quantum foam at very small scale, with particles constantly coming and going out of existence," he said. "You can't show that in a lab, but if you record photons from a gamma-ray burst from across universe, you might see this effect. We found a millisecond spike at very high energy in one specific gamma-ray burst."
If the universe were as foamy as predicted, it would have smeared the spike out, he said. "Foaminess" may kick in at some point, but at much smaller scales. "We found the universe is smooth. That surprised some theorists," he said.
His research also capitalizes on a phenomenon predicted in Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Called gravitational lensing, it states that matter can bend light away from its source. "I use that to better understand the universe between gamma-ray bursts and us," he said.
In nominating Nemiroff, physics professor Don Beck and Ravindra Pandey, chair of the physics department, cited his research based on gravitational lensing, noting that his groundbreaking predictions regarding binary stars, quasars and microlensing events (which give insight into stellar distributions and dark matter) have been proved correct.
In another project, Nemiroff and his graduate students searched gamma-ray bursts to find "echoes" caused by the gravitational lens effect of dark matter. "We couldn't find the echoes," he said, so they concluded that there was considerably less dark matter in the region than previously estimated, "about a billion solar masses."
Among his other accomplishments, Nemiroff also led the first team to set up a global network of wide-angle cameras to record the entire night sky. While most of his original cameras are no longer in place, "in the sincerest form of flattery, several groups have since built their own [networks] with their own scientific emphasis," Schaefer wrote.
The passion for education and outreach evident in the Astronomy Picture of the Day manifests itself throughout Nemiroff's working life. "He really cares about teaching," said Jay Norris of Boise State University. "Bob's quest to understand Nature—and transfer that understanding to others—is unflagging."
Schaefer noted that he has adopted Nemiroff's "Ask Mr. Wizard" idea, in which he dons a wizard's hat and invites introductory astronomy students to ask questions that won't be covered in class. "It has worked wonderfully," Schaefer said. "This is always the most-praised item in my end-of-semester evaluations."
Outreach should go hand in hand with research, Nemiroff said. "Scientists should communicate outside their field, and many people are doing it here at Michigan Tech."
And, he said, he's honored by be singled out for his own contributions. "There's a lot of really good science going on all around the University," he noted. "You can go into many labs, ask what's going on, and be enthralled."
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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