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Supreme Court Could Give Landmark Ruling on Public Prayer
Alliance Defending Freedom will support the town of Greece on the historic practice of seeking Divine guidance at public meetings.
WASHINGTON — In a move that could have national consequences for prayer in public life, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a federal case challenging the constitutionality of opening prayers at the town-council meetings in Greece, N.Y.
"It is perfectly constitutional to allow community members to ask for God's blessing according to their conscience," Brett Harvey, senior counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom, told Catholic News Agency on May 21.
"A Supreme Court ruling reaffirming this historic tradition and making clear that prayer-givers are permitted to pray consistent with the dictates of their own conscience would both uphold the original understanding of the Constitution and provide needed clarity to put an end to these attacks on our American heritage."
Greece is a Rochester suburb, with 90,000 people. The Alliance Defending Freedom is supporting the town's defense against two plaintiffs, Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens. The two claim that the public prayers that open local town meetings unconstitutionally privilege Christianity. Since the prayers began in 1999, they objected, almost all of those who delivered prayers have been Christians. Non-Christians who have delivered prayers include a Jewish layperson, a local Baha'i leader, a Wiccan priestess and an atheist.
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the town. Judge Guido Calabresi, who authored the opinion, said that, although the town allows anyone to volunteer, it did not solicit volunteers or inform the general public that volunteers would be considered or accepted.
He emphasized that the court did not say that government bodies can never open a session with prayer, Reuters reports.
Rev. Barry Lynn, a United Church of Christ minister who heads the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State, opposed the prayers.
He said that a town-council meeting is not a church service and "shouldn't seem like one."
Harvey, however, said the case "defends a historic practice of opening public meetings by seeking Divine guidance." He added that the Supreme Court has ruled public prayer is a part of the "history and tradition" of the United States.
"The Founders prayed while drafting our Constitution's Bill of Rights," he said. "America continues this cherished practice, and a few people should not be able to extinguish the traditions of our nation merely because they heard something they didn't like."
Harvey said there have been 20 different federal lawsuits filed against local governments asking that they abandon their traditions of prayer.
"A ruling against the town of Greece would multiply the attacks on the historic practice of seeking Divine guidance at public meetings and would suggest that the authors of the Bill of Rights were violating the Constitution, even as they were writing it," he said.
A decision on the case will likely take place during the court's next term, which lasts from October 2013 to June 2014.

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July 29, 2010
More evidence has emerged revealing Google's spook connections. Noah Shachtman, writing for Wired, details how the CIA's technology investment operation, In-Q-Tel, and Google are supporting a company that monitors the web in real time. The company, Recorded Future, scans tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find imputed relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents. Recorded Future claims it can utilize this information to predict the future.
"The idea is to figure out for each incident who was involved, where it happened and when it might go down. Recorded Future then plots that chatter, showing online 'momentum' for any given event," writes Shachtman. CEO Christopher Ahlberg, a former Swedish Army Ranger with a PhD in computer science, told Wired "you can actually predict the curve, in many cases" with the software developed by his company.
As previously noted here and elsewhere, Google has done business with the NSA and the CIA in the past. In-Q-Tel financed the mapping firm Keyhole bought by Google in 2004. "This appears to be the first time, however, that the intelligence community and Google have funded the same startup, at the same time," writes Shachtman.
In the above promotional video produced by Recorded Future, the software is utilized to search for the keywords "Pakistan" and "jihad," leading us to believe the technology will be used to track down and data-mine information about Muslim terrorists and rogue states.
The NSA, however, has a history of spying on American citizens exercising their First Amendment rights. For instance, in 2004, it was revealed that the mega-snoop agency had worked with the Baltimore Intelligence Unit of the Baltimore City Police Department to monitor an anti-war organization. In December, 2005, The New York Times revealed that the Bush administration and the NSA had eavesdropped on the electronic communications of Americans.
The Pentagon, the FBI, and the CIA have a long track record of violating the civil liberties of Americans.
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"The NSA kicked its spy campaign into high gear in the 1960s. The FBI demanded that the NSA monitor antiwar activists, civil rights leaders, and drug peddlers," writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson. "The Senate Select Committee that investigated government domestic spying in 1976 pried open a tiny public window into the scope of NSA spying."
During the reign of Bush it was revealed that the FBI, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency had each set up covert operations to monitor the constitutionally protected political activities of citizens opposed to the Bush administration's war in Iraq. The FBI targeted a large number of people, including a "vegan community project" in Indianapolis, the Catholic Worker movement and its "semi-communistic ideology," Code Pink, the anti-war coalition United for Peace and Justice, Greenpeace and attendees of the Third National Organizing Conference on Iraq, according to Joel Bleifuss writing for In These Times.
In 2009 the Department of Homeland Security produced a document targeting returning veterans, advocates of the Second Amendment, and state militias and patriot groups as potential terrorists. In Missouri and Virginia, police intelligence agencies characterized constitutionalists, Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin supporters, and members of the patriot community as terrorists.
Recorded Future, when finally implemented, will not data-mine CIA and intelligence community manufactured Muslim terrorists, as the video above intimates, but the real threat to the establishment — the American people.
Google is complicit in the effort to build a huge surveillance and control grid. It is an enthusiastic handmaiden of the global elite. Recorded Future is a pre-crime tool that will be used by the controllers to predict what the ruling elite consider criminal activity — support for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the willingness to exercise and defend those liberties in the political realm.
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May 13, 2016
What Millennials are Looking for in an Apartment or Condo
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
LinkedIn recently told us that 4,279 new apartments were added to Seattle's local inventory last year, and based on the number of cranes you constantly see around the city, we believe them. With so many choices, Millennials are getting really specific about what they want in a living space and the lifestyle it provides them.
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April 22, 2016
New Home Construction Trends to Watch Out For
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
Earlier this week, at the Windermere Builder Solutions Breakfast, more than 100 Windermere brokers came together to listen to Windermere President OB Jacobi lead a panel discussion on new home construction trends in the greater Seattle area.
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February 18, 2016
6 Ways to Incorporate the Color of the Year in Your Home
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
The Pantone Color of the Year was announced a couple of months ago and we can't express how awesome these colors are apart, let alone together. For the first time Pantone introduces two shades as the Color of the Year 2016: Rose Quartz and Serenity are a fusion of warm and cool; promoting not only a non-traditional color match, but also gender equality. Here are six different ways to integrate...
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January 20, 2016
New Year, Bold Home
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
"New year, new me" is so 2015. We thought we would change things up a bit because frankly, 2016 deserves better and so do you. This is the year to be bold. In fact, if there was a color named "bold" we would recommend it for your kitchen remodel. Once a month we will be showing you a different way to go bold with your home.
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January 12, 2016
A Peek into the Future
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
The International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) trade show took place last week in Las Vegas. If you thought last year's best technology from CES was cool, this year brings a whole new meaning to "innovation."
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December 23, 2015
Raise a Glass and Celebrate the New Year!
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
Sparkles. Confetti. GLITTER. All New Year's Eve staples. In fact, we're pretty sure that New Year's Eve is the quintessential holiday for all things glitter. Whether your plans involve throwing a party or attending one, here are some creative ideas to step up your game.
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December 16, 2015
Holiday Mantel Glam Decor
Posted by Tiana Baur
Anyone who has a fireplace can appreciate how versatile a mantel is. It's easy to change its look with the different holidays and seasons. And there's no better season to do this than Christmas. Hang a wreath, decorate it with candles, ornaments, and twinkling lights. The options are endless. If you're not sure where to start, pick a theme. Here are some ideas to consider.
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December 08, 2015
Luxury? There's an App for That
Posted in Luxury by Tiana Baur
On the brink of 2016, it seems like there's an app for everything. Need some help moving around the furniture in your home? Done. Has the radio made a comeback in app form? It sure has. The world is truly at our fingertips. And luxury is no different. These apps may not be for everyone, but it's hard to argue their wow-factor.
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November 12, 2015
Understanding the Chinese Home Buyer in the U.S. Housing Market
Posted in Market News by Tiana Baur
Earlier this week, Bill Russell, head of International Development for Chinese real estate website, Juwai, spoke to a large group of Windermere agents about how to connect to Chinese buyers. Since China is a country with very different marketing tactics and a culture drastically different than our own, we were able to learn a great deal.
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November 10, 2015
Five Essentials for Your Home Office
Posted in Living by Tiana Baur
Most people dream of working from home, but ask anyone who does it on a regular basis, and they'll tell you how hard it can be to stay productive when you work where you live. The most disciplined telecommuters will tell you that you need a structured routine and organization to rise and grind and get into work mode.
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I am up to 650km with my Mudclaw 300's - in all sorts of off-road terrain - training, orienteering and hill running with no heel blister problems. Still got lots of grip and very little wear and tear. I did have heel problems with one of the original pairs of Innov8's many years ago but have recently gone through 2 pairs of the old style X-Talons and the 300's with no problems. I also have a pair of ORoc 340's but I am not convinced by the grip - might be an advantage on bare rock or ice - and they are fairly heavy and wide.
I changed from the X-Talons as they have fairly thin soles and I did have a problem with bruising on the ball of my foot. No such problem with the 300's, although they do get quite heavy when wet - best to get them wet before you run and get the laces tight as they do stretch a little. Might try the 265's when I need a new pair - particularly as I see from the Innov8 website that they have strengthened the uppers.
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Born in the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne in 1946 and as a child I lived at Deer Park before my family moved to Longwarry in West Gippsland. I have one brother who was born at the Warragul Hospital in 1948.
For forty-five years I lived at Longwarry, being educated at the Longwarry State School and the Drouin High School. I left school at sixteen and for thirty years worked in the dairy industry at Longwarry Milk Factory, employed by four company's working as a butter maker, dryer operator and at times either a cream room or milk room operator. I never moved but the companies did. For four tomato seasons I worked for White Crow as an evaporator operator. Ill health with a muscle wasting disease forced me to retire eventually.
My sporting interests have always been Australian Rules football, Cricket and playing Basketball. I played all my football and cricket for Longwarry, but played basketball for a number of clubs.
My hobbies over the years have ranged from keeping aviary birds, especially finches, growing native fruit plants as well as attempting to grow everything I could from either seed or cuttings. I am one of the founding members of the modern and very successful Longwarry fishing club that in it's first three years won a number of state trophies. My preference was river fishing for either blackfish or the Gippsland freshwater crayfish.
I have been married twice. My first marriage failed after seven years and from that marriage I have three children, Karen, Janet and Brad. My second marriage with Joy has seen a long and happy period of thirty-two years. We have three children, Teresa, Glenn and Megan, plus nine grand children, and a tenth grand child due.
I also keep in constant touch with my brother Ron, who lives in Melbourne. He is a constant source of information toward my writing.
From 1993 until 2010 I lived in Irymple Victoria, and today, I am back in my home town Longwarry in Gippsland and because of my disability, I spend most of my time writing about the people in my life, and of course as you will read, fictional people who I do not wish to have in my life through this Creek family.
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Catholic Home Missions Appeal Strengthens the Church at Home
WASHINGTON (April 4, 2011)—There are 87 Catholic home mission dioceses in the United States. Whether due to the rugged terrain or the poverty of the population, these dioceses are for the most part unable to fund by themselves the most basic and essential pastoral works. The Catholic Home Missions Appeal, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), works to bridge the gap between need and available resources in mission dioceses, thus strengthening the Church here at home. The national date for the Appeal is May 1.
"The commitment of the Catholic Church in poor dioceses across the country is not without challenge, as many of the parishes in these mission dioceses are unable to support their core ministries," said Bishop Michael W. Warfel of Great Falls–Billings, chairman of the USCCB Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions. "Many parishes are also separated by long distances or rough terrain and face the realities of poverty and priest shortages. The generosity of their fellow Catholics in the U.S. makes a great difference in the life of these faith communities."
For instance, with help from the Catholic Home Missions Appeal, the Diocese of Stockton in California created the innovative Latino Leadership Development Program. This program engages Catholics who have returned to the Church and are eager to participate in parish and community life.
The Catholic Home Missions Appeal funds an array of pastoral projects, including catechesis, seminary education, youth ministry, Hispanic and other ethnic ministries, and lay ministry training. It also provides aid to struggling parishes in poor dioceses.
"As I visit our parishes across northern Wisconsin, I am able to witness firsthand the many ways in which the lay people of our diocese assist our pastors in carrying out their responsibilities to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ," said Bishop Peter F. Christensen, of Superior, Wisconsin. "The funding we receive from the Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions continues to make it possible to provide training and support for those called forth to ministries of outreach and service in their parishes and the broader Christian community."
Although the appeal primarily supports home mission dioceses, the subcommittee may also give grants to other dioceses for particular projects and to organizations and religious communities engaged in missionary work in the United States and its territories and former territories.
The U.S. bishops established the Catholic Home Missions Appeal in 1998. Additional information, including a map of U.S. home missions, can be found at http://www.usccb.org/hm/.
Keywords: Catholic Home Missions Appeal, missionary work, evangelization, Bishop Michael W. Warfel, Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions, U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops, USCCB
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The system characteristic describes the connection between volume flow-rate and pressure loss in a given pipe system.
The system characteristics will normally have the shape of a parabola. This means that the pressure loss in a system is an increasing quadratic function of the volume flow-rate.:
H = K x Q2.
In practical terms, this means that when the volume flow-rate is decreased by one-half, the pressure loss is reduced by 1/4.
The size K expresses the resistance in the system. The higher the resistance, the steeper the parabola becomes. The system characteristic can be determined from pressure loss calculations. At existing systems, it can be determined through measurements.
The system characteristic is used together with the pump's performance curve for dimensioning and correct pump selection.


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2 hurt in school bus crash
A driver was severely injured after he slammed into the side of a Houston Independent School District bus in southwest Houston on Friday morning.
The collision happened about 6:30 a.m. at 7500 Beechnut near Braeburn Valley, according to the Houston Police Department.
Three high school students and the driver were aboard the bus. One of the students, was taken to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. No details of her possible injuries were released, but police said they were non life-threatening.
Police said the bus driver pulled away from a stop sign and was turning left to travel westbound on Beechnut when the driver of a black Honda sedan that was traveling eastbound on Beechnut hit the bus broadside.
Police said witnesses told investigators the Honda was traveling at a high rate of speed and the driver appeared to accelerate moments before the impact.
The injured driver was rushed to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. He was in critical condition.
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Amanda Panico's outfit—a jean skirt, a white button-down shirt and white flip-flops—is far from the typical attire for a financial advisor. Yet the Prudential Financial advisor's wardrobe is perfectly suited to the Tampa, Fla., community where she works, she says. More importantly, it's a reflection of who she is and a key factor to her success as an advisor.
"I tried wearing suits for a while," Panico says, "but it just wasn't right for me and for the market that I serve. I wasn't myself and actually, my practice wasn't doing so great either."
Once she let her personal style come through, though, Panico's practice started to flourish. Her client list grew and through word of mouth, and her own outreach efforts within the broader community, has continued to expand.
"Like attracts like. I was able to relate better with clients because down here in Florida, this is how clients dress. Being who I am matches up with the attitudes and beliefs of the community," she says.
Attire is just one part of what Panico calls the new era of financial planning. As much as clients are seeking out financial advisors for their professional knowledge and expertise, they're also looking for people they can relate to as individuals in order to forge long-lasting and trust-based relationships. Gone are the days of the "guy in a black suit sitting at the back of a limo that so many wirehouses featured in their ads," Panico says. "They really vilified our profession and that's not what people want today."
Given all that's happened as a result of the financial crisis, investors are still wary and even fearful of financial advisors. In fact, returns on their investments are probably their last priority right now, Panico says, and many individuals are reluctant to commit to a financial advisor unless they believe they can truly trust that person and relate to them in different ways as individuals.
As such, today's advisor-client relationships, Panico says, need to be open and equal, and being able to assuage investors' fears and concerns should be a top priority for financial advisors. That means understanding the behavioral biases that ultimately affect their investment decisions and the subtleties of their psyche to be able to cultivate a relationship based on ease and trust.
"It's about wardrobe, it's about the way we speak, the way we look, the way we approach people and a lot of different things," she says.
Take office décor, for instance: In these times, having a tasteful office that's different from the norm, that is eye-catching and welcoming is a very important part of the process, Panico believes.
"Most places are still all grey and mahogany. We just don't have that here because it's so off-putting to so many people," she says. "People who come to our office inevitably walk around touching stuff, telling us that they like what we've done and some have actually taken snips of my wallpaper. I think it really brings their guard down if people walk into an office that's different and individualized in its décor."
Of course, every community in the United States is different. As much as advisors should try to approach individuals as individuals, they should also make sure they have a sense of the semantics of the community in which they're working, Panico says. Advisors are responsible for cultivating and preserving trust in their individual relationships, but they should also endeavor to be a part of the community they work in, she says. Catching onto the peculiarities—both obvious and subtle—that define and make up particular communities is key for any advisor who wants to succeed today.


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UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo isn't pulling any punches when discussing Anthony Pettis, a former lightweight contender who was granted an immediate title shot when he decided to drop to 145 pounds.
However, if victorious, Aldo plans to follow a Pettis-like path into an immediate title shot in a new weight class.
Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) meets Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) meet Aug. 3 in the headliner of UFC 163, which airs on pay-per-view from Rio de Janeiro's HSBC Arena.
So what did Aldo think when the UFC first approached him about the fight, which put other contenders such as Ricardo Lamas, Chad Mendes, Cub Swanson and Chan Sung Jung on hold?
"I think it can be a valid approach, but not when someone drops from the weight class above to immediately challenge the champion," he said this past weekend in Brazil. "There are already various contenders within the weight class. If someone just shows up and immediately challenges for the belt, he's cutting in line, and everyone sees that.
"I don't think it's fair. I think if you're going to drop down, then prove yourself by first having great fights within the weight class, and then you've earned the right to fight for the belt. That's how I think. But since we're already booked, no problem. I'll just go and win that fight."
Aldo is riding a 15-fight win streak that includes eight straight WEC/UFC title defenses. And he's looked downright dominant as he's breezed through one notable challenger after another.
Pettis, meanwhile, has won three straight and seven of his past eight. The former WEC champion, in fact, was already queued up for a shot at the lightweight belt. UFC officials, though, said Pettis wanted to drop to featherweight for an immediate title shot rather than wait for his lightweight shot. (Coincidentally, though, lightweight champ Benson Henderson meets new top contender T.J. Grant just four weeks later in UFC 164's headliner.)
For Aldo, though, the bout with Pettis comes with a perk. In fact, if victorious, Aldo said he's going to do exactly what Pettis did: move to a new weight class and get an immediate title shot. In other words, if the UFC's featherweight champion defeats Pettis this summer, he wants to add a lightweight title to his collection.
"If everyone is cutting in line, I might as well do the same thing," Aldo said. "I'd like to move up one division and have an immediate title shot. We took the Pettis fight with this in mind.
"It's [set]. Exactly. We put that in (the contract). It's black and white. When we accepted the Pettis fight, we brought that up right away. Since everyone wants to cut into our line, let's cut into theirs too."
So why venture to a new weight class when things are going so well as featherweight? Why not just be content as the world's best 145-pounder?
"I like challenges," he said. "My life's been nothing but challenges. It's just another one in my career. Thank God I'm going through this. It makes me very happy. The next challenge is always the biggest. Pettis will be the biggest. After I'm done with him, there will be another. That's my life."
For more on UFC 163, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Birding Opportunities Plentiful during Fall Migration
April showers might bring May flowers, but fall brings neotropical migrants
Every year, hundreds of bird species fly south through
during the fall migration, creating many unique birding opportunities throughout the state. Hummingbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, and neotropical migrants such as warblers, flycatchers and orioles, are just a few of the birds residents can expect to encounter during this special period. Kansas
"Morning is the best time to go out since birds tend to be more active in the cooler parts of the day," said Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism wildlife education coordinator Mike Rader. "However, sometimes activity will pick up in late afternoon just before birds go to roost, too."
An avid birder himself, Rader suggests that some of the best birding hotspots can be in your own backyard.
"Neotropical migrants can be sought in any decent woodland habitat across the state, but some of the most reliable spots each year actually include park areas in
Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, and ," said Rader. "Fall migration is also a great time to check out the corners of our state, with many western species found along the western tier of counties from border to border, but especially around the Elkhart/Cimarron Grasslands region of extreme southwest Johnson County ." Kansas
Rader added the
Southeast Kansas Nature Center in extreme southeast Kansas near is also an excellent location to bird watch.
For information on where to bird watch in
, including tools for identifying species, visit the Kansas Ornithological Society's website at www.ksbirds.org. Kansas


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Edinburgh police have had to marshal hundreds of cars and pedestrians to prevent a third day of traffic chaos at a newly opened Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the city.
Seventy-two hours after the US chain's first Scottish outlet opened, drivers were still queueing for up to an hour to get their fill on Friday. The day before Lothian and Borders police urged motorists to avoid the western side of Edinburgh altogether due to the chaos. Patrol cars were sent to Hermiston Gait retail park to try to stop Krispy Kreme customers causing gridlock when a mile-long tailback began backing on to the M8.
Edinburgh Evening News reported that pedestrians were queuing in wintry conditions for up to an hour, but the delays caused by banked-up cars had been worse, with motorists waiting in line for the drive-through service for up to two hours.
Napier University students Melinda Garrott and Elise Setter told the paper they took public transport to reach the store after getting free samples in the city centre.
Garrott said: "We got the bus. It's about 25 to 30 minutes, but we had no idea where the store was so we got lost. It was raining – we had to get a taxi. We then waited about 40 minutes in the queue, but they gave us free doughnuts so it was OK."
Health campaigners said they were appalled at the number of people prepared to wait in their cars to buy the cholesterol-packed snacks.
Tam Fry, for the National Obesity Forum, said: "If Edinburgh is overweight today then it will certainly be obese by tomorrow."


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Daniele Pollitz was born in Morocco and raised in Paris. Her childhood experience resulted in the fusion of her French upbringing and a natural sensibility of art and a broad sense of design. Her body of work includes a wide range of sculptures from small figurines to busts, functional vessels, large fountains, and bas relief made of Metal and Leather. Daniele interprets the human body, and abstract forms in bronze clay and resin and currently she is working in in Metal cuttings with human forms made in leather.
All of Daniele's bronzes are cast by the Bedi-Makky Art Foundry in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She works closely with the foundry, choosing and supervising the patinas and highlights that are particular to her work. Her sculptures have no more than eight castings.
In 1996 Daniele started experimenting with clear resin, an elegant material that looks like glass. She has created a unique collection of champagne buckets that suggest the exuberant effervescent spirit of champagne. The line includes "Woman in Ice", depicting a female torso, "High Roller" with the Queen of Hearts and the As of Spades, "Bucket of Artic Flutes," which resembles champagne glasses jutting out of a block of ice. These champagne buckets were featured many times at the James Beard Foundation in New York.
In 1998 The G&P Foundation for cancer Research honored Daniele with the commission to sculpt the "Angel of Hope" award, which was presented to President William Jefferson Clinton.
In 2002 Danieke created a Collection of Fantasy Shoes inspired by five decades of fashion and her own vivid imagination. These shoes are made of translucent resin with a range of pop colors. Each shoe is signed with a limited edition of 50. They were presented in all the famous show designer Stuart Weitzman stores in the US.
Daniele studied sculpting at the New School and worked for many years at the Sculpture Center in New York City. She has participated in many group shows and was very proud to present her Fantasy Shoe Collection in Southampton, N.Y. and in South Beach, Florida.
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So I have done it. I have posted my first photos to www.findagrave.com tonight. As I was working on adding photo citations (and correctly filing the digital files) to pictures from a genealogy trip last fall, I randomly decided to look and see if the tombstones were listed on findagrave.com. Sure enough, there were no photos for Dudley and Opal Mitchell who reside eternally at Memorial Park, Hutchinson, Kansas.
I am sharing this here on the blog because I am not sure that my husband will be able to relate to my excitement about posting gravestones of dead people to the Internet. I am so glad that my mind could not stay on the task at hand (citations and filing). It was really easy to add the photos and I will definitely be adding more in the future. Hopefully, my small contribution tonight will help another researcher down the line. Okay, so now that I have slid even further off track by stopping to write a blog post, back to the trenches and citations.


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Global box office in 2012 climbed 6% on the previous year to reach a record $34.7bn as international gross receipts accounted for 69% of the pie, gaining 6% on 2011 levels to finish on an unprecedented $23.9bn.
China was the key international driver, propelling box office to $2.7bn in a 36% year-on-year boom that saw it cement its position as the second largest market behind North America, according to the Motion Picture Association of America's annual Theatrical Market Statistics Report for 2012 issued on Thursday [21].
The march of China relegated Japan to third place on $2.4bn, followed by the UK and France tied in fourth on $1.7bn apiece. India ranks fifth on $1.4bn and indeed all the BRIC countries rank in the top 10. Russia places eighth on $1.2m and Brazil tenth on $800m.
North American box office gained 6% on 2011 to finish on a record $10.8bn. Powering the result was a 6% rise in theatrical admissions to 1.36bn. 3D box office was comparable to 2011 levels at $1.8bn despite fewer 3D film releases. Overall the average North American ticket price went up by a negligible amount from $7.93 in 2011 to $7.96.
MPAA chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd said the report's findings were "a powerful reminder" of the cultural and economic impact of films. He added: "Our industry supports 2.1m jobs in the United States and more than 120,000 of those jobs are in movie theatres."
"The cinema industry serves an increasingly diverse audience, by age, gender and ethnicity," said National Association of Theatre Owners president and CEO John Fithian. "The record box office, here and abroad, shows that when we meet that diversity with a broad range of movies and amenities, cutting edge technologies and viewing options our industry thrives."
International regions
Turning back to the international picture, Asia Pacific was the most improved region thanks to a 15% surge against 2011 from $9bn to $10.4bn.
While Europe, Middle East & Africa still recorded the highest total on $10.7bn, this figure marked a 1% drop compared to $10.8m from the year before due to a decline in Italy and Spain.
Latin America gained 6% from $2.6bn to $2.8bn.
Global screen count
Cinema screens increased 5% worldwide in 2012 as the total amounted to 129,866.
Digital expansion grew 41% to the point where more than two-thirds of global screens are digital. 2012 became the first year when international analogue screen share entered the minority.
The 3D digital proportion of total screens climbed from 29% in 2011 to 35% in 2012.
North American demographics
The report also highlight demographic changes in North American cinema attendance.
More than two-thirds (68%) of the population over the age of two, in other words 225m people, went to the cinema at least once in 2012. The typical film-goer bought six tickets, up from 5.8 in 2011.
So-called frequent film-goers who buy tickets more than once a month accounted for 13% of the population and purchased 57% of all tickets sold. The 25-39 demographic represented the largest portion of frequent film-goers at 9.9m, up from 9.7m the year before.
The biggest climb in the frequent film-goer category came from the 40-49 bracket, which surged from 3.3m to 5.8m. The over 60 crowd, which has been of great interest to studios in light of the success of films like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, increased from 4.1m to 4.6m.
Caucasians remain the biggest ethnic representative of frequent film-goers on 23.2m up from 19.5m in 2011, however Hispanics continue to 'oversample' given their relatively small proportion of the overall population and climbed from 8.4m to 10.9m.
The female contingent has also been a popular talking point over the past several years and the report showed continued female-on-male growth among film-goers in a trend that began in 2009. In 2012 there was a 1% climb among females to 52% of overall attendees.
North American 3D viewing habits
Nearly half of all film-goers and one-third of the general population attended a 3D film in 2012. Youngsters aged 12-24 were most likely to watch a 3D film. The typical film-goer aged over 25 attended one 3D film in 2012 compared to the average under-25, who attended two.
2012 film releases
A total of 677 films were released in 2012, up 11% from 609 the previous year. Of these, 36 were in 3D, marking a 20% drop from 45 in 2011.
MPAA member films climbed 17% from 468 to 549, while non-member films dropped 8% from 37 to 34.
The top five North American releases of the year:
- Marvel's The Avengers: $623.4m (Buena Vista)
- The Dark Knight Rises: $448.1m (Warner Bros)
- The Hunger Games: $408m (Lionsgate)
- Skyfall: $288.7m (Sony)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2: $286.4m (Lionsgate)
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Spy agency will "neither confirm nor deny" existence of relationship
Steve Watson
January 5, 2012
The privacy watchdog group EPIC has urged a court of appeals to disclose more information regarding the widely publicized close working relationship between the National Security Agency and Google.
EPIC, short for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, has filed an opening brief, challenging the NSA's response to the group's Freedom of Information Act request for details on the cybersecurity agreement that the search engine giant shares with the spy agency.
The story hit headlines a year ago in January 2010 following a highly sophisticated and targeted cyber attack on the corporate infrastructure of Google and some twenty other large US companies.
The attack was blamed on the Chinese government, prompting Google to embrace a collaboration with the federal agency in charge of global electronic surveillance.
Anonymous sources informed the Washington Post at the time that "the alliance is being designed to allow the two organizations to share critical information", adding that the agreement will not allow the NSA access to users' search details or e-mails.
Nevertheless, news of a burgeoning partnership between Google and the government spy force responsible for warrantless monitoring of Americans' phone calls and e-mails in the wake of 9/11 raised significant privacy concerns.
After EPIC made an initial FOIA request, the NSA claimed it "could neither confirm nor deny" the existence of any information about its relations with Google, because "such a response would reveal information about NSA's functions and activities."
In its opening brief the privacy group argues that records the NSA holds on the subject are not exempt from public disclosure under FOIA request.
"Communications from Google to the NSA do not implicate the agency's functions and activities, and are therefore not exempt from disclosure." the brief states.
"Further, some records responsive to EPIC's FOIA Request concern NSA activities that may fall outside the scope of the agency's authority. These records are not exempt from disclosure." it continues.
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Google's partnership with the intelligence network is not new. As we reported in late 2006, An ex-CIA agent Robert David Steele has claimed sources told him that CIA seed money helped get the company off the ground
Speaking to the Alex Jones Show, Steele elaborated on previous revelations by making it known that the CIA helped bankroll Google at its very inception. Steele named Google's CIA point man as Dr. Rick Steinheiser, of the Office of Research and Development.
"I think Google took money from the CIA when it was poor and it was starting up and unfortunately our system right now floods money into spying and other illegal and largely unethical activities, and it doesn't fund what I call the open source world," said Steele, citing "trusted individuals" as his sources for the claim.
"They've been together for quite a while," added Steele.
The NSA's involvement with Google should be treated as highly suspect, given the agency's track record and its blatant disregard for the Fourth Amendment.
A set of documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in June 2007 revealed that US telco AT&T allowed the NSA to set up a 'secret room' in its offices to monitor internet traffic.
The discovering prompted a lawyer for an AT&T engineer to allege that "within two weeks of taking office, the Bush administration was planning a comprehensive effort of spying on Americans" That is BEFORE 9/11, before the nation was embroiled in the freedom stripping exercise commonly known as the "war on terror" had even begun.
In late 2007, reports circulated that the NSA had increasing control over SSL, now called Transport Layer Security, the cryptographic protocol that provides secure communications on the internet for web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, and other data transfers.
In 2008, Google denied that it had any role in the NSA's "terrorist" surveillance program, after first refusing to say if they have provided users private data to the federal government under the warrantless wiretapping initiative.
However, it is clear where Google's interests lie given that the company is supplying the software, hardware and tech support to US intelligence agencies in the process of creating a vast closed source database for global spy networks to share information.
The government supply arm of Google has also reportedly entered into a number of other contracts, details of which it says it cannot share.
Google's approach to privacy also came under scrutiny more recently when it was discovered that the company was essentially vacuuming up WiFi network data as it gathered images for its Streetview program.
Google insisted that the practice was a mistake, even though information published in January 2010 revealed that the data collection program was a very deliberate effort to assemble as much information as possible about U.S. residential and business WiFi networks.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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Whitney Kropp, the teen who was elected to the court as a hurtful prank by classmates, attended the homecoming dance in West Branch, Michigan, wearing a donated dress as her entire town rallied around her. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
In a red, ruffled dress and flowers in her hair, Whitney Kropp, the Michigan high school student picked by her classmates to be on her school's homecoming court as a prank, took to her school's football stadium Friday for the ceremony.
"I had thoughts about not coming, but you know what, I'm glad I changed my mind and actually came out," Kropp told NBC News.
Kropp's appearance was met with thunderous applause and camera flashes from her fellow students at Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, Mich., and even members of the opposing team.
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Whitney Kropp, third from left, waits for the ceremony to begin at Ogemaw Heights High School's homecoming football game on Friday.
At Kropp's side was Josh Awrey, the class of 2015's male representative, the Bay City Times reported.
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After the ceremony, Kropp, who said she had been bullied throughout her time in high school, told reporters that she was glad she decided to remain on the court.
"I'm overwhelmed," Kropp said. "I'm so happy – this is so much right now for me. The school is fantastic they treated me so well."
'Easy target'
Kropp said last month she was initially surprised to learn that her classmates nominated her to be in the running for her school's homecoming queen. But she said she soon felt humiliated and betrayed when she found out that it was all a joke.
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Sophomore homecoming representatives Whitney Kropp and Josh Awrey give each other a hug during the homecoming ceremony on the Ogemaw Heights High School football field on Friday.
"People had bullied on me, I guess, for my looks, how I did my hair, how I dress, my height, so I guess they thought, you know, maybe someone that is different is someone that's an easy target," Kropp said.
But, Kropp said she pulled through with the support of her mother and the rest of the town.
"You want to protect your kid, and you feel angry and mad at what has happened, but at the same time the outpouring to help her has been beyond expected," Kropp's mother Bernice Kropp said.
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Word spread quickly through the community of about 2,100 residents in West Branch. Resident Jamie Kline started a Facebook support page, gaining more than 4,000 likes in Michigan and nationwide. Personal stories of bullying and messages of encouragement filled the page.
A salon owner in West Branch donated service to cut, color and style Kropp's hair, and other local businesses paid for her dinner, gown, shoes and tiara for the dance.
Sophomore student Whitney Kropp never saw herself as part of the "in" crowd at her high school, so she was surprised to find out she was voted to homecoming court. It turned out to be a prank, but now the community is rallying behind Whitney to show their support for her. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
Before the game, a local company even made T-shirts in support of Kropp in her favorite color, orange, adding to the messages of encouragement that Kropp says helped her prevail.
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Kristy Erway, Hannah Gebnard, and Paige Sharp of Cadillac High School hang a banner in support of Whitney Kropps in West Branch, Mich., on Friday.
"The kids that are bullying you do not let them bring you down," she said. "Stand up for what you believe in, and go with your heart and go with your gut. That's what I did and look at me now. I'm just as happy as can be."
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Super Mario Bros. marks its 25th birthday today.
CNET News notes that the videos game, which sends Mario (and Luigi) off to save Princess Peach, was launched in Japan on Sept. 13, 1985, in Japan.
Until 2009, when it was ousted by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the best-selling video game of all time, with 40 million units of the original release sold worldwide.
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Digital Camera News: Faster Kingston CompactFlash Cards, Fujifilm IS Pro Infrared/UV Camera
Kingston Technology Announces 266x CompactFlash Cards
Kingston Technology has announced that their CompactFlash Ultimate line of memory cards will now have speeds of 266x, doubling their previous 133x speeds. This works out to a speed rating of 45MB/sec read speed and 40MB/sec write speed. The new faster cards will be available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB capacities.
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The new cards will also ship with MediaRECOVER data recovery software, which is both Windows and Mac compatible, that can be used to restore lost, deleted, or corrupted image files.
Also, like the rest of the Kingston Technology memory cards, the new 266x CompactFlash Ultimate cards have Kingston's lifetime warranty and 24/7 technical support.
As far as pricing, the 2GB card has an MSRP of $83, 4GB at $144 and the 8GB at $280.
Fujifilm IS Pro Digital Camera Announced
Fujifilm has announced their third camera, the IS Pro, that is tailored to the needs of law enforcement agencies and the medical/scientific research community. The camera is capable of capturing UV, visible, and infrared light at wavelengths of 380nm – 1000nm.
The IS Pro is based on the Finepix S5 Pro so has a 12.3MP (6.17 MP of S pixels and 6.17MP of R pixels), a Nikon F-mount, as well as compatability with Nikon iTTL flash systems. Since nearly opaque filters will be used with this camera, the 30 second live preview mode will come in handy. A mirror lock-up feature and shutter delay will make it easier to take blur-free long exposures.
The Fujifilm IS Pro will be available in many different configurations, with a body-only price of $2600. At the higher end, you can spend $5000 and get the camera, a Zeiss 50mm lens, filter kit, etc.
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TIME WAS: Ice-cold temperatures force Alaska ski race to be called off (From 2012)
Editor's note: The following story first appeared in the Star in January of 2012.
Freshly cut classic ski tracks glistened in the just-rising sun the morning of Saturday, Jan. 14, practically begging to be raced on. But instead of getting tested by some of the state's top Nordic skiers, the tracks at the Beach Lake Trails and in the stadium at Chugiak High School were left mostly unmolested thanks to some harsh winter weather.
Officials canceled the planned interval-start classic high school races after it was determined race-time temperatures were too cold for racing.
"I think everybody is disappointed," said Chugiak ski coach Mikey Evans.
The Anchorage School District's cut-off for racing is minus-4 degrees Fahrenheit. Depending on which thermometer you looked at Saturday, the temperature at Chugiak and Beach Lake was anywhere between minus-14 and a relatively balmy minus-8.
Either way, it was too cold to race.
Evans said there was little wiggle room for officials, and he thought the correct decision was made based on the existing rules.
"I support that 100 percent," he said.
However, the Chugiak coach took issue with the policy, which he thinks could be tweaked to allow racing in colder temperatures.
"In our sport, you can put on as much clothes as you want," he said.
Despite the cancelation, dozens of Chugiak and Eagle River skiers remained out on the trails, bundled up in warm clothes and wearing protective face masks. Evans said he thinks there should be more flexibility when it comes to whether or not to call off races. Although the weather was cold, skies were clear and sunny Saturday, without so much as a breath of wind.
"How are we applying the rules practically?" Evans asked.
The race was the second classic race canceled due to weather. The season-opening races at Service, also classic technique, were called off due to high winds that came with a large winter storm in early December. Although competitive level skiers who participate in Besh Cup and other races weren't affected too much by the cancelation, Evans said the loss of another classic race was a big blow for the rest of the competitors.
"It sets the high school athletes back," Evans said.
There are no high school races scheduled for the upcoming weekend. Besh Cup races will be held on Jan. 21-22 in Homer.
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Madam Speaker, the Prime Minister of Canada addressed his best wishes to Msgr. Gérard Drainville on his 50 years of priesthood, 25 years of that as a bishop, which were celebrated on May 18, 2003, at the Amos cathedral in Abitibi.
The Prime Minister of Canada wrote the following:
I have no doubt that this very special day will reawaken many precious memories. In the many years you have devoted to serving the Church, you have done a remarkable job, deserving of respect and admiration.
The celebrations marking this double anniversary attest to the affection and gratitude of those to whom you have devoted so many years.
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The H2H season is over! Hopefully you triumphed over your leagues with Ws in the final week, and kept from being rocked by the DNP-obsessed NBA. NBA coaches and GMs are just trolling us fantasy players! Ya know what Dwane Casey? You're flat out dumb, your mom is ugly, and you're a n00b coach!
Erstwhile all these benchings, we got a big return yesterday afternoon with Blake Griffin rejoining the Clip. On top of Doc saying he was mad out of shape, we also got news his quad is still bothering him and he'll be playing through the pain. Oh, wahhhhhhhh Blake! What about the pain of getting slugged in the face by one of the most jacked NBA players in the league!? Or as you see it, sorry his skull caused your hand such pain! Hopefully you were only stashing Blake in IL leagues, as he only put up 6/5/4/0/0 with a TO in 22 minutes. He shot 2-7 from the field, and looked more gassed than Zoolander's Balls Models friends… Did anyone even see the 2nd one? Looked awful… Anyway, Doc said he was going to be really careful with Blake, so if your league continues on until the bitter end, be prepared for continual low-minutes and Doc to hop in on the DNP obsession. Hopefully it's just a fad, like Angry Birds or those skinny rubber wristbands… Oh wait! Here's what else went down over the championship weekend in fantasy basketball:Please, blog, may I have some more?


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New Jersey and New York Supermarkets Recognized for Environmental Achievement by EPA GreenChill Program; Weis Markets, ACM, and Whole Foods Take Action to Reduce Harmful Emissions from Chemicals Used for Refrigeration
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(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded supermarkets in New Jersey and New York GreenChill 2012 Environmental Achievement Awards for reducing their use of harmful chemicals used in refrigeration. ACME, Weis Markets and Whole Foods were all recognized for their efforts to reduce the refrigerants they use, which can contribute to climate change and harm the ozone layer. The EPA's GreenChill partnership works with supermarkets to help them transition to less damaging refrigerants. GreenChill has 54 partners nationwide with almost 8,000 stores, representing over 20 percent of the supermarket industry.
While GreenChill Partners achieve emission rates well below national averages, all partners set annual goals to continually improve their performance. The EPA estimates that if supermarkets nationwide reduced their emissions to the GreenChill average emissions rate, the industry would eliminate the equivalent of 22 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing more than 4.3 million passenger vehicles from the road. This would also help restore the earth's ozone layer, which protects the earth from the sun's damaging ultraviolet radiation, a leading cause of skin cancer.
SUPERVALU, which operates ACME Markets, was honored with this year's Distinguished Partner Award. The Distinguished Partner Award is given to the supermarket partner company that goes above and beyond to advance the mission of the GreenChill Partnership.
Weis Markets and Whole Foods Market both won GreenChill's Superior Goal Achievement Award for exceeding their companies' annual target to reduce refrigerant emissions from their stores.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Creature..Critiques please Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Creature..Critiques please" ReeseSurselyjunior memberMember #Joined: 27 Jul 2012Posts: 1 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:26 pm Hello all. I am new to digital painting and this is my first real project I have started. I am having a hard time finishing this because I guess I don't know what I should put in the black areas and how to link things together, like how to make the arm look attached to the body. I think what's giving me a hard time about this painting is that I started from a black silhouette instead of a line drawing. Any ways any critique is welcome, just don't make me cry One thing I know I have to work on is where the light hits his body. _________________Art is Man kinds first language. Back to top SumalethAdministratorMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 2898Location: Australia Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:36 pm Here are some Ron Lemen and Craig Mullins links that might be of help: http://www.anticz.com/drawing1.htm http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/Digital/PhotoshopSuit/ http://www.characterdesigns.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1942 The idea is to practice on simple shapes, and when you can shade them intuitively you can start combining those shapes into more complex forms. Hope that's of some use._________________Art Links Archive -- Artists and Tutorials Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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The Minister Louis Farrakhan has become known for his often-cryptic warnings about the calamity that he believes Allah will inflict upon America. On Sunday, in a speech he delivered at Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, the fiery faith leader issued yet another warning to the audience of 6,000, telling them that "every plague that is written in the Koran is going to come to pass in America."
From advice for President Barack Obama to words of encouragement for Muslims and the Islamic world, Farrakhan was filled with advice and proclamations delivered with his version of love and kindness -- and, at moments, with rage. At one point, while discussing what he claims will befall America, Farrakhan could barely contain himself, as he was so impassioned that he slammed his hand numerous times on the podium in front of him.
"All of the punishments that are written in the Koran never came to pass in the time of Prophet Muhammad...never -- but every plague -- every plague that is written in the Koran is going to come to pass in America under the modern Pharaoh, in the modern Rome, in the modern Babylon, in the modern Sodom and Gomorrah -- take it or let it alone," he proclaimed.
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These statements come on the heels of other similar sentiments that the preacher has spewed. In July, he told a separate audience in Chicago, Illinois, that America is crumbling as a result of the nation's purportedly "imperial" ways and mistreatment of mankind.
"So you read about the fall of the Roman Empire, the fall of the Persian Empire, the fall of Ancient Egypt, the fall of Ancient Babylon and you're living now in the fall of the United States of America and Europe and their imperial designs on the masses of the people of the earth," he proclaimed.
In May, he issued a more detailed warning, including Allah's purported plan to bring down American skyscrapers:
"I am warning you: Take it or let it alone. He will take down cities and when I look at the skyscrapers in some of these major metropolis. He's not going to take the big ones down first. He's going to show you his power. In the meantime, one calamity after another until you submit, America, and know that judgement is here. You can escape it but you gotta do right by this people. And if you don't do right by them, you can't do right by the people outside of America, if you won't do right for those who have…built your country."
In his latest address on Sunday, aside from warning about America's demise, Farrakhan also lectured the Islamic world about the need to reform. Interestingly, he seemed to allude that he -- and the Nation of Islam -- will lead the reformation of the East from the West. On a softer note, he highlighted the importance of educating women and he spoke out against honor killings.
"We challenge Muslims in America rise up and educate your people. Know that you're in an environment that is lawless," he said, clearly speaking, again, about America. "And if your daughter slips, be merciful. Bring her home. The dishonor is you killing her."
The more bizarre comments during Farrakhan's most recent address occurred toward the beginning, when he accused the Republican Party of having "a deep racial undercurrent." He also said that prominent conservatives have worked diligently against Obama.
"Ever since he has been elected, the Republican right with Rush Limbaugh, Breitbart, Fox News...their whole idea has been to get this man out of the White House and nullify any policy or position that he might come up with that might bring success to his presidency and that might possibly give him a second term," he said. "It started like an undercurrent, but now it is so overtly hateful and racist in nature that it is polarizing America on the basis of race."
This latter commentary is ironic, considering that many would claim that Farrakhan is one of the most racial-divisive figures in the U.S. Watch these comments, below:


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HOLA MY LITTLE BLOG!! who knew it would be MONTHS since i posted something. life has come speeding by and it has been a whirlwind of a year!!! really, it feels like i have been in a FOG this year...could be my FIBRO and what they call FIBRO FOG, i guess any excuse i will take it! right?
Well, this year my boys turned ALEX 12, MATTHEW 10 and JOSHUA 7....these boys keep growing and growing and THANK YOU GOD they do! who knew that i would have such amazing boys and that they are just so wonderful and loving....they have grown into such beautiful and loving boys...they show us each day how much they know that they are LOVED by us their parents and how much we want them to know GOD'S LOVE....that HE is the most important person in the world and that they should love and honor him every moment of their lives...
This year we have had so many things happen to us. we bought a new BOAT for our family...this boat we call MATTHEW's boat because it is a PONTOON and that gives him the ROOM to roam around the boat so that he can go on the water. he had not been able to be on the water in our other smaller boat because he had no where to go. but now with this bigger boat, he is more comfy and he LOVES being back on the water!! we also love being able to take more family out on the boat with us.
MATT got his new KAYE WALKER and he has started to do his walking and getting stronger and doing SOOO GOOD! we are so proud of all his new accomplishments! He has been walking to and from the bathroom and also up and down the stairs....soooo proud of him and how much better he is getting on walking!! <3
EASTER 2014 was really a nice family time with so many people there joining us at our home. The kids enjoyed being there and having all their cousins there to crack cascarones on each other! The food was amazing and all the goodies you just can't beat!!
Matthew started in a BASEBALL LEAGUE called the MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN ANTONIO....he was on the DODGERS team and boy, he LOVES it soooooo much! he has such a good time hitting home runs and being on his team....he played 2 seasons...the spring and the fall and he always gets so happy and excited when we pull into the parking lot....such a HAPPY BOY!! GO DODGERS!!
ALEX AND JOSH have also started their 3rd year of CYO BASEBALL THRU PRINCE OF PEACE! This will be Alex's last year playing baseball...this year he was with the ROYAL TITAN'S....and Josh was with the PADRES...and it was the first time he was with an all male team!! no more T-BALL for him!!! He's in coaches pitch and he did so well this year! Both boys did amazing! so proud of both of them!!
This year, we ended up going to GREAT WOLF LODGE for our summer vacation. we had soon much fun and soon enjoyed being with our little family, splashing around and just getting wet. what memories our boys will have of this time with each other.....they are just young for a little while and then they grow up and don't want to be with us anymore, so we have to enjoy. Life is amazing and we have been so happy that GOD has granted us each other...
Towards the end of this year, we have continued to be BLESSED with good health....ALL OF US, THANK YOU JESUS!! Matt has done amazing and we thank Him everyday for every moment...just watching all of us growing and getting healthy and happy is amazing....
So, as we closed 2014 and are now in 2015, we can only PRAY that we continue to grow and give THANKS to GOD for all the blessings in our life and Pray we have continued GOOD HEALTH and happiness...in HIM!!! BLESSING TO ALL!
Thursday, January 01, 2015
2014 has come to an end....LET'S RING IN 2015!!
HOLA MY LITTLE BLOG!! who knew it would be MONTHS since i posted something. life has come speeding by and it has been a whirlwind of a year!!! really, it feels like i have been in a FOG this year...could be my FIBRO and what they call FIBRO FOG, i guess any excuse i will take it! right?


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Harold Abramowitz is from Los Angeles. He is author and co-author of books of poetry and prose, including Dear Dearly Departed, Not Blessed, and UNFO Burns A Million Dollars. Harold writes and edits as part of the collaborative projects eohippus labs, SAM OR SAMANTHA YAMS and UNFO.
Jian Huang's parents brought her to the United States from Shanghai, China, when she was six years old. She grew up in South Los Angeles and after much begging to be let in, earned her bachelor's degree in Art History from the University of Southern California. Her work has appeared in Entropy, Los Angeles Review of Books, ALOUD, and Tongue & Groove among others. She is the recipient of a 2016 PEN Emerging Voices fellowship. Jian is working on her first memoir titled Business In The Front about growing up in a motel and the journey to the American Dream.
elena minor is the author of TITULADA and founding editor of PALABRA. Her poetry and prose have been published in more than two dozen literary journals, including Gulf Coast, Jacket2, MAKE, Hot Metal Bridge, RHINO, Mandorla, Switchback, Puerto del Sol and Shadowbox. Her work has, as well, been anthologized in Angels of the Americlypse: An Anthology of New Latin@ Writing; BAX 2015: Best American Experimental Writing; and Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts in Los Angeles. She is a past first prize recipient of the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and she teaches community-based creative writing to high school students.


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The Lady of Shalott Summary
"The Lady of Shalott" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about a lady who lives alone on the small island of Shalott. One day, the lady sees Sir Lancelot out her window.
No one in the surrounding countryside has seen the Lady of Shalott. They know her only by her beautiful singing, which carries over the river.
The lady spends all her days singing and weaving. One day, the image of Sir Lancelot, a knight, appears in her mirror, and she looks out at him through her window.
- The lady sets out on a boat toward Camelot. She dies en route.
(Poetry for Students)
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Lines 1-9
This poem starts off by giving a visual overview of the situation. The reader is shown the river and the road, and, far in the distance, the towers of Camelot. The people mentioned in this section are not given specific identities; rather, they are common people going about their daily business. It is from their perspective that the poem first shows Shalott, an island in the river.
Lines 10-18
The imagery here is of nature, of freedom, of movement. This is contrasted with the inflexible, colorless walls and towers of Camelot in line 15. The flowers in the next line are not described by their colors or even by their motion in the breeze, but are "overlooked" by the grey walls, as if they are held prisoner. This tone of severity in the middle of nature's healthy activity prepares the reader for the introduction of the Lady of Shalott in line 18.
Lines 19-27
Lines 19-23 focus again on the human activity going on around the island: small river barges pass with heavy loads; small, quick boats called "shallops" skim past the shore around the tower, referred to here as a "margin." With all of this activity, the poem asks who has seen the woman who lives in the tower, implying that she is mysterious, unknown, "veiled."
Lines 28-36
In the fourth stanza of Section I, the imagery changes from relying on the senses of sight and touch (as implied by the plants' motions in the wind in stanza 2) to the sense of sound. The poem tells us that the lady who lives in the tower has not been seen, and is known only to the farmers who hear her singing while they work in their fields so early in the morning that the moon is still out. Because they never see her but only hear her singing, the reapers think of the Lady of Shalott as a spirit, a "fairy." Up to this point, the reader has not been introduced to her, either, and knows only as much about her as those outside of the tower know.
Lines 37-45
The Lady seems to be happy where she is: her songs echo "cheerly" (line 30) and she weaves her picture in happy, gay colors (line 38) and she has no care in the world other than weaving (line 44). In this stanza, though, the reader finds out that the Lady will have a curse visited on her if she looks at Camelot. This idea combines many familiar themes: readers generally recognize the maiden trapped in the tower from the tale of Rapunzel or the maiden placed under a spell from the story of Sleeping Beauty; in addition, according to Greek myth, Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, avoided men who wanted to court her while her husband was away by constantly weaving, but then unravelling her work at night so that she would never be done. This is an appropriate allusion because both Penelope and the Lady of Shalott use their craft as a substitute for human involvement. Strangely, the Lady does not know why she has to avoid direct interaction, nor does she seem to care.
Lines 46-54
Not able to look directly at the world out of her window, the Lady observes it through a mirror. This stanza describes a few of the things she sees in that mirror. The images she sees are described as "shadows." According to the Greek philosopher Plato we experience life like a person would who was chained up inside of the mouth of a cave: he cannot see out, he can only see the shadows of people passing the cave flickering on the wall, and he thinks that the shadows are reality. In that same way we all, according to Plato, mistake images of...
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Clearing the Northwest's air with clean diesel technology
Release Date: 11/10/2011
Contact Information: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, firstname.lastname@example.com; Dan Brown, EPA Federal and Delegated Air Programs Unit, 503-326-6832, email@example.com
(Seattle—Nov. 10, 2011) Clean diesel technology is coming to the Northwest thanks to nearly $3.9 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants for advanced diesel and heat recovery technology. Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10, highlighted the grants at an event in Portland, Oregon showcasing the Northwest states' grant recipients.
The grants are funded under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through the West Coast Collaborative, a partnership between leaders from federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and environmental groups committed to reducing diesel emissions throughout western North America.
Since its inception in 2004 as part of EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign the West Coast Collaborative has awarded over 100 grants to reduce diesel emissions from the medium- and heavy-duty engines used to power vehicles in goods movement, agricultural, construction, and public fleets sectors
The WCC boasts over 1000 partners from all over western North America, including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Canada, and Mexico.
For more information about the West Coast Collaborative, please visit: www.westcoastcollaborative.org
Washington Grant Recipients
Makah Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation
The Makah Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation received $750,000 to repower nine uncertified commercial marine vessels to Tier 2 standards. The tribe is partnering with 12 tribal fleet owners that will repower nine commercial marine vessels. The Makah Tribe is contributing 25 percent of the project cost.
The engine repowers will vastly improve fuel efficiency by decreasing marine fuel consumption and diesel emissions. They will also cut down on fuel costs, allowing the fishing businesses that own these vessels to be more competitive in the market place.
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency received $650,000 to repower the tugboat Eagle with two new Tier 2 propulsion engines and two Tier 3 auxiliary engines replacing all four of the old, uncertified diesel engines. PSCAA is partnering with Harley Marine Services and the Washington State Department of Ecology.
This Puget Sound tugboat repower project provides short-term relief, long-lasting emission reductions and public health benefits in areas of high population density, poor air quality and heavy diesel fleet activity.
Tulalip Tribe of the Tulalip Reservation
The Tulalip Tribe of the Tulalip Reservation received $576,525 to repower 13 tribal marine vessels with new low-emission engines. These vessels are used for gillnet fisheries, dive fisheries, and for the enforcement and rescue patrol along the Tulalip Bay. The project will be implemented with over $192,808 in leveraged funding.
Repowered marine vessels are some of the most effective and cost-effective targets for air pollutant reduction.
Washington State Department of Ecology
The Washington State Department of Ecology received $400,000 to retrofit 153 privately owned non-road construction equipment and heavy-duty on-road construction trucks with diesel oxidation catalysts.
Construction equipment generates about 18 percent of the diesel particulate matter in Washington. Heavy-duty, on-road trucks such as dump trucks, concrete trucks, and semi-tractor trailers that move non-road construction equipment also contribute to the 29 percent of diesel particulate matter generated by heavy-duty, on-road trucks.
WADOE also received $288,740 to replace 11 pre-1994 heavy duty diesel school buses to meet or exceed the 2007 on-road emission standards.
Idaho Grant Recipient
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality received $189,271 to install fuel-operated heaters on at least 32 heavy-duty diesel school buses to reduce idling and start up emissions.
School bus fleets operate largely in residential areas where children live and school facilities are located. This program will reduce the risk from toxic pollutants by reducing the exposure of school-age children to diesel emissions from school buses. The program area includes areas of high and medium population density, as well as small towns in rural areas.
Oregon Grant Recipients
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality received $502,522 to repower two auxiliary engines on the dredge Oregon to Tier 2 standards and $286,046 to repower two propulsion engines on the Captain Bob towboat to Tier 2 standards. ODEQ is partnering with the Port of Portland, which is leveraging 80 percent of the project cost.
ODEQ is partnering with Tidewater Barge Lines to replace two uncertified propulsion engines on the Captain Bob towboat with engines meeting Tier 2 emission standards. Tidewater's area of operation extends from the inland Port of Lewiston, Idaho to the Pacific Coast Port of Astoria, Oregon, a distance of 465 miles. ODEQ together with Tidewater has leveraged $1,765,206 in matching funding for the completion of the project.
Alaska Grant Recipients
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
$188,742 to partner with Alaska Energy Authority and Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. for the completion of heat recovery projects in four Alaskan villages. Electricity in rural Alaska villages is generated by local power plants with diesel engines. One method to reduce emissions and improve efficiency of the engines and energy use in the villages is to use recovered exhaust heat to reduce the energy demand.
Tanana Chief Conference
$59,000 to replace a stationary gen-set engine with a new engine that meets Tier 3 emission standards. Fort Yukon is a rural community of approximately 587 people on the Yukon River about 145 air miles northeast of Fairbanks. The city power plant sits in the center of the village with diesel generators running 24 hours per day, with continuous exhaust emission in close proximity to this small community.
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I'm running it with 4GB (3.4 usable under Vista32) on a 3Ghz Core2 Quad. It runs like a charm. I have a parallel XP installation, but i'm not using it except for some games. Personally, i really like Vista.
What do you mean by "Don't stab out your eye"
Also, does Vists not work with almost all old hardware like I've heard?
But, you know, it takes Microsoft a while to get things right. Usually by about the 2nd or 3rd service pack it's working pretty good.
I still like XP, and when I buy a new computer I will probably use Linux.
An OS really isn't that important, especially with Java.
I think it would be nice if you could write generic java code, and then with the FREE jdk distribute a file that could be run way that the user is most used to starting native programs
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Belief in leprechauns and other magical creatures was once widespread in Ireland, according to LiveScience.com. Here are some facts about leprechauns.
1. According to the book "The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures," by John and Caitlin Matthews, the leprechaun legend can be traced back to eighth-century tales of water spirits called "luchorpán," meaning small body. The legend eventually evolved into a mischievous household fairy said to haunt cellars and drink heavily.
2. Leprechauns are shoemakers. Some researchers claim that the word leprechaun came from the Irish 'leath bhrogan,' meaning shoemaker, said to be the sprites' main vocation.
3. If you happen to come across a leprechaun, be sure to hold on to him. According to Irish legends, people lucky enough to capture a leprechaun can barter his freedom for three wishes. But dealing with a leprechaun can be a tricky proposition.
4. A leprechaun is a trickster figure who cannot be trusted. Folklorist Carol Rose offers a typical tale of leprechaun trickery in her encyclopedia "Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins," it concerns "a man who managed to get a leprechaun to show him the bush in the field where his treasure was located. Having no spade [shovel], the man marked the tree with one of his red garters, then kindly released the sprite and went for a spade. Returning almost instantly he found that every one of the numerous trees in the field sported a red garter!"
5. Like most fairies, leprechauns have a distinctive sound associated with them. While the Irish banshee can be identified by a mournful wail, leprechauns are recognized by the tap-tap-tapping of a tiny cobbler hammer, driving nails into shoes, that announces they are near.
6. Leprechauns are always male. In the 1825 book "Fairy Legends" noted that "Leprechauns seem to be entirely male and solitary. They are often described as bearded old men dressed in green and wearing buckled shoes. Sometimes they wear a pointed cap or hat and may smoke a pipe.
7. Leprechauns weren't always dressed in green. Early tales of the creatures reported red clothing.
8. In his collection of Irish fairy and folk tales, W.B. Yeats offered an 18th-century poem by William Allingham titled "The Lepracaun; Or, Fairy Shoemaker." It describes the tapping sound of the sprite:
"Lay your ear close to the hill.
Do you not catch the tiny clamour,
Busy click of an elfin hammer,
Voice of the Lepracaun singing shrill
As he merrily plies his trade?"
9. One of the most recognizable leprechauns in popular culture is Lucky the Leprechaun, the mascot of the General Mills breakfast cereal Lucky Charms. On the other end of the pop culture spectrum, you have the homicidal Lubdan from the "Leprechaun" horror/comedy film series.
10. Leprechauns are a morality tale figure. The legend warns against greed and the folly of trying to get rich quick.
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