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Plant That Got $150M In Taxpayer Money To Make Volt Batteries Furloughs Workers – Fox News
President Obama touted it in 2010 as evidence "manufacturing jobs are coming back to the United States," but two years later, a Michigan hybrid battery plant built with $150 million in taxpayer funds is putting workers on furlough before a single battery has been produced.
Workers at the Compact Power manufacturing facilities in Holland, Mich., run by LG Chem, have been placed on rotating furloughs, working only three weeks per month based on lack of demand for lithium-ion cells.
The facility, which was opened in July 2010 with a groundbreaking attended by Obama, has yet to produce a single battery for the Chevrolet Volt, the troubled electric car from General Motors. The plant's batteries also were intended to be used in Ford's electric Focus.
Production of the taxpayer-subsidized Volt has been plagued by work stoppages, and the effect has trickled down to companies and plants that build parts for it – including the batteries.
"Considering the lack of demand for electric vehicles, despite billions of dollars from the Obama administration that were supposed to stimulate it, it's not surprising what has happened with LG Chem. Just because a ton of money is poured into a product does not mean that people will buy it," Paul Chesser, an associate fellow with the National Legal and Policy Center, told FoxNews.com.
The 650,000-square-foot, $300 million facility was slated to produce 15,000 batteries per year, while creating hundreds of new jobs. But to date, only 200 workers are employed at the plant by by the South Korean company. Batteries for the Chevy Volts that have been produced have been made by an LG plant in South Korea.
The factory was partly funded by a $150 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. LG also received sizeable tax breaks from the local government, saving nearly $50 million in property taxes over 15 years and another $2.5 million annually in business taxes. Landing the factory was hailed as a coup when shovels first hit the ground.
"You are leading the way in showing how manufacturing jobs are coming right back here to the United States of America," Obama told workers at the ground-breaking ceremony. "Our goal has never been to create a government program, but rather to unleash private-sector growth. And we're seeing results."
Randy Boileau, a spokesperson for LG Chem in Holland, told FoxNews.com that battery production is expected to pick up once Volt assembly lines in Detroit resume production on Oct. 15. He said the facility has spent the past two years building infrastructure and conducting pre-production "test runs."
"The market conditions haven't been as favorable, but this hasn't slowed down plans one bit," Boileau said. "LG Chem has repeatedly said that this facility is a critical component for them globally."
Boileau pointed out the workers who are on furloughs one week a month are eligible to collect unemployment for that week, and he said the company covers the contributions to their individual benefits during the period.
The Volt has been plagued by low sales since it first rolled off the line three years ago. Orders have picked up for 2012 but are still well below projections.
Chesser said no amount of government subsidies can counter the practical problems posed by plug-in cars.
"Electric car batteries do not perform much better than they did 100 years ago," he said. "Research has not conquered the battery storage issue, and therefore the electric transportation 'stimulus' did not boost the 'technology of the future,' but instead a century-old technology as far as performance and capability goes."
He added that the LG Chem plant's problems show that the unpopularity of electric cars despite heavy taxpayer subsidies has had more widespread negative effects than most realize.
"Billions of dollars were put into Volt research, and Ford received $5.9 billion in stimulus loans to retrofit plants to produce [electric vehicles]," Chesser said. "The battery companies like LG Chem that were supposed to service them have no customers to speak of. Their existence was solely based on access to taxpayer money.
"Had it been private investors rather than government bureaucrats making the decision, there either would have been a reality check about the industry, or only those who made individual decisions to invest would have lost their money, not taxpayers."


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Blog to BROstock: Part 3
Hello Arkansas!! We woke up this morning to a little rain but we didn't let that bring our spirits down. We were finally in Arkansas and only a few hours away from Bull Shoals. The last bit of the trip actually took longer than expected because you have to drive through a number of small towns with stoplights and stop signs. For the last 50 miles coming into Bull Shoals, the road is filled with turns. I felt like Ken Block driving a rally car, except I was in a box van towing a boat, so it wasn't quite as fun. By now, the rain started to come down pretty hard. After 26 hours of driving, we were just minutes away from arriving at the location of BROstock 2010!!!
Welcome to Bull Shoals, AR! We turned down into a massive marina filled with houseboats. LF team manager Aaron Grace was already in town and drove us to where we staying so we could unload our bags. After a quick shower and a bite to eat, we put the boat in the water and went to check out the lake. The actual lake is massive and the water was pretty calm. I also saw a couple hot girls, but I think they were 16-17 years old and that was trouble I wasn't looking to get into on the first night. The family that owns the Bull Shoals marina is the coolest group of people ever. The police chief is pretty rad too. We made it clear to us that we can pretty much do whatever we want in this town for the next four days. Soon after we got into town, a bunch of the team riders showed up and the party was on!! It's been fun blogging about the road to BROstock. If I get a chance, I will give you an update of how the weekend is going.
Oh ya, if you are a hot chick and want to come to BROstock, Jim and I have our own room at the Lighthouse resort so you are more than welcome to stay with us. If you are an ugly girl, Phil Soven is staying at Bell Arco resort and he said you are more than welcome to stay with him.
Words and photos by Danny Evans
Where can i get i BROstock tank?!

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"...two lines of source code to its client."Originally Posted by ExK
Source code come in arrays, which are sometimes called lines.
hello teachers,
I hope that you can fill in the blank for me:
"His company accidentally leaked two ____ of source code to its client"
what words are appropriate?
"...two lines of source code to its client."Originally Posted by ExK
Source code come in arrays, which are sometimes called lines.
hello casiopea,
the source code referred to is a collection of files with thousands of lines of algorithms in each file, so 'lines' would not be appropriate.
I also sometimes wonder whether source code has a plural form (i.e. source codes)
please enlighten, thanks :)
Maybe this could help to avoid any confusion:
"On two occasions, his company accidentally leaked source code to its client."
Oh Hehe. :D Lines definitely wouldn't be correct. :DOriginally Posted by ExK
I dunno how bright I can shine on this one. :(
'files' appears to be the obvious choice. Mind you, I've heard of the term modules in reference to files within the source code file.
Here's something I found on Whatis.com:
Source code refers to a version of a computer program that is compiled before it is ready to run in a computer. The source code consists of the programming statements that are created by a programmer with a text editor and then saved in a file. For example, a programmer using the language types in a desired sequence of C language statements using a text editor and then saves them as a named file. This file is said to contain the source code. It is now ready to be compiled with a C compiler and the resulting output, the compiled file, is often referred to as object code. The object code file contains a sequence of instructions that the processor can understand but that is difficult for a human to read or modify. For this reason and because even debugged programs often need some later enhancement, the source code is the most permanent form of the program. (Whatis.com)
As for whether the term source code is singular or plural, I believe it's plural. Programming statments are written in code. These codes form a main Source Code. Once compiled the Source Code becomes the Object Code.
All the best,
I love your photos, Shane!
thanks shane, but your modification would change the meaning of the sentence completely haha 'giving two things' is very different from 'giving the same thing on two occasions' :D
thanks casio, so it's one file of source code, two files of source code? it sounds a bit strange, but then again, english isn't my strong suit :D
thank you all for your attention !
Ithangyou :wink:Originally Posted by Casiopea
Having looked at it again just now, I can see that I screwed up rather royally. The egg is on my face now!Originally Posted by ExK
By the by, MicroSoft has a help desk, online. I don't have the address at hand at the mo', but if you type in MicroSoft in your search engine, you'll come across their help desk. They've answered some pretty strange and off topic questions for me in the past, so I believe they'll probably help you out with 'source code'. If so, lemme know, ok?
All the best,


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Norwich Market– B&W Tri-x-panchromatic film
What? I hear you say, surely thats the wrong way round?
No the title is correct, I'm going to demonstrate how to make your favourite monochrome film into a true colour image.
The whole idea behind this post came in a Eureka moment whilst showing a photographer the channel mixer method for obtaining better black and white from colour images in Adobe Photoshop.
Colour digital camera images are normally made up of three mono images one representing red one blue and one green. When these are combined the information makes up the colour image.
I explained to the photographer, 'each channel is rather like a b&w photo taken with either a red green or blue filter over the lens' and then it struck me I could do it the other way and use a normal mono film like say Tri-X or Ilford Delta and get colour results.
If this all sounds far fetched and you doubt my sanity (don't worry I do too) other photographers have used similar methods over 100 years ago (not with Photoshop though). One particular example is Russian photographer Sergi Prokudin-Gorskii who made some very fine colour images in the period 1905-1915.
So how is it done? how do you make colour Tri-X-Pan?
First of all you will need a red, green and blue filter to put over the lens, your favourite black and white film and possibly a tripod.
Load the film as normal, screw in the red filter and take your first shot (remember to compensate for reduced light if you are using a non TTL camera) then carefully unscrew the red and replace it with green, then repeat for the blue.
I find it easier to do in RGB order so that I can identify the frames later.
Process the film as normal, you should have three slightly different looking negs.
These now need to be scanned in greyscale, saving each image with an R or G, B so that later you can remember which one is which.
Red Filter
Green Filter
Blue Filter
The resulting files should all have exactly the same pixel dimensions i.e 3000x2000.
Next open each one of the 3 in photoshop and then with the red open click on the channels tab and select the merge channels option from the palette
The merge option wont appear if your photos don't have the same pixel dimensions.
Next the RGB option needs to be selected.
After that it will confirm the 3 images you'd like to merge.
My first result looks OK the wind moved the trees during exposure causing some 'off register' colour fringe but I think after a little more practice, possibly a tripod and no wind would yield a better result:
Ladies and gentlemen I give you colour Tri-X
The above 'experiment' just makes me realise how good the work of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii and others that used this process really is, and I'm pretty sure that armed with a tripod and finer grained film that I'll give this another try.
Here if anyone is interested is my try on a finer grained film (Agfa APX 100) and a tripod.
Taken just after dawn the main problem here is that slow film, little light and filters mean an exposure of 1/2 sec at F2,8
I like the shot anyhow which is of a ship used as a shed by bait diggers, I particularly like the brand new red windows which still have the retailers stickers in the centre!
And a final one closer.
All in all an interesting process and one I shall play with in the future
EDIT: Since drafting this post I've become aware of others who are using similar techniques one such person is Henri Gaud whose blog Le blog de la Trichromie is an interesting read.
All Words and images © Mark Antony Smith


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Using the Hielix EHR Roadmap evaluation tool as part of the sales process brings significant business advantages to our reseller partners, including enhanced credibility in the mind of the physician, accelerated time to revenue while protecting the EHR investment made by both physician and reseller. Resellers are able identify features and functionality of specific concern to their customer practices and uncover the unique hurdle that will need to be overcome within each customer. This allows the reseller to quickly make the most relevant product recommendations to aid physicians in their decision-making process.
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The Hatchechubbee, Alabama, general sales tax rate is 4%. The sales tax rate is always 8%
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Does google first search as per the user given order of keywords in search bar?
For example :
I typed word1 word2 word3 word4 word5 in google search bar.
Now my question is does google first search titles matching the order.
Two case:
If it DOES so and unable to search for any webpage with that keyword order, does it skip to broad search?
If it DOES NOT, and there is page with that same order keyword typed, would it fetch that and display first, asumming that only my webpage have the order in which the user asked for in Google.
Any thoughts?


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Kane injured as ISU suffers first loss
Oklahoma upsets Cyclones 87-82
Buddy Hield scored 22 points and Ryan Spangler added 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to help Oklahoma knock off previously unbeaten Iowa State 87-82 Saturday.
In the closing moments of the loss, ISU star guard DeAndre Kane rolled his ankle and had to be helped off the floor. The Ames Tribune reports X-Rays showed no broken bones. His status for Monday's home game against Kansas is unclear.
Isaiah Cousins added 17 points for the Sooners (13-3, 2-1 Big 12), who ended No. 9 Iowa State's school-best winning streak at 14 games.
The Sooners won despite a rough day for Cameron Clark. The Big 12's leading scorer finished with 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting. The Sooners were fine because they matched a season high with 13 3-pointers and outrebounded the Cyclones 41-34.
Oklahoma had lost two of three and was coming off a 90-83 loss to Kansas on Wednesday.
Kane had 23 points and nine rebounds and Melvin Ejim added 21 points and six rebounds for Iowa State (14-1, 2-1). Georges Niang scored 14 points and Dustin Hogue added 13 for the Cyclones.
Ejim's 3-pointer with 2:39 remaining gave Iowa State its first lead since early in the second half. Spangler came right back with an old-fashioned three-point play to give the Sooners a 79-77 lead. After Oklahoma got a stop, Hield scored on a layup to bump the lead to four.
Ejim missed a putback dunk on the other end and OU rebounded. Cousins made two free throws with 57.9 seconds to play, pushing the Sooners' lead to six.
Hield missed a pair of free throws to leave an opening for the Cyclones, but they couldn't take advantage.
The teams were tied at 39 at halftime, but Oklahoma was hot out of the break. The Sooners hit four 3-pointers in the first six minutes, including three by Hield, to take a 56-46 lead.
After forcing an Iowa State turnover, Hield raised his arms to get the crowd going, Shortly after that, Cousins hit a three to push the lead to 13 and force an Iowa State timeout.
The Cyclones started to creep back into the game. Kane made a pair of free throws to cut Oklahoma's lead to 64-58 with 8:59 to play. Iowa State cut the lead to three, but Niang committed his fourth foul with 7:42 remaining.
Oklahoma regained control with the kind of intensity it demonstrated throughout the game. Spangler hustled for an offensive rebound, leading to a 3-pointer by Jordan Woodard that bumped the Sooners' lead back to 71-63.
A baseline dunk by Iowa State's Hogue trimmed Oklahoma's lead to 76-74 and set up the final three minutes.


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Duplicate Cycling Segments for Ebike Segments
a lot of people with ebike are still registering their activities as nomral bike because no segments exists in the ebike section.
Most of them do that because they don't know (or they don't want to spend the time) to create new segment in Ebike categorie.
I think it will be awesome if all the bikes segments could be duplicate in eBikes categories.
This way, the ebikes owner are gona record their activities in the ebike section because they will be able to see the existing segments.
Of course, keep the leaderboard seperate, just duplicate the segments.


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Here's my entry to the PMN's Fam Pics: MC showing off her newly acquired pink hair pins and her gloriously glossy bunched hair. The pins didnt get a chance, they slipped after a few minutes; irritating my little daughter to tears.
Check out the other glossies:
- Glossy Writing Table by Noemi
- Glossy Appeal by Rachel
- Attack II by Leah
- PMN Fam Pics Series 1 : GLOSSY by Cookie de Guzman-Lugue (Kongkong622)
- GlossyMonday--My World Turning Upside Down by Sexy Mom
- Glossy by Mitch
- Glossy by Chats (iMom)
- Glossy Apple Cheeks by Analyse
- The Mane Event by Lynn
- PMN Fam Pics, 1st edition: A very glossy story by Connie
- Mommy's girl by Lady Cess
- GLOSSY Topped Cupcakes by Dexie the FeistyMomma
- Glossy from the garden by KK
- Glossy Plastic Covers by Feng


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Get ready to make to make a lasting style-statement…with the very sassy Michael Kors Island Medium Tote. Get ready for summer with this tote style shoulder bag made of clear vinyl with durable nylon trim. It holds your wallet, a bottle of water, magazine, sunscreen and a towel. It comes with Two-in-one nesting totes and Brass key ring with leather and silver metal sunglasses charm; embossed Michael Kors logo on back. The outer bag consists of Logo-printed clear plastic with heavy woven canvas trim, Sturdy, flat bottom, Woven canvas shoulder straps; 9.5″ drop. The inner bag consists of Lightweight nylon with woven canvas trim, Removable, secured to outer bag with hidden snaps, Woven canvas shoulder straps; 6.5″ drop.
The Dimensions are 15 1/2″ wide across bottom; 18″ wide across top x 5 1/2″ deep x 11 1/2″ high and this Michael Kors Island Medium Tote costs $168.00.


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I've talked quite a bit about people who — without being aware of it — are guided by satan in their actions.
Is there another side?
Of course there is! For every rapist, batterer, abortionist, thief, pederast there is any number of good people, living the Gospel day by day.
Here are some examples:
1. Sister Angelique Namaika, a Roman Catholic nun, received United Nations recognition for her work helping women whose lives have been destroyed by the atrocities committed against them in Congo's civil war.
2. Hernan Prado of Argentina lost his brother when he was murdered as he sat in his car with his two children on September 6. "I am a Catholic and I believe in Jesus Christ," Prado said, "If God forgives us every day and gives us the chance to start over, how can I not forgive somebody else?"
3. Little Sisters of the Poor filed the first class-action suit about the HHS Mandate. "Like all the Little Sisters, I have vowed to God and the Roman Catholic Church that I will treat all life as valuable, and I have dedicated my life to that work," Mother Loraine Marie Clare Maguire, superior of the congregation's Baltimore province said.


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DICE has announced Battlefield 4 Battlefest, a month-long festival "built for gamers" offering daily giveaways, free DLC and, to three lucky winners, "a massive prize".
Battlefest kicks off this Saturday, July 12, with a Double XP weekend and a daily screenshot competition where players can win an AMD graphics card, $50 gift card for the DICE Store and a Battlefield 4 Premium membership.
Free camo unlocks will also be offered to players each week, while global community challenges will give players the chance to win free Gold Battlepacks.
The biggest prize of all, though, (which the developer suggests could be a gaming PC) will go to the winners of DICE's Stunt Video competition, a month long contest where the the developer asks players to send in their best stunt video "that can only be done in Battlefield 4". Entries must be received between July 14 and August 2, with the community voting on the top 12 to determine three lucky winners.
"And there it is, a month filled with fun activities and prizes to be given that we hope you'll enjoy," says DICE. "But that's not all, we have more surprises in store that we're excited to share in the next couple weeks. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled. Happy Summer Gaming!"
Battlefield 4's latest DLC, Dragon's Teeth, launches to Premium members next Tuesday, July 15.
Source: blogs.battlefield.com


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1. Re: User data security for EC2goldmann Mar 18, 2010 9:36 AM (in response to kvirkki)
Isn't it a very bad practise to have to give your AWS credentials as user data when giving configuration for using S3_PING?. AWS documentation has this to say about launch data security:
Although only your specific instance can access launch data, the data is not protected by cryptographic methods. You should take suitable precautions to protect sensitive data (such as long lived encryption keys).
I would say it's not the best practice. Many people are doing this in that way. Of course this isn't an excuse for us.
AWS credentials passed in UserData field are not only used for S3_PING. We need that data to query AWS metadata server for running instances to register nodes. From the beginning of JBoss Cloud (previous CirrAS name) we injected AWS credentials in that way.
Isn't there any other way to handle this? For example, encrypting the credentials and storing the key for decypting it in the AMI.
Unfortunately this isn't so simple. We decided to injecting in that way because we wanted just run the nodes and have a cluster. Encrypting and decrypting doesn't make sense, because in that case every user would need to have management appliance with own key used for decryption bundled with it but we're providing just one, generic AMI.
We can consider that after launching nodes someone needs to log in to management appliance and start the management service passing valid credentials. If you're worried about this issue, please create a ticket.
Of course if you have better idea, we would love to hear it!
2. Re: User data security for EC2akostadinov Jul 29, 2011 10:39 AM (in response to goldmann)
I was thinking how to protect user-data and instance metadata from user processes. For example one might deploy malicious JBoss AS application that reads user-data to steal credentials. What I came up with is the following:
iptables -I OUTPUT -d 169.254.169.254 -m owner ! --uid-owner 0 -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
This allows only root to access this data. This solution relies on two assumptions:
- user doesn't kill firewall
- EC2 does not provide another means to access user data
I don't find this solution ideal but I can't think of anything more reliable and at the same time not require AMI customization.


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Verizon's proposed spectrum deal with major cable companies came under more criticism today as a broad range of companies and public interest groups asked the Federal Communications Commission to halt proceedings on the deal.
In a letter written to the FCC, the companies and groups said that the FCC needed to force Verizon to submit unredacted documents that include information on "pricing, compensation and marketing strategies" that they say are needed for the FCC to make an informed decision on whether to allow the deal to go through. The letter was signed by representatives from industry heavyweights such as Sprint, T-Mobile and DirecTV, as well as from public interest groups such as Free Press and Public Knowledge that have traditionally opposed telecom mergers.
RELATED: Verizon spectrum deal with cable companies could get Senate hearing
IN DEPTH: LTE spectrum: How much do the big carriers have?
"As an institutional matter, the Commission cannot allow Verizon and the cable companies to make unilateral determinations that certain information is not relevant to Commission's public interest determination or is too sensitive to be sufficiently protected by Commission safeguards," they wrote. "As a policy matter, the Commission cannot allow the applicants to deny production of evidence for the record without which interested parties would be unable to submit ... fully informed analyses."
The controversy over Verizon's spectrum holdings started last year when Comcast, Time Warner and Bright House agreed to sell Verizon 122 AWS spectrum licenses that covered 259 million points of presence for $3.6 billion. Verizon subsequently worked out a similar deal with Cox Communications involving $315 million in licenses for 20MHz of AWS spectrum. Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead said the spectrum purchase "solidifies our network leadership into the future" and would allow Verizon to deliver better 4G LTE services to its users.
But while such a deal would undoubtedly benefit Verizon, it has attracted the attention of government regulators as well as the ire of Verizon's competitors. Last month Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, announced that he plans on holding a hearing that will put Verizon's spectrum deal with the cable companies under the microscope. News of Kohl's proposed hearing came less than two months after the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that it was also examining Verizon's recent dealings with cable companies to see if they violate antitrust law. In particular the DOJ will look into whether the deals are giving Verizon too much control over wireless spectrum that will be used to build and operate 4G LTE networks.
Both Verizon and AT&T have been employing a wide variety of tactics to gain more spectrum for their LTE networks, including proposing mergers with other spectrum-holding companies, moving their customers off of legacy 2G networks and lobbying Congress to authorize more FCC spectrum auctions. The FCC has projected that growth in wireless data demand will lead to a "spectrum deficit" of 275MHz if no new spectrum is released by 2014. There is currently 547MHz of spectrum available for dual use in mobile voice and data services.
Read more about anti-malware in Network World's Anti-malware section.


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Hello, I have the following code:
However It gives me the following problems when i compile:Code:#include <windows.h> int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { MessageBox(NULL, "Goodbye, cruel world!", "Note", MB_OK); return 0; }
Please help. I am running windowsxp sp2 and compiling with fresh compy ofvisual studio c++ express with the platform sdkCode:------ Build started: Project: RTS, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... simple.cpp c:\simple.cpp(6) : error C2664: 'MessageBoxW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [22]' to 'LPCWSTR' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast Build log was saved at "file://c:\BuildLog.htm" RTS - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========


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2013 Kia Carens revealed
* 2013 Kia Carens pictures * Will come in five- and seven-seat versions * On sale in spring 2013...
The new Kia Carens MPV has been revealed at the 2012 Paris motor show.
Kia will offer five- and seven-seat versions of the new Carens: there are no plans to rename the bigger-capacity version, unlike rivals such as the Renault Grand Scenic and Ford Grand C-Max.
The Carens is based on the latest Kia Ceed. It's likely to available in the UK with three engines, including two 1.7-litre diesels and a 1.6-litre petrol unit, all with stop-start. The full UK line-up will be confirmed early 2013.
Kia will also reveal full pricing and specification details for the new Carens closer to its March 2013 on-sale date, but the range is expected to be compact, with the emphasis on standard-fit - rather than optional - extras. Prices are expected to start at around 16,500, with top-of-the-range versions costing around 23,500.
2013 Kia Carens is based on the latest Kia Ceed and is expected to be available with 1.6-litre petrol and 1.7-litre diesel engines
Hyundai is expected to launch a closely related MPV - based on the i30 - at around the same time. It could be called ix30, but there are no details as yet.
Kia is also displaying the all-new Proceed at the Paris show.
New Carens will be available in five- and seven-seat versions
Kia's compact MPV is a rival for cars such as the Ford Grand C-Max and Renault Grand Scenic
Full specifications are yet to be confirmed; prices are likely to start at around 16,000
Interior is similar to latest Ceed's; similar options are likely to be offered


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The LQI is calculated by combining all our data on transportation, safety, health, affordability, entertainment, demographics, leisure and other essentials for everyday life. All our data comes from very reliable sources, like the MTA, NYPD, Google, Socrata, Foursquare and the U.S. Census to offer you the best information to find the right place to live.
You want to be free to go wherever you want, when you want. So in our LQI we use all the available data on public transport, taxi services, parking places and the distance to the city center or the next borough when calculating the livability of a place.
Life is all about the small things, so if you have everything you need nearby, then that is a great plus! When we calculate the Daily Life for the LQI, we take everything into account. Ranging from the distance to the nearest convenience stores and places of worship to Wi-Fi Hotspots and financial services.
You want to feel safe in your new home, so in the LQI you will be able to find all our data on crime levels and the nearest police and fire stations for that particular place.
Health is important to us all. In the LQI we include everything related to your well-being: the proximity to health and medical facilities, but also pollution levels, the proximity you live to busy truck routes or factories, and even the number of noise complaints.
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We use data on demographics to calculate our Life Quality Index. We all want to feel welcome in our community and at home in our neighborhood. Things like average income, education levels, and poverty index are all taken into account to create the LQI.
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Finally a day that is all about you! This is the card that I made for Melissa for her birthday which is today!! Happy Birthday Melissa!
This was a fun punch art card that we made at one of our Projects Classes. Once a quarter I like to throw in a punch art class for the gals and this is the one we made. However - I put this sentiment on it from REALLY GOOD GREETINGS. The dress framelits and the spider web embossing folder are now retired but they are not retired for me to use!! Have a fabulous day Melissa!!
Her final gift is her birthday cake! TEE-HEE!! I told her I didn't have time to bake her a cake!
Lorri Heiling for the witch feet.
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
These are the Halloween cards that I made for the grand kids. You may have seen these in previous postings - sorry for the repeat!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Today Gracie turns 9 years old!! Where have the years gone?? This is the card that I made for our sweet little cheerleader for her birthday
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
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More Halloween cards for you! Another card inspired by Mary Brown! Fun with embossing powders on this one!!
this second one is the one I sent to our previous youth pastor who moved to the Chicago area. Inspired by Melynn O'Conner Long
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2.) Share one of your "did that really just happen to me" life moments.
I can now say that I have been professionally deloused. Check that off the bucket list.
Parenting is fun, isn't it? I spent two days, including a Saturday night, washing everything in the house and boiling hairbrushes after my three year old daughter was sent home from school with "nits".
You are getting itchy just reading this, aren't you?
Apparently she was the second child to be sent home from school that week. Sadly, lice happens. It's beyond gross, but you have to deal with it. Or it will just get worse.
So, after treating her with an over the counter remedy at home, I made an appointment at a Lice Salon (so glamorous, my life) on the recommendation of a friend, and I am very happy I did. Because the "combing out" aspect of the process is very important and very tedious, and when you have a child who screams as though a limb is being torn off just upon seeing a hairbrush, having someone else do it is a GODSEND.
A little over 2 hours later, we were all deloused, smelled like the inside of a cedar closet and were equipped with follow-up instructions. I now know more about the lice lifecycle than I care to admit and will be arming myself with a lint roller the next time I get on an airplane or go to the movies.
But the best part of the process? I got to go through it not only with my terrified of the combing process three year old, but also with my mother-in-law, while I was nursing a small hangover. A bonding "did that really just happen to me" moment, to be sure.


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Introduced in late 2006, V-MODA introduced the VIBE Modaphones which they called "the world's first hi-definition luxury earphones" designed for active lifestyles. V-Moda also sees their line of "hearwear" as a fashion statement as well. Val Kolton, founder of V-Moda states, "They're the first hi-fidelity earphones that don't teather you to your chair when you want to experience pristine audio. And the sleek design and polished metal craftsmanship make a bold statement n a world of ordinary, carbon-copy plastic earphones."
Ohhh snap!! Take that you generic-ipod-looking-sold-at-Best-Buy-headset!
I must admit, these headphones really do look nice and light, but I care more for how they sound and the comfort than anything else. With that said, I don't really want to walk on campus or at work with a full over the head-type set that makes me look like I just walked out of Puff Daddy's studio. The more discrete the better I say…but they'd better sound good.
All of which leads us back to the $101 V-Moda VIBE. Today we evaluate the VIBE in their latest color, Red Roxx. This is the newest of the 5 colors that the VIBE comes in. The Red Roxx and others (La Mocha, FlashBlack Chrome, Gunmetal Black, and Gunmetal Rouge) are designed to be a perfect aesthetic match to the media player of choice. The Red Roxx edition of the VIBE was specifically designed to match the color of the iPod nano RED. These all metal headphones are touted as being light, noise cancelling, high-fidelity sets perfect for the audiophile on the go.
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PARIS - Spring signals new beginnings. Not only in statement-making prints and new colours — as the Paris spring-summer 2013 season has shown — but in bold ideas that remap the fashion landscape.
One such revamp came in the form of Raf Simons.
The anticipation around the Belgian's ready-to-wear debut at Dior was palpable: Crowds spilled into the all-white edifice at the Hotel des Invalides and actor Robert de Niro, director Luc Besson and designer Diane Von Furstenberg lined the front row.
And the designer did not disappoint — evolving his own minimalist style with whimsical exuberance and also that of the iconic house, whose codes he mastered, then subverted.
Taking the trend of colour spliced with summer black, his pale palette came in yellows, greens, pink and metallic blue.
Brighter hues were served up by Roland Mouret, the master of va-va-voom, and Anne Valerie Hash whose unified collections boasted vibrancy, yet, still, never strayed too far from the black, that's now a mainstay for 2013.
Issey Miyake, meanwhile, picked back up of the popular trend of colour-blocking to kaleidoscopic effect.
Saturday's shows include dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf and the fashion queen of England, Vivienne Westwood.
Freedom was at the heart of Raf Simons' outing for Dior — a confident show that twinned the essence of the 1950's "New Look," with the liberated hemlines of the 1960s.
Simons — a minimalist — is in many ways the stark opposite of Christian Dior, the exuberant house founder who favoured longer ankle-length silhouettes.
But Friday's free, liberating display shows that in spirit — if not perhaps in silhouette — they meet eye to eye.
Simons took the "New Look" bar jacket, in black, grey and white and sent it down the catwalk often bare-legged, with the hemlines of the sexual revolution.
It was the same rebellious mood with which Christian Dior founded the house in 1947: His long-length "New Look" shocked the fashion world in its indulgent use of material — a backlash against wartime fabric rationing.
"The foundation of the house is a reaction to restrictions," said Simons. "I wanted to do that too."
Do it, he did — not forgetting to have fun on the way.
Cheekily, Simons turned it and other jackets into mini dresses — twinned with black uber-short shorts. Other looks had a dash of Simons' own signature architecture.
Simons' has been swatting up.
Where Christian Dior loved garden flowers — here, Raf Simons delved even further into the bushes, bringing back in his jam-jar six sumptuous insect-inspired looks in silk and tulle.
One pink and blue loose A-line used tulle and embroidery to create the translucent veins of an insect wing.
It was details like this that made this collection fly so freely and so high.
Issey Miyake's collection was born, so say the program notes, of "vibrantly colored images of birds alighting...and flapping their wings."
Weaving in the house's signature high-tech fabric on sheer and tulle jersey, the result: A colour-blocked phoenix of a show.
Hues — and also models, who walked in criss-cross formation — converged and flowed. In the process, it added a much-welcome splash of fun to the Paris Fashion Week calendar.
Black graphic stripes blurred in the loose and pleat-rich silhouettes, in lime yellow, cobalt, sky blue and orange, only serving to add to these visual illusions.
Then came the science: The Miyake fabric-lab showing that it's been as busy as ever.
This season they served up what the house calls "revolutionary" double-sided printing. Revolutionary it wasn't, but images on the front and back blurred together to produce a nice graphic play.
Models strolled down the catwalk haphazardly in white open-toe sandals.
"Forget spring," they seemed to say, "we can't wait for summer."
There must be a lot of pressure on Roland Mouret to break away from the label of the one-dress wonder.
The inventor of the famed cap-sleeved "Galaxy dress," that's graced a million red carpets, has, perhaps consciously, been in an experimental mood recently, gently modifying his signature mould. This continues in Friday's coherent show.
Where last season the silhouettes were likened to an abbreviated 1950s "New Look," Friday's show had tinges of 1980s space-age geometry.
Origami-like folds on belts, straps and sporadically attached large pockets provided a small creative twist on a more structured, fitted collection.
Peplums and geometric filets, and one-off pleats provided the creative butter, spread on his bread-winning va va voom silhouettes.
They made a comeback as pencil skirts and sheaths this season in deep green, white and on-trend vermillion.
Anne Valerie Hash hit the right spot with her feminine but edgy show, featuring several looks with the top part sliced completely off.
"It was about female self-confidence," said Hash backstage. And the guillotine effect, too?
"Ah, I suppose I also wanted to have some fun."
The guillotined materials' were suspended to the body thanks to a bustier, which gave the shoulders a curious and imaginative trompe l'oeil effect.
High waists and pencil-skirts in many of the 33 ensembles — in indulgent lashings of summer black, power pinks, coral, gold and "electric anise" — gave a structure and confidence to the often super skinny models' fragile silhouettes.
But Hash — a woman's woman — didn't forget the sex appeal too: With stretch chiffon, second skin sequins, stretch leather and satin, many of the looks dripped liquid sensuality.
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BEIRUT, (Reuters) - The Beirut Stock Exchange ended higher on Monday, May 28, after market mainstay Solidere A and B shares gained ground in thin trade. Solidere A added 7.14 percent to $5.625 and B shares added 4.55 percent to $5.75.
The real estate firm dominated trade volume, accounting for all but 500 of the shares that changed hands. The benchmark BLOM index added 4.02 percent to 507.36 points. Volume dropped sharply to 31,614 shares worth $177,619 compared to 761,813 shares for $3,944,711 on Thursday. The market was closed on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the end of Israel's 22-year occupation of south Lebanon.
Earlier this month Solidere declared 2000 losses of $31.8 million for 2000, its first-ever loss, compared to a profit of $3.8 million the previous year.
Brokers say the company, in which Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri is a major shareholder, has misjudged demand for the high-end property it develops in Beirut's rebuilt central district, but that the share is cheap enough to spark a rally.
Hariri founded Solidere in 1994 and it acquired a monopoly over most of the property in Beirut's city centre.
In London, the global depositary receipts of BLOM bank, Lebanon's largest, fell $0.02 to $19.3 by the afternoon. Solidere's GDR gained $0.07 to $5.475.
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I Think what Mark has done with this short film is great. I have a son who has been in been caught in the system in and out for the last 12 years .... now serving a sentence of 2 years for writing a bad check for two thousand dollars.. more time than rapist, kidnapers, pedafiles and people that have murdered.. who figered??????
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Actor Mark Wahlberg Speaks Out for Juvenile Offenders
Jan. 26 EWhen actor Mark Wahlberg produced a new documentary on young offenders, he was able to relate to the incarcerated juveniles, because it happened to him, too.
In a new documentary called Juvies, Wahlberg analyzes the impact that adult sentencing has on young criminal offenders. To get a raw look into the lives of young offenders, the filmmakers went behind bars to spend four years with the 12 juvenile offenders shown in the documentary. They hope to make the movie available for viewing at schools.
For Wahlberg, the executive producer and narrator of the documentary, the issue is personal. The star of films such as The Italian Job, Boogie Nights and the Planet of the Apes remake, Wahlberg was once an inmate himself. While still a teenager, he was convicted and sentenced as an adult for assault.
"The juvenile justice court was originally created a hundred years ago to keep kids out of the adult system," Wahlberg, 32, said on Good Morning America. "Society recognized that kids are still developing, and that most kids who get into trouble come from abused and neglected backgrounds."
But the lessons these juveniles are learning in prison are more about drugs, sex and violence than rehabilitation.
"Fortunately for me, I was able to turn my life around, but when you're doing that kind of time, most of the males turn to violence and gangs to survive, and the girls turn to drugs and sex," Wahlberg said.
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One of the most memorable juveniles profiled is identified as "Duc," who maintains that he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when he got into trouble with the law. When he was 16, a gun was fired from a car he was driving. Although no one was injured, Duc was found guilty of first-degree attempted murder and is serving 35 years to life in an adult prison. He had no prior record and will remain an inmate until he is 51 years old.
Wahlberg conceded that he too would have been a lost cause if he had been forced to fulfill his sentence.
"Fortunately, I was given a second chance. I only ended up doing a couple of months, but for a crime that easily could have carried the same sentence as Duc if not longer, because in my instance, somebody got hurt."
Wahlberg feels that his race and looks played a role in his second chance and went on to say that many young offenders who had committed far less crimes than himself had gotten a lot more time.
"If you look at a lot of these cases, you have to say that race plays a certain role," Wahlberg said. "Here I was, a young, innocent-looking white kid, who did a lot of bad things and a lot of violent crimes, and I was a decent actor when I got in front of the judge, but I was still there with a public defender and got let off easy and I know other kids who have done lesser crimes and gotten a lot more time, and I think each one of these cases needs individual attention."
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He was on Monday (26th) on Good Morning America.
We didn't find out til after the fact.
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We noted here the confusion that was engendered in local media by a melee at South High School in Minneapolis between Somali immigrants and native-born black students. It was hard to make the usual narratives fit. So today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune enlisted two Macalester College professors in a further effort at explication:
The brawl between Somali-Americans and black students at Minneapolis' South High School caught the outside world by surprise, but not the people who walk the tense line between cultures.
But wait! Aren't Somali-Americans black too? This is so confusing!
Across town in St. Paul, two Macalester College professors — one Somali-American, the other African-American — know well the culture clash that sometimes flares between two peoples who share the same race but not the same story.
Somalia is in Africa, obviously, so why isn't the first professor also an African-American? And if they "share the same race," then why aren't they all black? Maybe the key phrase here is "not the same story."
Many Somalis came here with "very negative perceptions" of African-Americans, their notions based on movies that cast African-Americans as drug addicts or killers, said Abdirizak Bihi, a Somali activist.
For their part, some African-Americans feel the disrespect and perceive that the new Africans are getting a bit better treatment from the larger community. …
"Black people are already here. They've seen everybody come here and everybody seems to get a break," [Professor] El-Kati said. "They see how other people are celebrated when they do the slightest good thing.
"Black people have done many good things in this country for which they've never been saluted," he said, noting especially the forced labor that helped build America's material success.
Well, he has a point. We certainly haven't heard much about slavery over the last 148 years.
[Professor Ahmed] Samatar, who came to the United States as a college student in the 1970s, said most Somalis who have settled in Minnesota came here as refugees.
The article doesn't mention it, but Professor Samatar recently ran for President of Somalia.
They also had little clue about America's slave history, he said.
"African-Americans have paid a heavy price through the generations for civilizing the United States in that direction. The Somalis are not aware of that because they are not educated in American history and the struggle that has taken place in this country for generations and generations.
"For the African-Americans it becomes disrespectful, in not understanding what has taken place and what's still taking place," he said.
"Still taking place"? What does that mean? I think what Professor Samatar is getting at here is that the Somalis have not yet figured out that the way to get ahead in America is to declare yourselves a victim group. The Star Tribune would never put it that way, but this seems to be at the heart of the conflict that led to the lunch room riot. Don't worry, though: Professor Samatar and others will see that the Somalis get the word.


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The monastery of Panaghia Prousiotissa is built on a steep rock.
According to the tradition, it was founded in 829 by monks Dionysios and Timotheos, who brought with them the icon of Virgin Mary from Prousa in Asia Minor. However, it is more possible that the monastery was established between the 12th and 14th century.
It became a shelter for civilians during the Turkish occupation, at the same time G. Karaiskakis received treatment here. The monastery was destroyed and ransacked many times during the Turkish occupation and was set on fire by the Germans in 1944. You will find religious icons dating back to the 13th and 16th century as well as a library where many important relics are kept.
The Museum of the Proussos Monastery, where old ecclesiastical relics and personal items of Georgios Karaiskakis are kept.
You can also see the "steps" of Virgin Mary in "Typoma", geologic formations that look like footprints. According to the tradition these are the footprints of Virgin Mary when she came from Prousa. You will also have the chance to see the lookout towers ("karaoulia") of Karaiskakis above the Monastery of Panaghia Prousiotissa, which were built during the Revolution.
In Prousos, the "Agathidis' Library" is also very interesting. The library was founded along with the middle school in 1880.
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I am grateful to Megan, an Australian follower of The Spelling Blog, for pointing me to this summary of what seems like a very interesting talk by Dr Misty Adoniou about teaching spelling. Her ideas are similar to mine in many ways but have some really interesting variations. To summarise the summary(!):
- Phonics and visual skills are not the most important indicators of being a good speller
- English is morpho-phonemic (based on meaning as well as sound) and etymology (word origin) plays a large part, so these two aspects should be explicitly taught across the curriculum (if taught in English, of course)
- We need to teach 6 types of knowledge about words to spell them well: meaning, sound, acceptable and typical letter patterns, origins, parts of words and remembering what words look like.
- We should teach spelling strategies through words that learners meet in context in real books rather than having lists of words to learn that illustrate a strategy.
All sounds very sensible to me. Read the whole article here:
http://www.atesolact.org.au/- now here: http://www.atesolact.org.au/events/past-atesol-act-events/#Spelling2013 recent-atesol-act-events.html# a1377
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Family thankful for community support after fire
Blaze destroys family's dream house
Just one month ago a local family stood by as their dream home filled with priceless memories was engulfed in flames.
But Friday night, there was hope on the horizon for the first time since fire turned the dream house into a nightmare.
"Very helpless," fire victim Lisa Bagwell told reporter A.J. Ross. "You see the smoke coming off the roof, and you think they're going to be here. And then you see the fire on the roof, and you thought, 'OK, they're still going to be here. They're going to make it. They're going to put it out.' And then you see it go into the bedroom and you think, 'Oh no, they need to please put it out.'"
For Bagwell, minutes seemed like hours as she helplessly watched her family's Shaler home go up in flames.
"It was our dream house," she said. "It was our haven."
The house was custom-built by Bagwell's husband, and they had shared it for 18 years with their four children. Bagwell said the thing she'll miss the most are the priceless memories.
With only a few photos and belongings salvaged from the fire, the Bagwells are leaning on each other as they make plans to build anew.
"We talk a lot more," Bagwell said. "I call my two girls more, constantly keeping in touch, looking out for each other."
Bagwell told Ross that the support from the Shaler community has been overwhelming, and it's been the thoughts and prayers of perfect strangers that have given her family strength.
"It's just unbelievable the amount of support that we have had from everywhere, from people that we don't even know have sent us cards and encouragement," she said.
A fund has been set up in the family's name at a local bank and Elfinwild Presbyterian Church will serve a spaghetti dinner on Saturday to raise money for the Bagwells.
"Thank you for everything," Bagwell said. "From the smallest, 'I'm thinking of you' to 'what can we do?' to all the help that we have received, all of the donations we've received. Words will never be able to express my family's gratitude."


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In his Jan. 1 World Day of Peace message titled "Blessed are the Peacemakers," Pope Benedict XVI immediately laid out for us the foundation upon which the church's ministry for world peace must be built.
Using a challenging proclamation from the Second Vatican Council, the pope teaches that Christians must be committed "to sharing humanity's joys and hopes, grief and anguish."
The Holy Father is reminding us that God's peace is much more than the absence of war -- it is the universal experience of justice and love.
We not permitted to sit on the comfortable sidelines of life, safely viewing from afar humanity's problems. Rather, we must put ourselves into the muck and mire of this world.
The pope writes, "Peace is an order enlivened and integrated by love, in such a way that we feel the needs of others as our own, share our goods with others and work throughout the world for greater communion in spiritual values."
Pope Benedict's message wastes no time in confronting the personal and structural evils of greed, inequality and violence.
From the very first page he writes, "It is alarming to see hotbeds of tension and conflict caused by growing instances of inequality between rich and poor, by the prevalence of a selfish and individualistic mindset which also finds expression in an unregulated financial capitalism."
In his PBS documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, Alex Gibney states that while income disparity has always existed in the U.S., it has accelerated sharply in the last 40 years. As of 2010, the 400 richest Americans controlled more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of the U.S. population.
Just think about it: Four hundred people control more wealth than 150 million Americans combined.
Pope Benedict laments that the predominant economic model of recent decades calls for seeking maximum profit and consumption -- based on an individualistic and self-centered mentality -- while considering human beings as mere tools in economic competitiveness.
Unbridled capitalism cannot be trusted to work for the common good of humanity. It must legislatively be forced to do so. But instead, the political and economic system has been rigged to outrageously favor the wealthy over the middle-class and poor.
And for those struggling to survive in extreme poverty throughout the world -- 1.4 billion human beings -- the inequality between them and the rich is tragically unjust.
In the face of "unregulated financial capitalism," the pope is calling us to build "a new economic model" for the sake of the common good: providing full dignified employment, food security for every person, and peaceful coexistence with all creation.
The Holy Father maintains that the path to "peace is above all that of respect for human life in all its many aspects ... True peacemakers, then, are those who love, defend and promote human life in all its dimensions ... Anyone who loves peace cannot tolerate attacks and crimes against life."
It's morally wrong and intellectually dishonest to claim oneself a peacemaker while permitting abortion -- brutal warfare against the unborn.
Following the example of Jesus, peacemakers cannot accept any form of violence. Instead, in the words of Pope Benedict, we must be committed to the truth that "Evil is in fact overcome by good."
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9).
[Tony Magliano is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist. He is available to speak at diocesan or parish gatherings about the principles of Catholic social teaching. His email address is email@example.com.]
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In the year 2000 a temple dedicated to the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis and the oriental deity Magna Mater was discovered in Mainz . The temple is thought to have been in use until around 300-400 AD.
Important artistic treasures from over 1,000 years of history of the Mainz archdiocese are shown here in a historical setting.
The Deutschherrenhaus, the first settlement of the Teutonic Order Knights in Rhineland, is the living embodiment of Koblenz's rich history.
In the Museum of Modern Art in Freiburg , masterpieces from the classic modern period up to the present day bear witness to the major artistic movements of the past 100 years.
The Protestant Augustinian monastery in Erfurt is a unique monument to medieval monastic architecture.
The Old Synagogue in Erfurt (1100), which was only rediscovered as such in the 1990s, is the oldest fully intact synagogue in central Europe.
The museum has exhibitions on the history of the Jewish community in Augsburg and the rural Bavarian Swabia region and also contains religious and cultural artefacts.
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Tarsem received his schooling in a boarding school in the Himalayas in India. He came to the United States when he was twenty-four years old and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.His first major breakthrough work was the music video for REM's "Losing My Religion" which won eight MTV awards, including Best Music Video, and a Grammy. The same year, Tarsem caught the attention of advertising's finest by garnering two Cannes trophies; one for Wieden & Kennedy's Anne Klein campaign, and one for Bartle Bogle Hegarty's Levi's.Known for his attention to detail, stunning art direction, and highly developed story-telling abilities, Tarsem is one of the most highly acclaimed and sought after directors within the advertising community worldwide.Over the years Tarsem has garnered numerous awards, including the Grande Prix Award in Cannes, the D&AD, the DGA, and the BAFTA Britannia Award, to name but a few. His commercial work is part of a permanent collection on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His first feature film, The Cell, was a psychological thriller starring Jennifer Lopez. He co-wrote, produced and directed his latest feature film entitled The Fall, which had its international release in 2008.Tarsem makes his home in London & Los Angeles.
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A resilient and adaptive consumer base will help RV industry shipments continue on a flat but stable track in the coming year, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin in the Winter edition of Road Signs.
"RV sales face stiff headwinds in the year ahead. Uncertainty about job and income prospects, stagnating wages, depressed home values and the likelihood of rising taxes will affect RV sales," Curtin noted. "While these factors will prevent an increase in RV sales, neither will they prompt significant declines. Although consumers will be apprehensive, they will continue to buy RVs."
As reported during the recently completed National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., shipments are expected to total 247,100 in 2011 – representing a 2% gain from 242,300 in the previous year – while third-quarter shipments fell 4% to 55,900 units. Curtin said that flat trend would continue in 2012, forecasting a 2.6% dip in shipments to 240,600.
"Notably, shipments increase on a seasonally adjusted basis in the second half of 2012, with most of the renewed strength in conventional and fifth-wheel travel trailers," Curtin said.
Towables have understandably been propping up the industry for the past few years as discretionary dollars have tightened in line with a weakened economy, impacting sales of higher-priced motorhomes.
"The 2008-2009 downturn had the largest impact on motorhomes, which represent approximately 10% of the total RV market," Curtin noted. "Motorhomes are more dependent on accumulated home equity, which continues to decline. Motorhomes are likely to improve at a relatively greater pace in the decade ahead as stricter fuel economy standards reduce the towing capacity of the household vehicle fleet."
Curtin added that in order to cater to a more economy-conscious consumer and cope with continued volatility, manufacturers would, in turn, need to adopt a more conservative approach to business.
"In the current economic environment, both consumers and manufacturers understand that they must find new ways to maximize value. Economic uncertainty has taken its toll, and it is likely to increase month-to-month variations in sales that largely disappear when summed across the year," he said. "And with sales expected to be relatively stable at moderate levels, such temporary variations may prompt false market signals and inappropriate reactions. Such an economic environment places a premium on cost controls and inventory management as the best means to handle the expected variations in sales."


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Vatican City - The Vatican is ramping up its opposition to threatened military strikes against Syria as it draws attention to Pope Francis' plans to host a day of fasting and prayer for peace this weekend.
The Vatican has invited all ambassadors accredited to the Holy See to attend a briefing Thursday on the pope's agenda for the four-hour vigil Saturday night in St. Peter's Square, and bishops' conferences from around the world have announced plans to host local versions of the vigil as well.
Even the Vatican's often dysfunctional bureaucracy seems to be on message with the initiative, Francis' first major foray into international diplomacy since being elected in March.
The No. 2 of the Vatican's justice and peace office warned earlier this week that military action in Syria could spark a world war. The head of its office for families wrote a letter to Catholics urging parents to offer their children an "austere and minimal lunch" Saturday to participate in Francis' fast. And the cardinal in charge of the Vatican's office for Eastern rite Catholics warned in an interview with the Vatican newspaper that Christian minorities in the region would suffer the most from any military intervention.
Francis himself on Wednesday urged Catholics and non-Catholics alike to participate in Saturday's vigil, telling more than 50,000 people gathered for his weekly general audience: "Let the cry for peace rise up across the Earth!"
In recent speeches, tweets and remarks, Francis has called for a negotiated settlement in Syria but has also condemned the use of chemical weapons.
"War never again! Never again war!" he tweeted earlier this week.
It's an anti-war exhortation that echoes those issued by popes past starting with Pope Pius XII in his 1951 Christmas radio message. Pope Paul VI uttered the same words at the United Nations in 1965 as the Vietnam War raged. Pope John Paul II repeated them in calls for peace in Bosnia and Iraq and Benedict XVI used the refrain during a 2011 peace meeting with religious leaders in the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi.
John Paul took his anti-war initiative a step further when, on the eve of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, he sent a personal envoy to U.S. President George W. Bush to try to dissuade him from starting war.
For Francis, whose namesake St. Francis of Assisi was known for his message of peace, Saturday's public vigil will be something of a test to see if his immense popular appeal translates into solid popular support for his anti-war initiative.
On Wednesday he urged Romans in particular to come to St. Peter's for the vigil, which will feature moments of silent prayer as well as remarks by Francis.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The jury in the trial of Michael Dunn will continue deliberations Thursday after deliberating for nearly three hours Wednesday evening.
After the prosecution said there was plenty of evidence to convict Dunn of first-degree murder and the defense pointed to several things that might create reasonable doubt among the jurors, the 12-member jury began deliberations at 5:03 p.m.
They submitted a question to the court about 7:40 p.m. asking to see the surveillance video from inside the convenience store that was played several times during the trial. That video contained the audio of the gunshots fired by Dunn.
In a note to the judge, the jury said they would like to see all 20 minutes of the video and all six camera angles, adding that they would like to break for the night and resume Thursday morning. Judge Russell Healey said deliberations would resume at 10 a.m.
The four alternate jurors were being kept overnight as well.
Prosecutors made their closing argument Wednesday morning in the murder trial of Dunn, saying 17-year-old Jordan Davis' shooting death was a deliberate act -- not an act of self-defense.
After the jurors entered the courtroom about 10:25 a.m., Judge Healey reminded them that what lawyers say is not evidence, but could be useful in understanding the facts of the case.
During her 90-minute argument, Assistant State Attorney Erin Wolfson played audio of the gunshots and showed images of the bullet holes in the SUV in which four teenagers were sitting the day after Thanksgiving 2012. She said not only is there no evidence there was a shotgun in that car, the physical evidence shows Davis was shot sitting in the backseat of his friend's Dodge Durango, not outside the SUV threatening Dunn.
Prosecutor Erin Wolfson | Defense attorney Corey Strolla | Rebuttal by John Guy
"Ten rounds, nine of them hitting that car -- hitting this defendant's target. Three of those shots hit directly the target Dunn was aiming for (Jordan Davis)," Wolfson said. "There was no gun or weapon ever found. And it wasn't because of shoddy police work, it was because there wasn't one. The boys didn't have a gun."
Wolfson summarized, saying there is ample evidence to find Dunn guilty of first-degree murder.
"This defendant was disrespected by a 17-year-old teenager, and he lost it. He wasn't happy with Jordan Davis' attitude. What was his response? 'You're not going to talk to me like that,'" Wolfson said. "He took these actions because it was premeditated. It was not self-defense."
Wolfson ended her argument, saying: "Today is the day that you all as members of the jury can define what this defendant did on Nov. 23, 2012," Wolfson said. "He might have silenced Jordan Davis but cannot silence the truth."
After the jury's lunch break, defense attorney Cory Strolla began by reminding the jury that the burden of evidence is on the state to convict his client "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Strolla pointed out things he believes will instill such doubt, including remaining silent for three minutes to dramatize the amount of time the SUV was in the adjoining plaza before returning to the Gate parking lot -- which he said was plenty of time to get rid of a shotgun.
He also said detectives should have immediately gone to the area and searched, but waited five days.
Strolla argued that there were no signs Dunn was was in a bad mood, intoxicated or planning to do anything that night. He only asked the teens in the car to turn down the music, which they initially did, only to turn it back up again.
Strolla said Dunn only fired his gun when he saw Davis wielding a weapon from inside the Durango and felt threatened.
"He's had that gun for 20 years and never pulled it once," Strolla said. "He told you that nobody has ever scared him, no one has ever threatened him like that."
After Strolla's 75-minute closing, prosecutor John Guy used the state's rebuttal to tell the jury: "This case is not about self-defense, it's about self-denial."
"That defendant didn't shoot into a car full of kids to save his life. He shot into it to save his pride," Guy told the jury. "Jordan Davis didn't have a weapon, he had a big mouth."
When closing arguments concluded, the judge began delivering length jury instructions -- estimated to be 40 pages.
The attorneys and judge stayed more than three hours Tuesday evening finalizing the exact wording of those jury instructions, including what lesser charges such as voluntary manslaughter the jury will be allowed to consider, and how to explain Florida's statutes regarding justifiable homicide.
Judge Healey began reading the instructions to the jury about 3:45 p.m. -- a process that took just over an hour. Then four members of the 16 people chosen as jurors were excused and the 12 remaining retreated to pick a foreperson. About 15 minutes later, they had made a decisions and their deliberations officially began.
With the jury out of the courtroom, Healey addressed the four alternates, asking them to "stick around" in case one of them needed to be used to replace one of the primary jurors.