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DORAL, Fla. — Tiger Woods' road to the Masters took a surprising detour Sunday when he withdrew after 11 holes in the Cadillac Championship because of soreness in his left Achilles tendon.
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It's the same Achilles that he injured last year at Augusta National, which eventually caused Woods to miss two majors last year.
The severity of this injury won't be known until Woods has it evaluated.
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He was 3-over par in the final round at Doral, 10 shots out of the lead, when he hit a 321-yard tee shot on the par-5 12th hole, shook hands with Webb Simpson and left in a cart.
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"I felt tightness in my left Achilles warming up this morning, and it continued to get progressively worse," Woods said in a statement. "After hitting my tee shot at 12, I decided it was necessary to withdraw. In the past, I may have tried to continue to play, but this time, I decided to do what I thought was necessary."
NBC Sports showed Woods behind the wheel as he drove away from Doral in a black sedan.
"I didn't really notice anything," Simpson said. "I wasn't paying much attention, but it looked like he made a swing on 12 that really hurt. But didn't say a whole lot. Class act. Shook my hand. Off he went.
"He just shook my hand and said, `I've got to go in.' You could feel he was hurting. He didn't say a whole lot, but his expression was enough that he was in enough pain to end it."
Woods is to play in two weeks at Bay Hill, his last tournament before the Masters. Woods is a four-time champion at Augusta National, and with an ordinary game, he still has tied for fourth the last two years.
"It's a shame because he looked like he was coming out this year, swinging it really well, playing good, getting himself into contention," said Rory McIlroy, who held off Woods' charge last week at the Honda Classic. "It's probably just precautionary, but I really hope he's healthy for the Masters, because obviously it would be a great week with him there. He can spark an interest in golf that no one else can."
Doral was Woods' third straight tournament. He lost in the second round of the Match Play Championship, then shot 62 to tie for second in the Honda. When asked after the third round Saturday at Doral how is body was holding up through this stretch, he replied, "It feels great."
Steve Stricker played with him in the third round Saturday and said he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
"He always walks with a limp a little bit," Stricker said. "I noticed it a little bit again. I thought maybe that's something he always has, like a habit."
Woods changed shoes at the turn and was lifting his left leg, slightly flexing his ankle. His limp became more pronounced, especially after he pulled his second shot on the par-5 10th, leading to bogey. The limp grew worse, and moments later, Woods was gone.
"I think maybe his heel was bothering him, or something with his foot," Simpson said. "I don't think it's anything serious. Like I said, we didn't talk or anything, so I'm not sure exactly what it was."
It's the third time in three years that Woods has withdrawn from a tournament. The most recent was at The Players Championship last May, when he hobbled off the TPC Sawgrass after a 42 on the opening nine holes.
He then took three months off to let his left leg fully heal, returning at the Bridgestone Invitational. Woods said he wanted to make sure he didn't come back until he knew there would be no more issues with his leg. Since then, he has been able to practice more and adjust to swing changes, and from tee-to-green his golf has looked solid.
Woods has had four surgeries on his left knee dating to when he was at Stanford. The most significant was in June 2008, when he had reconstructive surgery to repair ligaments just a week after winning the U.S. Open for his 14th major. Woods has not won a major since then, and he has missed four majors because of injuries.
Woods attracted the largest galleries of the week, even starting the final round eight shots out of the lead. When he left, so did most of the crowd.
"It was a bit weird," Simpson said. "It went from one extreme to the other, from playing with all the people to playing with no people. I wasn't playing too good, so I didn't really care."


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Report of man with gun causes elementary school lockdown in Hartland
All children safe; Police find no man with gun, to search again Friday
The report of a man with a gun led to a lockdown at Hartland North Elementary School on Thursday afternoon.
Parents of students at the school received this message:
"This is to inform you that a student reported a suspicious male in the wooded area of Hartland North with a weapon. Police were immediately notified and secured the area, locked down the area. Police have coordinated the dismissal and traffic flow. Students were sent home at normal time. Students are safe. Dismissal went as normal."
Hartland Police Chief Robert Rosch says two 7-year-old boys reported seeing a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt with a weapon across from the school.
"Like a large, rifle-size weapon, and they heard a loud bang and they ran back into the school," Rosch said. "(The armed man) didn't say anything to the kids, didn't approach the kids. They just saw him along the wood line or walking into the woods."
A neighbor who lives near the school said the roads were blocked in the area as police investigated. She was allowed to go home but told to stay inside.
The neighbor said she saw officers from Chenequa and Delafield with guns drawn. News Chopper 12 spotted several officers searching a nearby wooded area for the man.
Several officers, some armed with assault rifles, searched the roughly three-acre wooded area, as well as the surrounding neighborhood, while other officers kept guard inside the school.
Parent Dave Westlake rushed to the school to pick up his kindergartener daughter Zoe.
"Well, we got a call saying the school was on lockdown because there was a stranger in the area, potentially with a weapon," Westlake said.
He said he had complete confidence that everything would be fine.
"It's just something you don't want to hear on a Thursday afternoon, that your school's on lockdown," Westlake said.
St. Charles Catholic School, which is nearby, was not on lockdown.
Even though police didn't find any suspicious armed man, Superintendent of Hartland-Lakeside Schools Glenn Schilling said he's confident the lockdown and police response were the right calls.
"You know, we're in an age where you take all of these seriously, and so does the police department," Schilling said. "You always err on the side of caution."
Hartland students will go back to school as scheduled on Friday.
Police said they'll return to the neighborhood near the school on Friday just to check things out again. They said they'd like anyone who might have seen or heard anything suspicious to give them a call.
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This is serious business folks, please join Del. Bob Marshall's effort in protecting Virginians.
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WND EXCLUSIVESTATES PREPARE BRAKES ON CITIZEN-DETENTION OPTION'It's going to take We the People to stand up and say, No!'Published: 11 hours agoBob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after spending nearly three decades writing on a wide range of issues for several Upper Midwest newspapers and the Associated Press. Sports, tornadoes, homicidal survivalists, and legislative battles all fell within his bailiwick. His scenic photography has been used commercially, and he sometimes plays in a church worship band.More ↓···· inShare7· Text smaller· Text biggerState and local officials in surging numbers are telling Washington they simply won't cooperate with any plans to detain Americans the federal government may choose to describe as "belligerents."The issue centers on provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, signed by President Obama, for the indefinite and rights-free detention of those Washington cites as belligerents, whether American citizens or not.WND reported when Rep. Daniel P. Gordon Jr. immediately drafted a resolution in the Rhode Island legislature to express opposition to the sections of the NDAA "that suspend habeas corpus and civil liberties."Now the Tenth Amendment Center confirms that the resistance to the federal bureaucracy is catching on.The instruction manual on how to restore America to what it once was: "Taking America Back." This package also includes the "Tea Party at Sea.""Sources close to the Tenth Amendment Center say as many as 10 states will consider legislation or resolutions in response to the detention provisions in section 1021 and 1022 of the NDAA," the organization is reporting. "Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Washington will likely introduce resolutions authored by the Rhode Island Liberty Coalition within the next week. Additionally, local governments, including Fremont County, Colo. and El Paso County, Colo., have passed resolution condemning the detention provisions."Tenth Amendment Center executive director Michael Boldin commented that "federal politicians never seem to repeal federal law.""It's going to take 'We the People' in our states to stand up and say, 'No!' to this unconstitutional monster," he said.The center's report noted that the provisions in the law "may allow" for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens, depending on exactly how it is interpreted.Already, Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, has introduced HB1160, which would prevent "any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency or the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of a United States citizen in violation of the Constitution of Virginia."The center already has developed model legislation that addresses the issue.It states, "The Legislature finds that the enactment into law by the United States Congress of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, Public Law Number 112-81, is inimical to the liberty, security and well-being of the people of (STATE), and was adopted by the United States Congress in violation of the limits of federal power in United States Constitution."Mike Maharrey, communications director for the TAC, said the fight is shaping up like the conflict in the 1850s when northern states refused to cooperate with fugitive slave laws that required them to capture and return escaping slaves."It is clear to me, and I am far from alone in this view, that the detention provisions in the NDAA are vague, overbroad and open to interpretation," he said. "That leaves me to trust in the good character and moral clarity of Barack Obama, Rick Santorum or whoever happens to reside at the White House, to protect me and my fellow Americans from abuse of this power. No thanks."Maharrey noted that during the latter days of slavery, "state and local governments in northern states stepped in and thwarted the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Acts, which allowed the federal government to arrest and detain black people, and send them back into slavery with little or no due process.""We laud these men and women as heroes," he said. "I have no doubt that history will prove equally kind to those standing up for the most basic rights of Americans today."Gordon earlier told WND that Sections 1021 and 1022 of the act, signed into law on New Years Eve of 2011, "provide for the indefinite detention of American citizens by the military on American soil, without charge, and without right to legal counsel and right to trial."He continued, "Given the fact that the constitutions of Rhode Island and that of the United States are replete with guarantees of individual liberties, right to habeas corpus, and right to freedom of speech, the offending sections of that law are repugnant to the sensibilities of anyone that has a basic understanding of the foundation of this country."Opinions on the legislation signed by Obama vary. Commentator Chuck Baldwin, who himself has been the target of smears by the Department of Homeland Security-related apparatus, explained the law, "for all intents and purposes, completely nullifies a good portion of the Bill of Rights, turns the United States into a war zone, and places U.S. citizens under military rule.""When signing the NDAA into law, Obama issued a signing statement that in essence said, 'I have the power to detain Americans … but I won't," Baldwin wrote.Baldwin was vilified by an anti-terror campaign in Missouri several years ago when authorities there described suspicious characters as those who might have supported him or other third-party candidates during a presidential election.Others pooh-poohed the concerns about the apprehension of Americans. Wayne Bowne, an academic at Southeast Missouri State University not far from where state officials had issued that warning about Baldwin, said, "The NDAA not only does not empower the U.S. military to detain American citizens indefinitely, it specifically prohibits this."The NDAA confirms as U.S. law the practice that foreign terrorists … will be held indefinitely by the U.S. military. Indeed, this is a far more generous policy than allowed under international law," he wrote.Gordon knows there are those who don't worry, but he's not willing to jeopardize freedoms on the assumption something won't happen.He cited Charles C. Krulak and Joseph P. Hoar, both retired four-star Marine generals, who have concerns."Both of these distinguished gentlemen understand that the first obligation of military personnel is the oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Violation of that oath, constitutional provisions and that of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 is a slippery slope to tyranny," he said."When I took the oath of office, I swore that I would support the constitutions of Rhode Island and the United States. And before one single constituent of mine is snatched up in the dead of night, without due process under our laws, they'll have to pry those documents from my cold dead hands," he said.Mike PruntyFounder and PresidentThe American Freedom ProjectYorktown, VirginiaCell: (757) 329-6879
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Mohegan Sun is planning to build a new shopping plaza of between 10 and 30 stores, Mohegan Tribal Nation Chairman Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum said Friday.
Mohegan Sun is planning to build a new shopping plaza of between 10 and 30 stores, Mohegan Tribal Nation Chairman Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum said Friday.
Speaking during the State of Montville breakfast at Montville Town Hall, Bozsum said the tribe and its casino are close to signing a partnership agreement for the building of the new plaza. He declined to name the venture partner, saying he would do so after an agreement has been signed. Bozsum described the partner as having several offices in Connecticut.
An announcement of a signing is expected in the next 30 days, the chairman said.
The plaza will be located near the casino's Winter Entrance, the chairman said. That entrance was Mohegan Sun's original customer front entrance when it opened in 1996.
"It will be a nice boost for everything here in Montville," Bozsum said.
The plaza will mean an added $100,000 a year in tax money that the tribe pays to the Montville town government, Bozsum said. The tribe currently pays the town about $1 million per year in taxes in addition to a $500,000 contribution it makes toward the town's infrastructure spending, he said.
Montville Ron McDaniel, who also spoke at the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut-organized breakfast, said he was very pleased to hear Bozsum's announcement.
"God knows we could always use more tax money," the mayor said.
The new plaza will bring an upscale element to Montville shopping, said Pamela Allen Kinder, who is chair of the chamber's Montville chapter.
"I'm thrilled," she said. "I love to shop. This is something that's really going to add to the integrity of our town."
The plaza is a key part of Mohegan Sun's drive to add amenities to make it stand out from gambling only casinos in nearby states, chamber President and CEO Tony Sheridan said.
"They're looking to diversify," he said. "It's a smart move. They've done a great job here in Eastern Connecticut and they will continue to do so."
Rival Foxwoods Resort Casino has begun creating a new shopping plaza on its Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation-owned property.


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n. pl. vi·rus·es
a. Any of various submicroscopic agents that infect living organisms, often causing disease, and that consist of a single or double strand of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms.
b. A disease caused by a virus.
2. A computer program or series of commands that can replicate itself and that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other files or programs which users later transfer to other computers. Viruses usually have a harmful effect, as in erasing all the data on a disk.
3. A harmful or destructive influence: the pernicious virus of racism.
[Latin vīrus, poison.]
n, pl -ruses
1. (Microbiology) any of a group of submicroscopic entities consisting of a single nucleic acid chain surrounded by a protein coat and capable of replication only within the cells of living organisms: many are pathogenic
2. (Pathology) informal a disease caused by a virus
3. any corrupting or infecting influence
4. (Computer Science) computing an unauthorized program that inserts itself into a computer system and then propagates itself to other computers via networks or disks; when activated it interferes with the operation of the computer
[C16: from Latin: slime, poisonous liquid; related to Old English wāse marsh, Greek ios poison]
ˈvirus-ˌlike adj
vi•rus(ˈvaɪ rəs)
n., pl. -rus•es.
1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
2. a disease caused by a virus.
3. a corrupting influence on morals or the intellect; poison.
4. a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network.
[1590–1600; < Latin vīrus slime, poison; akin to ooze2]
vi′rus•like`, adj.
1. Any of a large group of disease-causing agents consisting of a segment of RNA or DNA within a protein shell. All viruses are parasites because they can reproduce only inside the cells of plants, animals, and bacteria. Viruses are usually not considered living organisms.
2. Computer Science A computer program that is meant to disable or damage the computer's memory or to cause another program to malfunction. Computer viruses usually copy themselves over and over.
viral adjective
virus- A Latin word meaning "poison" or "slimy liquid," it first meant "venom of a snake."
See also related terms for poison.
1. An almost lifelike, extremely small particle made of protein and nucleic acid. It needs to parasitize a living cell in order to reproduce.
2. An unauthorized program that inserts itself into a computer's data and interferes, often destructively, with the computer's functioning.
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|virus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
microorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic size
arborvirus, arbovirus - a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
virion - (virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
bacteriophage, phage - a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria"
plant virus - a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA
animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus
slow virus - a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear; "kuru is caused by a slow virus"
tumor virus - a cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm
vector - (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
virology - the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases
infectious agent, infective agent - an agent capable of producing infection
atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism - a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
|virus - a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
delegacy, representation, agency - the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
|virus - a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"
malevolent program - a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects
فيروسفَيْرُوسفيروس في الكومبيوترفيروس، جُرْثومَهفيروسي، جُرْثومي
vírusvírusosszámítógépes vírus
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A. N (viruses (pl)) (Med, Comput) → virus m inv
rabies virus → virus m inv de la rabia
the AIDS virus → el virus del SIDA
a computer virus → un virus informático
rabies virus → virus m inv de la rabia
the AIDS virus → el virus del SIDA
a computer virus → un virus informático
B. CPD virus disease N → enfermedad f vírica
(Med) → Virus nt or m, → Erreger m; polio virus → Polioerreger m; the AIDS virus → das Aidsvirus; virus disease → Viruskrankheit f; she's got or caught a virus (inf: = flu etc) → sie hat sich (dat) → was geholt or eingefangen (inf)
(fig) → Geschwür nt
(Comput) → Virus nt or m; virus-infected → virenbefallen; virus detection → Viruserkennung f
virus[ˈvaɪərəs] n → virus m inv
virus(ˈvaiərəs) noun
1. any of various types of germs that are a cause of disease. virus فيروس، جُرْثومَه вирус vírus virus das Virus virus ιόςvirus viirus ویروس virus virusוירוס छूत के रोग पैदा करने वाले विषाणु virus vírus virus veira, vírus virus ウイルス 바이러스 virusas vīruss virus virusviruswirus وښ، زهر: وښ لرونكى ماده، زهر لرونكې ماره: ويروس، دناروغۍ عامل: ورانوونكى، زيان رسوونكى، هغه څه چې دانسان ذهن فاسدوي او مسموموي vírus virus вирус vírus virus virus virus เชื้อไวรัส virüs 病毒 вірус جرثومہ vi rút 病毒
2. a computer code that is inserted into a program to destroy information or cause errors. virus فيروس في الكومبيوتر комп. вирус vírus virus der Virus virus ιός Η/Υ virus arvutiviirus ویروس virus virusוירוס वाइरस, विषाणु virus (računalni) számítógépes vírus virus komputer virus コンピューターウイルス 컴퓨터 바이러스 (kompiuterio) virusas datorvīruss virus virusvirus wirus komputerowy زهر вирус počítačový vírus virus virus datavirus ไวรัสคอมพิวเตอร์ virüs 電腦病毒 вірус وائرس، کمپيوٹر نظام کو تباہ کرنے والا کوڈ vi rút máy tính 计算机病毒adjective
He is suffering from a virus infection. virusagtig فيروسي، جُرْثومي вирусен virótico virový Virus-... virus- που προκαλείται από ιό vírico viirus- ویروسی virus- viral סוֹבֵל מְווִירוּס संक्रमण virusni vírus-, vírusos virus veiru- virale ウイルスの 바이러스의 virusinis vīrusa- virus virusvirus-wirusowy زهری virosal viral вирусный vírusový virusen virusni virus- เชื้อไวรัส virüs 病毒的 вірусний متعدي زہر bị lây vi rút 病毒的


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ConfigurationYou will need a certificate file for your domain. While obtaining self signed certificate, please ensure:
- Common Name is the XMPP domain name, e.g. dev.local.
- Resulting pem file has both key and certificate
%% Admin user {acl, admin, {user, "", "dev.local"}}. %% Hostname (The list of domains we are going to serve) {hosts, ["dev.local"]}. ... %% domain_certfile: Specify a different certificate for %% each served hostname . {domain_certfile, "dev.local", "/etc/ejabberd/dev.local.pem"}. ... %% To enable in-band registration, replace 'deny' with %% 'allow'. This let users create IM account from theirs %% client applications. {access, register, [{allow, all}]}.
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$ORIGIN _tcp.dev.local. $TTL 900 ; 15 minutes _jabber SRV 5 0 5269 im1.dev.local. _xmpp-client SRV 5 0 5222 im1.dev.local. _xmpp-server SRV 5 0 5269 im1.dev.local.If you are editing zone of your dynamic dns server consider have a look here.


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Tomorrow, I'm taking the train to NYC to visit my Infectious Disease doctor. I haven't seen her in person in a couple of years (we keep in touch by phone and e-mail). She's a CFS expert and is one of the newest members of the CFSAC, so I'm interested to hear her perspective on all the retrovirus research.
I was still sick through most of the weekend, so I wasn't able to stay up late enough to watch any movies with Ken after the kids went to bed - instead, we're still watching episodes of Mad Men and The Mentalist on DVD - we've really grown to like The Mentalist a lot! We did watch a couple of movies with the kids:
- Craig had a sleepover Friday night, so I chose a movie I thought Jamie would enjoy - Surrogates, a sci fi thriller. It's about a future world where no one leaves their homes - everyone has these life-like androids called Surrogates that they control from virtual reality chairs in their house. Because of this, crime is almost non-existent, but when someone starts killing people through their Surrogates, a police officer (played by Bruce Willis) has to leave his "Surry" behind and step out on his own. An enjoyable movie if you like sci fi action flicks.
- Saturday evening, we watched a classic with the kids, The Sting, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973. They enjoyed it very much - it's fun to see such a young Robert Redford and Paul Newman. (Craig said, "Paul Newman - isn't he the salad dressing guy? I didn't know he acted." Talk about a generation gap!)


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A European lingerie company is bringing breasts into the space age with a so-called Smart Memory Bra.
The Lisca Lingerie bra uses NASA technology to read a woman's body temperature to expand and contract accordingly. Translation: You get more support when you work up a sweat during a workout -- or, um, for other reasons -- and smoother coverage in chiller temperatures.
"That's the advantage of this bra," Lisca designer Suzana Gorisek told the Sun. "As a woman's body changes, so the size of the bra changes."
A spokesman for the Lisca, a Slovenian company, claimed the enhanced brassiere will allow women to feel comfortable and provide biological benefits no matter the weather or the circumstances.
"It's healthier than an ordinary bra because it will always provide the perfect fit," the spokesman told the Sun.
So far the bra is in its gestation stage. Last week the bra debuted at a fashion show in Paris where it gained much attention from busty women and lusty men alike, but the company is still looking for places to sell the undergarment.
"We are still looking into distributors in all major European countries but we have had a lot of interest so far," said the spokesman.
Once the fancy bra makes it to the United States it is expected to retail for about $40.


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Form 1098-C
A form published by the IRS that a non-profit organization uses to report the value of the donation of a boat or motor vehicle. The form is reported to the IRS and sent to the donor. Because charity donations are tax deductible, receiving Form 1098-C and reporting the value of the donation to the IRS may significantly impact one's tax liability.


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Football is a Muggle sport that is played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played on a rectangular field of turf with a goal in the middle of each of the short ends. The object of the game is to get the ball in the goal using any part of your anatomy except your hands. The West Ham United Football Club team is the favourite of Dean Thomas. Football could be said to be the Muggle equivalent of Quidditch, in terms of popularity.
Alasdair Maddock was a Chaser for the Montrose Magpies who once "tried football for a laugh." He later contributed to a loss against the Kenmare Kestrels because he attempted to incorporate techniques from Muggle football into his playing style.[1]
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- In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Dean Thomas yells for a red card when Harry Potter was almost knocked off his broom in a Quidditch match. A red card is used to send off a player for a serious foul. Ron did not know what a red card was.
- Because "football" means something different in the United States and Canada, the sport is called "soccer" in the American editions.
- City a football club, is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game).
- Though Ron compares the sport of Quidditch to football in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, author J. K. Rowling has stated that she did not base the sport of Quidditch on any real life sport, further stating that to call the sport "soccer-like" is "nonsensical to anybody familiar with the rules of both games." She stated that Ron was only referring to the sport's immense popularity when making the connection.[2]
- The Quaffle is described as being "football-sized."[3]
- Football cards are collectible cards that depict football players.
- When Ron Weasley and Vernon Dursley were shouting to each other on the telephone, it was said it was as though they were speaking to each other from opposite ends of a football field.[4]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned as 'muggle football' in Daily Prophet)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Daily Prophet Newsletters
Notes and references
- ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters
- ↑ J.K. Rowling Official Site Rubbish Bin - Mouldy - Hailes "Undoubtedly a Primitive Forerunner of Quidditch", available via Internet Archive
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 1 (Owl Post)


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The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has announced that Marco Annunziata, chief economist and executive director of Global Market Insight at General Electric Co., will be one of the featured speakers at the 2nd World RV Conference being held Jan. 17 – 20, 2013, at the Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina in Tampa, Fla.
Annunziata will examine how the increasingly complex global economy impacts business trends and markets during luncheon remarks on Friday, Jan 18, according to a news release.
"We are extremely fortunate to have Marco Annunziata speak at the 2nd World RV Conference," said RVIA President Richard Coon. "As an internationally respected economist and business analyst, he will help us gain a deeper understanding of the role global economic conditions have in shaping our business."
Annunziata is responsible for global economic, financial and market analysis to support GE's business strategy. He is a member of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Shadow Council and of the European Council of Economists. He joined GE in January 2011 after serving as chief economist at UniCredit Group and Chief Economist for the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region at Deutsche Bank. He holds a Ph. D. in economics from Princeton University and a bachelor's in economics from the University of Bologna.
Hosted by RVIA, the 2nd World RV Conference will draw RV industry executives and leaders from around the world to Tampa in January 2013. The event will feature an informative conference agenda that will provide attendees the opportunity to share market information and statistics, discuss technical issues and standards, and explore how RV companies can work together in an interconnected world market.
In addition to compelling keynote speakers and insightful general and breakout conference sessions, the 2nd World RV Conference will also include trips to the Florida RV SuperShow and Lazydays RV Super Center, the world's largest RV dealership.
Registration materials and full program information for the event will be available later this spring. Industry members are encouraged to check the '2nd World RV Conference" tab at www.rvia.org for updates. To make hotel reservations, contact the Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina at (888) 789-3090 and ask for the "2nd World RV Conference Room Block."


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The 1000th volunteer from Germany joins Projects Abroad!
Congratulations to Kathrin Boy, the 1000th Projects Abroad volunteer from Germany who signed up last week!
Michael Harms the Director of our German Recruitment office tells us "Kathrin is 29 years old and from Berlin. She will be joining a Care & Community project in India for three months starting in September 2007.
Three weeks ago, the German office had an Open Day in Berlin with two special guests - our director Peter Slowe and Sarah Milnes from the UK office. Kathrin came along to the Open Day to find out more about our projects. The Open Day was a great success and helped encourage Kathrin to join us. Along with Ghana, India is one of the most popular destinations for German volunteers.
Why India I asked Kathrin? She says "I read a lot about India, saw many films, and now I want to see how it looks like by myself. And as it is my first trip to somewhere out of Europe, I did not want to go with out an organization."
Since 1992 Projects Abroad has sent over 15,000 volunteers to over 22 countries around the world. The German office was established in October 2001, and was the second overseas recruitment office worldwide."
Lucky Kathrin was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Michael. We wish her and of course all the other volunteers a fantastic time and many wonderful experiences overseas.


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Guest Post: credit card charity donations
Just as I thought life was getting back to "normal" things were slightly derailed. Once I have a chance to mentally regroup I'll go into more details. In the meantime enjoy this great guest post by Michael D. from Credit Card Forum.
From past blog posts, I know Mr. and Mrs. NtJS aren't exactly the biggest fans of credit cards to say the least. I actually run a credit card forum/blog myself, and as ironic as this may sound, I actually agree with most of their viewpoints on them! There are definitely quite a few problems that come about with using credit cards. Today I want to talk about one of those problems that most people don't consider.
First, let's rewind back to the 80's and 90's… do you remember how little credit cards were used? In the small town I lived in Michigan, I remember grocery stores only accepted cash or checks for payment. In fact back then, the only places that always took credit were department stores and the like. Nowadays it seems that almost everyone takes plastic… grocery stores, doctors' offices, and even charities. That last one is what I want to talk about, let me give you an example…
A while back I read a book called the The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? It's written by a man named Richard Stearns, previously a "jet set" CEO who ended up becoming President of the Christian charity World Vision, initially against his own will. In a nutshell, this raw and brutally honest story is a must-read for everyone and the message is so powerful that World Vision is now my favorite charity. But what does this have to do with credit cards? Let me explain…
Since reading the book, I've been sponsoring a child through World Vision. I have this amount automatically charged to my credit card every month. In addition, the bulk of my giving is made to their general fund, another amount which is charged to my card. Now this is a very efficient organization (a very important criteria for me when giving) and while reviewing their most recent annual report, here's how the numbers break down:
For every dollar:
Now that's pretty impressive… only 4 percent goes to actually running the organization. But what about that second number, the 7 percent? Make no mistake about it, that is an extremely low amount to pay for fund raising regardless, but what if everyone used checks instead of credit cards for their donations? How much lower would that fund raising number be? Because yes, unfortunately the credit card companies don't even give charities a break… they still charge them those pesky processing fees.
Now I'm not an expert on credit card (interchange) fees, but according to Wikipedia the average is 1.79% in the United States. That means 1.79% of transactions goes to the credit card company. I've been using my Chase Freedom card, which is a rewards card, and those typically carry a fee that's even 0.30% or more higher. So according to those calculations, probably around 2.09% or more my giving to World Vision is being eaten up by Visa and Chase Bank. It may not sound like much, but if you take 2% of all their credit card donations, that ends up being a lot of money!
So what's the lesson? I definitely need to use the check book from now on. If every one of their donors skipped credit cards, just imagine how many more people could be helped… with the same amount of money given! Of course at the same time, I do realize there is a "convenience factor" of credit card giving that may bring in some money from people who normally wouldn't give because of the "hassle" of writing a check (and obviously a 98% donation is better than none at all!) but for everyone else, please don't be lazy… use your checkbook and your money will go even further.
About the Author: Michael is a forum moderator and blogger at CreditCardForum.com, which is a website for credit card reviews and discussions. Although he's fanatical about raking up his rewards, he does acknowledge that credit cards truly do have a lot of drawbacks, are definitely not suitable for everyone, and can lead to nightmares if a balance is carried.


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And the Lord God formed man from the dust of the earth …
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust …
I am going to die.
You are going to die.
Public Catholic has enough regular readers that it is a statistical certainty that at least one of us, perhaps more, will die this year.
Our souls, as the Scriptures say, will be required of us.
We have unbelievers who post on this board who tell us that nothing awaits us when we close our eyes on this world, that we will simply drift into the nothingness of non-existence, go back to the dust from which we came, and cease.
Our ending, according to them, will be our end.
But this, quite simply, is not true. I doubt very much that the nonbelievers who say it actually believe it. They use it as a ruse to hide behind when dealing with the existential miseries that their bankrupt philosophy imposes on them. It is an odd and sad outlook on life that finds its comfort in a studied hope for annihilation.
The truth is, there is no death for us. We are immortal beings who will live on past our bodies. Most of us sense this in a deep and incontrovertible way that can either comfort or torment us, depending on what we do with this innate knowledge of our own natures.
God is real. I have felt and known Him. I experienced His Presence in my life as an inpouring of love that I neither expected or sought.
But — and this is something that so frightens unbelievers that they invariably become angry when you say it — the devil and his evil are also real. It is not fashionable to say that. I've had members of the clergy chide me and tease me for believing it. But I do not doubt the reality of a malicious personality that hates the light and craves annihilation. I have felt his presence, too.
"If you eat of the fruit, you will not die" he told the woman, and like all really effective lies, this one was partial truth. You will not die … today. That was the truth of it. Turn your back on God. Defy Him. Do your own thing. And you will not die … today.
God lies, Satan told the woman, just as he tells us today. God lies to you when He says "Thou shalt not kill, lie, steal, commit adultery or covet." He doesn't mean it when He says "Put no other gods before Me."
He lies. Because he doesn't want you to have the pretty things of this world, to be able to enjoy the sexual pleasures He created for you, to live as you choose with your own free and preeminent will. He lies, and you are a fool for listening to Him.
Because you are not dust. You are the Lord of creation, the master of your fate, the god of your own life. There is nothing to fear because there is nothing that matters. At the end of our days, there is nothing but nothing. We stop. And we rot. We are carrion meat that walks for a time. So we should, again as the Scriptures say, eat, drink and be merry.
Like all effective lies, this one contains a bit of truth mixed in with the untruth. "Eat and you will not die … today."
"Ignore God now and there will be no reckoning … today."
Because you are dust, and you will die, regardless of how you live. You can run ten miles a day and your heart will still stop at some unknown time in your future. You can eat spinach and beans and forego fast food and steak, but your arteries will still cease to pump blood on some day you don't know yet.
You can break every moral precept in the Scriptures, and you will not die … today. You will live for a time and you may even appear to triumph over those who do not indulge their darker natures as you do. There will be no reckoning … today.
But God is real. He gives us every opportunity to turn to Him and live life His way. He lets us choose. He sets before us every day life and death, and He lets us freely choose which of these we want.
That is what Lent is about. It isn't a matter of giving up candy or foregoing wine for forty days. It is not about wearing ashes on our foreheads like religious jewelry or meatless Fridays.
Lent is about conversion. It is about renewal by means of awareness that we need to be renewed. The penances of Lent are signposts to guide us to a knowledge that we are but dust and we have sinned, but that we are also immortal beings who will one day stand before the God Who made us.
Lent is a time of turning again to the roots of our being. It is going back to the garden and acknowledging that we too "are naked and ashamed" before God. We, too are, to paraphrase St Peter, "sinful men and women." But instead of crying out as Peter did, "Depart from me Lord, for I am a sinful man." We can say, "come close to me Lord, for I am your broken child."
The difference is the cross. The difference between despair and trust is the certain knowledge that we are bought at a terrible price and we do not have to be masters of our own fate. We do not have to feel our way blindly through life with no idea of what is right and wrong. We do not have to die an eternal death. We can have life, and have it abundantly. Because of the cross.
Lent is a time of penance and reflection in which we take an honest look at ourselves and our tawdry righteousness. Lent is for turning back to the One who can save us from ourselves. We are preparing to go to the cross where we will stand in solidarity with the rest of humanity, united in our sinfulness and our great need of Him and His redemption.
Lent is not about giving up candy and meatless Fridays. It is rather our gentle foretaste of Gethsemane.


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Baptism opens a window to the heart of Martin Luther's 16th-century theology. It offers a perspective for how Luther understands the impact of grace and its channels, as well as the nature of justification in an individual's life. In his teaching about baptism, Luther demonstrates the vital working of the Word and lays a foundation for a Word-centered and faith-oriented spirituality. With baptism, Luther articulates his vision for the purpose of the Church and the rationale for sacraments. Baptism reveals different sides of the theologian: one who argues with a zeal on the "necessity" of baptism and its meaningful God-mandated practice in Christian communities and another who imagines God's saving grace too expansive to be limited to any ritual. The apparent tensions in Luther's articulation can be understood from his overlapping agendas and different audiences: in his baptismal talk, Luther is both processing his own Angst about salvation and negotiating his developing position in relation to the medieval sacramental theology and other emerging reform solutions. While feistily refuting his opponents, he is also speaking from his personal religious experience of being as if reborn with the encounter of the Word of grace and passionately extrapolating his most foundational conviction: God's unconditional promise of grace as the ground of being for human life, given to humanity in the Word. The matter of baptism leads to the roots of different Christian "confessional" traditions. The format of the ritual has generated less anxiety than differing theological opinions on (1) the role of faith in the validity of baptism, and (2) the effects of baptism in one's life. Whether infant or adult baptism is favored depends on whether baptism is primarily understood as a sign of faith, a cause of forgiveness and transformation, or an initiation into the Christian community—or all of the above. Baptism is at the center of Luther's theological nervous system; it connects with every other vital thread in the theological map. Baptism is a mystery and a matter of faith; it calls for a philosophical imagination and mystical willingness to grasp the questions of reality beyond what meets the eye. "I study it daily," Luther admits in his "Large Catechism." "In baptism, therefore, every Christian has enough to study and practice all his or her life. Christians always have enough to do to believe firmly what baptism promises and brings."
Keywords: Martin Luther, baptism, sacrament, faith, word, justification, transformation, salvation, reborn, spiritual, theology
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The commissioners have agreed to open up the existing feedlot ordinance for amendment, enacting a moratorium on the expansion of existing feedlots. Following a public hearing and proper notification of residents of the county, the commissioners will look at section eight of the ordinance.
The Watonwan County Board accepted the applications for two separate conditional use permits at the regularly scheduled Tuesday, April 16 meeting.
Conditional use permit one was for the mining, hauling and stockpiling of aggregates, clay and topsoil in section one of St. James Township. The application was applied for by Ladd Demolition and Aggregates, LLC.
Ladd Demolition and Aggregates already own a plot of land next to the land in question which they use to mine aggregates, clay and topsoil. The application was to expand their conditional use permit to include a newly purchased thirty acres of land.
The Watonwan County Board approved the conditional use permit with two added conditions to the planning committee's recommendations. One, adequate dust control measures are taken on heavily used roads by Ladd Demolition and Aggregates. Two, the road be maintained by Ladd Demolition and Aggregates to maintain a condition equal to that which they found it.
The second conditional use permit was for a swine feed lot in South Branch township section 18. This application was applied for by Schwartz Farms, Inc.
Unlike the previous two feedlot conditional use permit applications this year, the Schwartz Farms, Inc. feedlot made its way to the county board without any further recommended conditions.
The proposed feedlot is 3,700 feet from the nearest residences, but the question how many feedlots are too many feedlots was asked once again during the meeting. This question was answered by the planning commission as such: the density issue has been dealt with by the half mile set back in place in the ordinance – which is larger than in other counties.
Two conditions were added before the conditional use permit was granted. One, the addition of additive "odor abatement" is required in the feedlot.
This is a condition Commissioner Dave Holmgren said was necessary because they had been requiring other feedlots to follow similar conditions. The second was that trees be reintroduced to the site. All trees were cleared to make room for the feedlot, but Commissioner Scott Sanders feels trees are important in blocking some of the smells from escaping the area.
The commissioners have agreed to open up the existing feedlot ordinance for amendment, enacting a moratorium on the expansion of existing feedlots. Following a public hearing and proper notification of residents of the county, the commissioners will look at section eight of the ordinance.
Don Mackey addressed the Watonwan County Board about an Eagles Gambling Permit being issued for pull tabs at the golf course.
Klarice Rinne also applied for a liquor license for use at the golf course. Both requests were approved unanimously.
Next, Sheriff Gary Menssen presented two quotes for the county board's approval.
The county purchased a 180 foot antenna that had been in use in Jackson County for $400.
The antenna is being installed to boost the transmission in St. James and Madelia police districts. The installation was bid out to Sabre Industries for $10,589 to install a concrete foundation and another $13,765 to erect the tower itself.
The installation of a BDA device will cost the county another $95,518.73 and was bid out to Fiplex Engineering. The purchase and installation of all of these signal boosting entities was approved unanimously.
The tower will be built at the compost site northeast of St. James. Additional antenna will be installed in the police department headquarters for about $1,000 each and a small shack is also planned to be built to store the equipment near the antenna.
Commissioner Kathleen Svalland said the fire departments in Ormsby and St. James have also been having difficulty with reception in their fire halls, but it has already been suggested to them that they install a similar antenna for the $1,000 with a cable running into their hall for reception.
Because the tower is under 200 feet and outside of the fly zone, it does not require a permit or lights to be installed.
Public Works Director Roger Risser gave his usual authorized work for others report before presenting bids received for CSAH 16 reconstruction to the Watonwan County Board Tuesday.
The county board accepted the low bid from R and G Construction Co., though there was some hesitancy from Commissioner Ray Gustafson.
"I have a little concern since we haven't done business with them before," said Gustafson. "I'd prefer it if we had references."
Auditor Don Kuhlman said the county has worked with R and G Construction before in the late 80s and early 90s, and that they are a company that has been around for a long period of time. R and G Construction does a lot of work in the Marshal area, where they are based.
The R and G Construction Bid came in more than $250,000 under the engineers estimate at $714,888.30.
Other Business:
Signed a Minnesota Counties resolution requesting more transportation funding.
Hired an Engineering Technician unanimously.
Hired a Light Equipment Operator by a 4-1 vote, with Ray Gustafson opposing.
Accepted IEA proposal for assessment and sampling of Watonwan County Human Services Building for $2,100 to $2,500.


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Physical Therapy
Advisor: Don Fischer
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University offer a pre-professional program in physical therapy. Students complete prerequisite coursework as outlined by the various accredited schools of physical therapy. Upon completion of the pre-professional coursework, the student is eligible to apply to colleges and universities offering a post graduate degree in physical therapy. Majors that students frequently pursue along with the pre-physical therapy requirements are: biology, natural science, psychology, and nutrition.
The following courses are identified by the University of Minnesota, Mayo School of Health Related Sciences, the College of St. Scholastica and the University of St. Catherine as part of their required prerequisites: BIOL 121, 221, 325 and 326; CHEM 125 & 201 and 250 & 202; MATH 124 or PSYC 221; PHYS 105 and 106; PSYC 111, 360 and/or 381; COLG 121. Additional courses may be required and the student may need to complete summer coursework in order to complete the graduate school application requirements in four years.
Due to the specific prerequisite courses that each physical therapy school requires, students are strongly encouraged to work closely with the faculty advisor in planning their pre-professional program. Students should meet with the campus advisor early in the fall semester of their first year.


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A shallow crescent-shaped bay with a virtually inaccessible beach of rock and shingle on the north-west facing stretch of coast between St Brides and Mill Haven near Talbenny, Warey Haven is a place that few people are familiar with.
Walkers on the National Park Coastal Foopath will see it just past Halfway rock as they trek south-west towards Nab Head, but visitors to this isolated spot are more likely to be geological students, for this stretch of the coast is a challenge. Just south of Warey Bay are two interesting geological features - grey stone blocks lodged in the clifftop, which are what is known as 'glacial head' derived from melting ice, and an erratic fine-grained grey near-granite boulder split in two which was dropped from the glacial ice aeons ago.
A short distance to the north near Mill Haven is another legacy of the Ice Age, where the hard, irregular Pre-Cambrian rock rises high above the flat-topped Old Red Sandstone, creating an interesting change of colour and form in the cliffscape. It's a feature not only for the geologists but also for keen artists and photographers as it has all the appearance of a sculpture or an abstract painting.
Two Iron Age forts, or Raths, act as sentinels on each side of the corner of the headland to the north-east of Warey Haven. One, overlooking the tiny cove called Foxes' Holes is a single bank, central entrance fort and, immediately under the north end is the junction of the Pre-Cambrian with the Old Red Sandstone strata, which causes the footpath to change colour from brown to red over a stretch of 200 yards. The northerly fort, overlooking Brandy Bay, is slightly less pronounced, but its inner bank continues far down the slope.
A short walk from Warey Haven takes one to St Brides and a magnificent view of the former country seat of the Kensington family; 19th century St Brides Castle with its castellated top and lofty towers, imposingly sited on the gently sloping hill behind the little beach. It was built in 1833 by Charles Philipps of Picton Castle and was considerably enlarged beteen 1905 and 1913, the Kensington family having bought it in 1888 and sold it in 1923. It served for over 30 years as a TB isolation hospital and later as an old people's home before being converted into holiday apartments in the early 1990s.
The Kensingtons, who own extensive properties in Kensington, London, also owned Sealyham Mansion near Letterston and had a town house in Haverfordwest in the 18th to 20th centuries.
Warey Haven has the distinction of being in the heart of what became known as 'The Broad Haven Triangle' in the 1970s when children and staff at Broad Haven school reported seeing a cigar-shaped UFO in a field near the school and there were sightings of humanoid figures in silver space suits at Ripperston and Broadmoor. These shortlived phenomena remain unexplained.


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be (someone's) funeral
A (usually humorous) threat indicating that if someone does or doesn't do something, it will bring about negative consequences. OK, fine, don't do what mom said. It's your funeral! If Billy goes in my room when I'm not here, it'll be his funeral.
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it's (or that's) someone's funeralused to warn someone that an unwise act or decision is their own responsibility. informal
1996 Amitav Ghosh The Calcutta Chromosome I'll turn a few pages for you; but remember, it was you who asked. It's your funeral.
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By Dian Hasan | October 12, 2009
It's been said that a good photograph takes an instant out of time, and alters life by holding it still. It's also said that the best still images, are moving. They move you beyond time and space, move you emotionally, spiritually and intellectually. They move you because they tell an entire story, in a single frame. Such is the power of photography.
To honor World Day of Animals that falls on October 4th each year, we'll feature some of our fellow earth-inhabitants that deserve a second look and attention to their plight. Here's the Chilean Pink Flamingo.
A brief background on how World Day of Animals came about: the roots go back to Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists. On this day, animal life in all its forms is celebrated, and special events are planned on locations all over the globe. October 4th was originally chosen as World Animal Day because it is the feast day of Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals and the environment. Numerous churches throughout the world observe the Sunday closest to 4 October with a Blessing for the Animals.
World Animal Day has since expanded its focus from its original intent, which was to bring attention to endangered or threatened species. The day is now set aside as a time to reflect on all of the animals we share this world with, and our involvement with them – and to spur action to commemorate that respectful relationship.
Half the world's mammals are declining in population and more than a third are probably threatened with extinction, according to an update of of the Red List (an inventory of biodiversity issued by the IUCN (International for Conservation of Nature).
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Rachel Dolezal may have just made her most startling admission yet.
The former Spokane, Washington, NAACP chapter president, whose assertion she was black stirred controversy this summer about self-identification and cultural appropriation, acknowledged during a sit-down on Fox's "The Real" on Monday that she was, in fact, born to white parents.
The admission came after co-host Jeannie Mai explained to Dolezal why people were having trouble with her self-proclaimed black identity. Audience members applauded Dolezal, some even giving her a standing ovation.
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It appears from the clip posted by the blog, Jezebel, that the hosts also seemed appreciative of Dolezal coming to terms with her family tree.
Realizing her truth took some time for Dolezal, who had previously claimed there was "no biological proof" that she was born to the parents who raised her. But despite this particular revelation, it doesn't appear she has plans to do anything differently moving forward when it comes to her preferred cultural identity.
Not for other people's want of trying, however. Here are four more memorable interview moments during which others insisted to Dolezal that she is a white person:
-She told Matt Lauer on "Today" that she identies as black.
-A KXLY interview started the uproar.
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-Here she tells MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry that she felt a spiritual connection with black culture.
-Maya Rudolph's gave a mock interview as Dolezal on "Late Night With Seth Meyers."
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Amazon's cloud division has rolled out a new feature that makes it easier to build applications that span the globe. Specifically, Elastic Block Store snapshots can now more easily be copied from one Amazon data center to another. In the future, Amazon will provide a similar feature for virtual machines. Ultimately, this will simplify the process developers use to expand the presence of their applications around the world, making it easier to recover from outages that hit specific Amazon data centers.
Amazon Web Services provides on-demand compute and storage capacity to developers who want to build applications without hosting the infrastructure themselves. Amazon's data centers are spread across various regions of the world, including the east and west coasts of the US, Ireland, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, and São Paulo. Each region consists of multiple "Availability Zones," allowing separation between the servers and storage hosting your applications. Yet Amazon cloud outages have occasionally taken down multiple availability zones, meaning that customers who demand greater than 99.95 percent uptime must find ways to spread their applications across Amazon regions.
This isn't impossible, but it is difficult, so Amazon's latest move is to make it easier. Yesterday's announcements concern Amazon's Elastic Block Store (EBS) service, which provides block-level storage volumes to be used in conjunction with the virtual machines that host applications. As explained in the Amazon Web Services Blog, EBS Snapshot Copy lets developers copy snapshots from one region to another through the management console or command line. The process isn't completely automated, but in the graphical user interface it can be completed with a few clicks.
Amazon notes three reasons developers would want to do this:
Geographic Expansion—You want to be able to launch your application in a new Region.
Migration—You want to be able to migrate your application from one Region to another.
Disaster Recovery—You want to back up your data and your log files across different geographical locations at regular intervals to minimize data loss and recovery time.
Customers will be "charged the regular data transfer prices when you copy snapshots between Regions."
Of course, EBS volumes aren't the only component developers have to handle. What about the virtual machines that host operating systems and applications? Amazon has plans for those too. "As a next step, we will implement copying of AMIs (Amazon Machine Images) between Regions," the company said. (Amazon Machine Images is what Amazon calls the virtual machines in its Elastic Compute Cloud.)
Despite being in "the cloud," Amazon Web Services has always required developers to know what they're doing. Customers still have to manage a lot of the infrastructure even though they're not monitoring physical servers and storage. But that doesn't mean everything has to be a hassle, so Amazon simplifying something as important as disaster recovery is a big step in the right direction.


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Here is the "Conservative" estimate of her genetic make-up : 97.9% European, 2.1% unassigned.
There was no trace of any Native American, or any other ancestry for that matter, than European found. A full 51.1% of non-specific northern European and 43.6% of non-specific European.
Here is the "Standard" estimate of her genetic make-up : 99.6% European, .4% unassigned.
This is a better break-down, showing 18.7% British & Irish, only 58.3% non-specific northern European and 21.7% non-specific European. The .8% eastern European is interesting, as this is an unknown aspect of her family history.
Here is the "Speculative" estimate of her genetic make-up : 43.2% British & Irish, 9.8% French & German, .7% Scandinavian and 38.8% non-specific northern European.
The 2.4% non-specific southern European and 1.2% eastern European will be the most interesting to see if we can discover during this DNA research. There is no known history of this ethnicity in her family.
Eileen was surprised that no Native American showed up on the test, and I was surprised that we weren't related to each other. We have Swiss Mennonite families in the same area, I thought for sure we would be distantly related.
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Can you talk about your experience co-curating (with José Manuel Noceda) the Cuban Pavilion, Shared Creations, at the 11th Havana Biennial (2012)? What were your hopes for the mixed group of Cuban and international artists?
¿Puedes contarnos sobre tu experiencia en la co-curaduría (con José Manuel Noceda) en el Pabellón Cuba, Creaciones Compartidas, en la 11na Bienal de La Habana en el 2012? ¿Cuáles eran las expectativas para la mezcla de artistas cubanos e internacionales?
Working on the Biennial and learning alongside Noceda, Jorge Fernández and others was a very satisfying experience. My own art training was heavy on links to praxis; now, even when I'm involved in curatorial or theoretical work, it's hard for me to remove that filter. In contrast with other curatorial projects I've been involved with, on this occasion I was invited to be part of something that already had a structure and theme. Without the customary creative freedom, it became a learning experience, an apprenticeship. It's also the first co-curation I've done, and the first curatorial project for which I wasn't myself producing something.
The Biennial is an international phenomenon. It's typical of such events that they increase relations between cultures, meaning artists come together who may have different ideologies and political and social discourses, but who are essentially motivated by similar tools and resources, from the market's most banal to the most spiritual of art. The mind constantly battles between a practical realism that trains its eyes on the external world and a search directed towards inner well-being, towards the idea of beauty and perfection. In all the big art events you find both states. In those moments, specific political relations are secondary.
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MONONA, Wis. — A group of between 150 and 200 labor supporters were protesting outside a Walmart Supercenter in Monona Friday morning to draw attention to labor practices within the company.
Members of the groups representing the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice of South Central Wisconsin and the South Central Federation of Labor said they wanted to be at Walmart on its biggest shopping day and were hoping Walmart employees would see them and know they have support.
The group also delivered a letter to the Monona store manager.
The group said the protest was not a boycott.
Nationally, union-backed groups OUR Walmart and Making Change at Walmart, along with watchdog group Corporate Action Network, are calling on the country's largest employer to end what they call retaliation against employees who speak out for better pay, fair schedules and affordable health care.
The planned walkouts build on an October strike that started at a Walmart in Los Angeles and spread to stores in 12 other cities. More than 100 workers joined the October actions.
Walmart, in a statement issued Friday, said there were protests at 26 stores, but that only about 50 of its 1.3-million workers took part. It said about the same number of employees missed scheduled shifts this year as did last year.


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Ah, the 'E' word that every makes every mother-to-be tremble in her boots.
Of course, tension and fear is not the best way to help a baby come out! Birth is complex and mysterious and beautiful, and driven by hormones. These hormones are strongly connected to your thought processes: for example, take oxytocin, aptly nick-named named the love hormone. Those feelings of warm affection, vulnerability, acceptance, enjoyment – are they present in the face of fear? No.
We want to create a birthing situation where you have done your utmost to set fears aside and know that you are ready to be open, wide, soft, accepting and ready to welcome that baby into your arms! Closing your eyes and hoping that if you don't look and wish hard enough things will go away is not going to improve the chances, either. Here are practical steps you can take to making yourself ready.
1. Have a dad or other close family member with you in the birthing room! That doesn't negate a doula, and a good doula with a calming presence who can switch out coping ideas, provide warm encouragement and a wealth of options is priceless. However, as much as many women hire a doula to be your advocate, in reality there is a limit to the amount of voice that she can use in the delivery room. Yes there are appropriate times when a doula will be vocal and stand up for your rights, but we walk a fine line. Plenty of doctors, nurses and midwives are wary of a doula who is 'pushy', and we are well aware that a doctor or midwife who is annoyed is NOT one you want to be looking at your soft parts when a baby is coming out! Talk about feeling tense down there. Therefore, when I work with a mama, I try to foster a warm, welcoming, inclusive atmosphere in a birthing room. I may make gentle suggestions, I may successfully help make staff aware of the mama's desires, but I will be non-confrontational. I find that this approach works best, because when hospital staff feel lovingly welcomed into the mother-doula bond in that birthing room, they are MORE likely to be flexible when it comes to birthing position/waiting the baby down/cutting the cord late etc. However, when it comes to using the scissors on a perineum, in actuality the best person to advocate for the mom (who is feeling very vulnerable and word-less at this stage) is her Birth Partner: the dad, or even another close family member. That Birth Partner should be given the authority beforehand by the mom, (almost an edict!) that even if they are queasy about birth and feel out of place, their job can be to be as involved as they want or even just stand by the mom and love and compliment and cherish her throughout the birth – but – if they see scissors, their job is to firmly say 'No'. There is no need to be aggressive, no need to shout, but to feel confident and take this one task of standing up for the mother and own those words. The father of the baby (or another close family member) who gently but firmly reminds staff that the mother would rather tear than be cut* will usually be much more readily listened to than a doula at this one particular moment.
2. Only hire a practitioner that has a low episiotomy rate in your area, make that one of your hiring criteria! A good example of a low episiotomy rate is in the testimony of CPM Pamala Hunt in More Business of Being Born, Conversations With Ina May Gaskin, where the well experienced midwife quietly states that she has not done an episiotmy in 25 years. And this is a woman who has attended over 1,000 births. The video (also found on Netflix) is excellent to watch, if only for the part where both Ina May and Pamela speak confidently and simply about waiting for the baby to slowly crown, and how this slow back and forth progress of the head gently stretches the perineum, naturally. Truly inspiring.
For mothers who read this in Israel: when you arrive at the hospital the first thing you ask for is to please have a midwife who believes in and enjoys natural birth, or is a native English speaker, before you even hand over your forms, in the same breath as 'Hi.' This doesn't ensure that you will have someone that doesn't do episiotomies, but it does heighten the chances that you will have someone who will give you more leeway to do things your way and birth in a position other than flat on your back, or who will be gentle, or with whom you can build a good rapport! Those are all things that will help take you one more step away from the scissors.
3. Write a birth plan that will be paid attention to. A birth plan can be short and to the point, highlighting the things that are MOST important to you. Of course we are not 'planning' the birth, we are simply communicating to your birth team what kind of a birthing mother you are and how you wish to be treated. Here is how to write an effective birth plan. It is an important element of being heard and understood.
4. Put positive words in your mouth! As you approach the end of your pregnancy make sure that you practice the belief that you will be wide, that you will be soft and stretch, that the opening will be huge! Repeat those words to yourself, make it something that you hear/say/think so often that you believe it with all your heart. If you take a Hypnobirthing course, then that is wonderful, because those words are used on tracks which you will listen to daily. Otherwise, find a relaxation or affirming birth track you can listen to, or read ONLY encouraging stories (such as are in the first half of Ina May's Guide to Childbirth) or write those words on a sticky note and say them to yourself ever time you look in the mirror! Say it to yourself so often that it's written indelibly in the deepest parts of your brain. Words we practice grow physical 'branches' of memory in our brain, almost like deep wagon ruts in a homeward path. Make this belief your path, and as the baby's head is moving down and out of your birth canal say to yourself that you are big and wide and soft down there, and believe it in your heart. Have your birth partner whisper those words of belief to you. Remember, it is your brain that sends messages to your body to complete functions and actions – make those communications be soft and wide and your body will respond in that direction! It is very interesting to note, that even the rate of tearing is far less with hypnobirthing mothers. Your body does respond to what you believe.
5. Don't tell anyone you are pushing. Now that I've shocked you, let me explain. If this is your first baby, then it may take you 2-3 hours or more to birth the baby after you are fully dilated. If it is your second or more, then it may take much less, but it will still take some pushing. After you are fully dilated, the baby needs to slide past your cervix, and come a few inches down the birth canal to where it will slowly dilate the vaginal opening and perineum and finally the rest will follow. Slowly is good! Slowly means that there is time for the exchange of fluids necessary for your skin and muscle cells to expand and grow without tearing or bunching up and cause injury. Make it part of your birth plan to use Mother-Led-Pushing. With mother led pushing, there is no "Okay! You are at 10 cm, now give me a really big push!" No. When a mom is allowed to push as her body requires her to, (such as is usually done at a homebirth) then there is often no need to check and ascertain every time that she is at 10 cm. She will start making different noises, with little grunts at the end of contractions. Her breath will catch a little, ending in a grunt, and her body will move involuntarily as if someone were pulling on her 'tail'. Bit by bit these signs start to become more pronounced, as the pressure builds and the 'need' to push become more urgent. Is okay to feel with her own fingers (or someone else can peek) and be sure that the baby's head isn't pressing against the opening, just to feel safe. If you feel the urge is very strong and you are pushing hard, then it is time to let everyone know. The next time you see hospital staff, state that the mother is feeling pushy during contractions, without alarm in your voice. Pushing in this way is much more gentle on the mother, and on the baby, thus possibly avoiding a situation of foetal distress and maternal exhaustion after hours of 'purple pushing'. I am not suggesting that you birth the baby without the presence of medical staff- I'm only suggesting that there is no need to panic when 10 cm is reached. When a mother is already pushing according to her body's direction, then she has more of a chance of continuing with Mother-Led-Pushing. Once purple pushing is begun, it is nearly impossible to go back and follow your own instincts.
It is interesting to note that with an epidural it is much more common for hospital staff to give the mother an hour to 'wait the baby down' after reaching 10 cm, and let her body work the baby past the cervix on the power of it's own contractions, without purple pushing. Why not wait with un-medicated births too, before jumping to instructing hard pushes straight away?
6. Use an EPI-NO. There are plenty of devices out there to help tighten a woman up 'down there', and finally here is one that helps to relax you in preparation for birth. The official site for the EPI-NO gives more information and distributes to the US. In Israel, experienced midwife Ilana Shemesh is a direct distributor for the company. The reason I suggest using this product rather than perineal massage, is that there is controversy over whether or not perineal massage actually works. I have a suspicion the reason for this is that with perineal massage you have little control over the actual dilation you achieve during practice; there will only be benefit if you stretch to 10 cm. With the EPI-NO, you can see your progress, and every couple of days you will be able to stretch a little bit further, with the aim of achieving 10 cm before giving birth. I have heard a midwife criticize the tool, and the reason she disproved was that with women who used the EPI-NO, their vagina looked like a woman who had given birth two times already even if she had not. I cannot figure out how this is a negative thing – in the end, the first time mother is the one at greatest risk for an episiotomy, and after she gives birth she will have to stretch to accommodate the baby, why not have the advantage of gaining the shape of a woman who has birthed before? It is worth considering. Here is a link to a conversation between number of pregnant moms about the EPI-NO. It is also recommended to use if you have torn badly or had an episiotomy previously, to help the scar tissue learn to stretch One more thing: If you purchase the more expensive model, you can also use it for pelvic floor strengthening exercises post birth, which is excellent.
7. Keep changing position. The baby has to move a lot, and flex her head, then make a quarter turn in the process of being born, so it makes sense that you should move your body to help your baby along! Many times a mama will seem to feel 'stuck' in one position, often because she was told to stay put, and when all the blood in the body is focusing on the uterus and birthing this baby, the brain lacks a little bit of decision making room. But when I ask her to listen to her body and see if it would like to change position, often times after a moment's reflection she is emphatic that she definitely wants to assume another particular position. We so often forget to 'listen' to what our bodies are whispering when there is so much business and adrenalin going on in the room around us, when in fact, the actual process of birthing is going on INSIDE. That is where we really should be focused. So, right now, I am giving you permission, as the birthing mom, to take any position that your body asks you to. When told to move onto your back etc, you can firmly and quietly decline with a shake of your head. Listen closely to what your baby and your body are asking you to do; you are the ones giving birth.
Changing position regularly is especially important when having an epidural! After an epidural, the mother will often get comfortable and take a nap, and even though her position may be shifted a couple of times, she is much less mobile than a mother without an epidural. She is also pumped full of bags of fluids, to counteract the drop in blood pressure (a side effect of the epidural) which just compounds the situation – this mama is FULL of fluids. And since she is not moving, they pool on the lower half of her body. After the longer hours of pushing, this usually means that the perineum (on the lower side of her body since she is on her back) is completely saturated with fluids. It is puffy and thick, and has already stretched so much that it cannot accommodate a baby's head, hence the need for an episiotomy to make more room. Key word for epidurals: rotissary**. Keep her turning, from side to side, to back, to supported kneeling or all fours if possible. (There must be two birth partners to actively help with these last two positions. Never let her chest drop lower than her abdomen, or the epidural could possibly flow upwards.) Turn, ever 15-20 minutes, to keep those fluids from pooling, and avoid birth path oedema!
8. Give birth in a birth pool. When immersed in the water, your tissues are soaked and warm, so they are soft and pliable. It is uncommon for a mother who gives birth in a pool to tear badly, and obviously you is not going to be given an unnecessary episiotomy underwater – which circles back to point number two. If you are birthing at home or at a Birth Center, then you have already made your caregiver choices very carefully, haven't you!
It is important to note that yes, there are occasional situations when an episiotomy is needed. But once you've made choices that lessen the chances of finding yourself in that situation, you can eradicate some of that fear. Embrace the stretching, opening, widening, of your body, gently and at the perfect time, releasing your precious baby. Many of us have been there before you, and birthed with joy! You can, too.
*As a general rule, a ragged tear grows more organically back together than straight cut cells, with less pain. Also, cuts may sometimes extend beyond their bounds to become worse than a tear would have been in the first place. The cases where an episiotomy is the best option should be very rare, according to the practices of many midwives.
**Rotissary – it is an unflattering word, I know. But I find that it sticks in the mind, which means it is more likely to be followed!


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