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Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Amrita Puri, Lisa Haydon, Ira Dubey, Cyrus Sahukar and Arunoday Singh
Director: Rajshree Ojha
Aisha is based on Jane Austin's popular novel Emma. Western filmmakers have attempted the big screen versions of Emma before and Rajshree Ojha has come up with a competent if not a fabulous Indianised version of the same with Aisha.
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Pain, suffering and bad influences surround some schools in the area more than others. That's why Jackson coach Antonio "De La" Brown has taken it upon himself to shine some light in his players' lives.
Brown, 35, was 12 years old when his father, Richard, was killed during a home invasion. Before and during Brown's senior year at Miami Central in 1997, his 14-year-old brother, Carlos, was murdered over a pair of shoes, his cousin was killed in a Burger King drive-thru and his sister lost her life around Christmas.
Brown didn't let those losses deter him from graduating high school at 19, graduating with a sociology degree from West Virginia, or spending three seasons in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins.
He paid his family members the highest homage he could, blowing kisses into the air during his only career touchdown in the NFL — a game-winning, 91-yard kickoff return for the Redskins on Dec. 11, 2005, against the host Arizona Cardinals.
While football and family have helped Brown overcome his loses, he feels his faith in God has always led the way.
"I look at life and I can really see," Brown said somberly this month as tears started to swell his eyes. "I can really see, and I done seen some things.
"[There's] only one person and that's who I believe in. I wouldn't be here. I just wouldn't."
Brown is entering his second season at the helm of Jackson's program, where the Generals ended last season losing its final three games before catching fire in the playoffs and falling to Immokalee in the state semifinals.
Brown's relationship with his players has been the driving force for the team's success. One rapport in particular, with starting quarterback Quinton Flowers, has had a little more significance in both of their lives.
Flowers was 7 years old when his father died, while his mother, Nancy, died of cancer in January 2012. Flowers said his mother died when he was out of town, but she had a conversation with him and Brown before she passed away.
"She said just keep fighting, keep going," Flowers said. "And she told Coach Brown to watch over me and ever since then, that's what he's been doing and that's what I've been doing."
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Brown said enduring those bumps and bruises from those teams before their playoff run helped Jackson realize what it had to do to make an impact and how to prepare for this upcoming season as well.
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"Even though outside the gate people will say, 'Oh, y'all just Jackson. That's just Jackson.' Now [they're] looking at us and we're swinging a little harder now," Brown said. "That's motivation for the kids."
At the end of the day, it's all about the kids for Brown.
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Volume II, Number 1 20 February 2013
In this issue:
The Bases of Russian Foreign Policy, Part Three: Why?
By Susan J. Cavan
The Bases of Russian Foreign Policy, Part Three: Why?
By Susan J. Cavan
On February 15, President Putin presented Russia's new foreign policy concept to the RF Security Council, noting: "Our basic foreign policy principles all remain unchanged. … In particular, [the Concept] reflects major developments such as the global financial and economic crisis, which continues to worry us all, the changing balance of power in the world and in world affairs, the growing turbulence in the Middle East and North Africa, and the increasing significance of the cultural and civilisational [sic] dimensions in global competition today." (1)
While the new concept does not mark a radical departure from recent versions, it does make clear the theoretical underpinning of Russia's foreign policy, coupled with the proposition that the global financial crisis of 2008 marked a watershed and created conditions for changes to relationships within the international community.
According to the new foreign policy concept, the ability of the West "to dominate in the world economy and politics" has been diminished since the crisis. (2) The world is experiencing a period of transition during which a new "polycentric international system" is forming. This transitional period opens the possibilities for new economic and financial systems, new alignments in collective security and shifts in political development. This period provides for the creation of "flexible forms of participation in many-sided structures with the goal of effectively attempting to resolve the errors of the West." (3)
The concept suggests the realization of Russia's previously touted goal of multipolarity. It would seem that conditions in the international arena have ripened — after years of condemning as unstable an international system dominated by a sole superpower and resting on a single "pole" of western institutions dominated by that superpower, finally, Moscow sees a tilt toward the stability of a system underpinned by multiple poles…or perhaps just two poles.
The striving for multipolarity in world affairs reflects a theory of foreign policy credited to Yevgeni Primakov. It developed as a counterpoint to interpretations of Francis Fukuyama's thesis that historical ideological evolution may have reached an end, as the principles of liberal democracy seemed to sweep away further political-ideological challenges. After the Soviet Union collapsed, the 1990s demonstrated to Russians that re-orienting its governing system toward models of western political and economic development presented them with a chaotic and often tragic path. In foreign policy, abandoning the ideological rationale of Cold War confrontation did not always produce agreement between the former super powers, especially as Russia struggled to resolve its manifold domestic issues.
As the U.S. became the indispensible world power, Russia's leaders came to view their position in international affairs as diminished. Multipolarity provides a vision of relevance for powers that are neither leaders nor followers. Rather than attempting to align with western values and ideals, multipolarity makes it feasible to set a different course. Decrying a "uni-polar" world (either U.S. led or led by western consensus) as unstable, Russia continues to propose that alternate beacons of development provide more stable support to the international system.
In fact, this thesis of multipolarity seems very much a rehash of Cold War superpower polarity with a less ideological base. As the Soviet Union represented a different model of development and governance in contrast with the West, so Russia seems poised to present its response to the 2008 global financial crisis as a distinct approach meant to correct the "mistakes of the West."
Recently, Yevgeni Primakov ventured into economic affairs both to defend the policies of the Putin administration domestically and to attack the wholesale application of western theories in the Russian context. "Russia's neoliberals…proceed on the basis of the universality of Western economic theories, ignore their evolution, and, most important, do not take into account the peculiarities and degree of development of market relations in our country." (4)
Primakov's attack on Russian neo-liberals represents more than a domestic dispute; its significance in foreign policy is seen in the rejection of a western path of economic growth and the assertion of a "strong state" approach — an approach that might be far more seductive to authoritarian leaders as they strive both to maneuver through economic turbulence and maintain tight state control in their regimes. "One of the fundamental principles of neoliberalism [sic] is that the free play of economic forces, and not state planning, ensures social justice. However, this conclusion does not withstand collisions with reality, not only in Russia but in other countries, too." (5)
For Primakov, it is just a short hop from economics to politics: "The identification of political freedom with the limitation of state power is categorically incompatible with the need to democratize our society." (6)
This defense of the strong state consists in part of a reprise of Russia's assertion of "sovereign democracy" with a twist that shrugs off western criticism: Some states need strong central control in order to develop their full economic and political potentials. It takes Putin's curt dismissal of western interference in Russian domestic affairs and attempts to see it writ large as developmental critique. This is not just a rejoinder to the critics of Russian justice as applied to Sergei Magnitsky or Pussy Riot; this is an attempt to provide a manifesto of sovereign development.
For those states that observed the developments of the Arab Spring with alarm and see calls for democratic reforms and greater civil freedoms as western provocation, Russia hopes to serve as a guiding light to rebuff the arrogance of the West and to illuminate a separate path to economic, political, and perhaps even collective, security.
Putin's new foreign policy concept highlights the potential that exists at this moment in world affairs for a shift from the domination of the west and its institutions. As a result, the authors of the concept consider the possibilities of a "new and more balanced" global financial and currency system; stress the importance of regional alliances; and continue to assert the central role of the United Nations (specifically, the U.N. Security Council) in solving international disputes.
The priorities laid out in the concept seem designed to prepare Russia to take up a role in the creation of a new international architecture. As he presented the concept to the RF Security Council, Putin outlined some of these measures: "The concept puts the emphases on the use of modern forms and methods of foreign-policy efforts, including economic diplomacy, the introduction of so-called elements of soft power, and adept involvement in global information traffic." (7)
Russia's embrace of "soft power" approaches, while not new to this iteration of the foreign policy concept, receives greater emphasis now, along with acknowledgment that there is serious work to be done. As Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointedly observed: "[W]e have to be Russia, to be the country which is attractive for our foreign associates. Attractive not just because of resource reserves – petroleum, gas, minerals, fresh water – but also because of our intellect, which is one of the best in the world. We have to be attractive by our culture, history, language, which has to be more actively supported in foreign countries. And, of course, we have to be attractive by our foreign policy." (8)
Clearly, Russia has set out to embody a new model of development and present an alternative vision of international relations. However, the efficacy of its plans to deploy a soft power barrage hinges not on its implementation but on the perception of its success. Russia has a long row to hoe. As Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor of Russia in Global Affairs and Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy notes: "The current dislike for the West in the developing world, exemplified by the Arab Spring, does not translate into greater affinity for Moscow. Russia, which continues to exude its traditional pathos amid the dramatic changes in the region, is still seen as a reactionary, rather than a progressive country. … And until the Russian nation defines its goals and guidelines for itself, it will be unable to offer anything attractive to other countries. Therefore, soft power will be at best limited to a set of technical measures – not entirely useless, but ultimately ineffective." (9)
1) Meeting with Security Council members, 15 Feb 2013, President of Russia Official Website via http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/5006.
2)КонцепциявнешнейполитикиРоссийскойФедерации, available on the Kremlin website via http://www.kremlin.ru/news/17520. (Last accessed 19 Feb 2013.) Translation by the author.
3) Ibid.
4) Article by Academician Yevgeniy Primakov: "Modern-Day Russia and Liberalism," Rossiyskaya gazeta, 17 Dec 2012; BBC World Monitoring, 19 Dec 2012 via LexisNexis Academic.
5) Ibid.
6) Ibid.
7) Kira Latukhina report: "Efforts for Standing. Vladimir Putin Has Presented the Updated RF Foreign-Policy Concept"]; Rossiyskaya gazeta website, Moscow, in Russian 18 Feb 13; BBC Worldwide Monitoring via LexisNexis Academic.
8) Text of "Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview in the "Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyev" programme on "Russia" TV channel, Moscow, 10 February 2013″ published in English by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 16 February; Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, Moscow, in English 16 Feb 13; BBC Worldwide Monitoring, 16 Feb 2013 via LexisNexis Academic.
9) "How soft is too soft," by Fyodor Lukyanov, The Moscow News, 13 Feb 2013 ; viahttp://themoscownews.com/russia/20130204/191204366/How-soft-is-too-soft.html.
By Susan J. Cavan
In the Next Issue: The Bases of Russian Foreign Policy, Part 4
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Pat McGibbon's priority on his opening fixture as interim Portadown boss may have been senior safety but the former Shamrock Park youth product also confirmed his commitment to the grassroots game.
McGibbon left Shamrock Park in the 1990s and spent around a decade in professional football across the water before returning home for Irish League spells at Portadown and Glentoran.
He kicked off a first matchday in charge of Portadown with a morning session at his Train To Be Smart Juniors youth programme before extending that focus on the future to the Danske Bank Premiership game against Coleraine.
A panel depleted by injury and suspension restricted McGibbon's options but he promoted promising teenagers Zac Wilson and Nathaniel Ferris to the substitutes' bench.
Marcio Soares and Matthew Parker continued to gain first-team experience by starting the league clash with Coleraine, with Mikey Withers - another young player - also on the bench beside teenagers Martin Marron and Padraig Judge.
Ferris was introduced off the sidelines and added a spark to the second-half display with an energetic cameo.
"No matter who is in charge beyond this season, it is about a long-term infrastructure across the ranks," said McGibbon during preparations for the Coleraine game. "I know a lot of the youth players, especially from my time working with County Armagh's Milk Cup programme.
"People like Zac Wilson, Luke Wilson and Nathaniel Ferris have all made really good progress this season and it is important to reward that by introducing players into the senior set-up.
"It is also important for the future of Portadown Football Club to blood our young players at the right time to help with development.
"Over the rest of the season we will be bringing in younger players into the senior squad to learn from the established players and I believe that is always the best approach for any successful club.
"Although I am looking towards the long-term development of the younger players, it is too soon to start thinking about the futures of the senior squad beyond this season."


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One Man's Attempt To Love And Celebrate Comic Books (Sometimes, Love Hurts).
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
DC - Please Continue Publishing Secret Six In Some Format
Hello, everyone. Yes, I know it's been quite some time since I blogged about Comics but life's been a bit crazy, to put it mildly. In any case, I hope you can all forgive me and go take a look at this petition I just created:
I outline just how and why I think Secret Six has been an important, wonderful read - one of DC's best books on the stands. Please sign this petition and keep a great book alive.
Thanks in advance to those who sign!
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PhoneGap is a software development framework by Adobe System, which is used to develop mobile applications. To develop apps using PhoneGap, the developer does not require to have knowledge of mobile programming language but only web-development languages like, HTML, CSS, and JScript. PhoneGap produces apps for all popular mobile visit poster's website OS platforms such as iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile OS etc. In this tutorial we will focus on developing App for Android platform. This tutorial will give you adequate information about how to produce apps quickly using PhoneGap services.
DrupalGap is an open source application development kit for Drupal websites. It can be used to easily build custom multi-platform mobile apps and web apps for Drupal websites.
With the DrupalGap application development kit, developers can create mobile apps that communicate with their Drupal websites.
The DrupalGap application development kit can also be used to build web apps, which is perfect for a "headless" Drupal.
The DrupalGap Module is the connection between an application(s) and its Drupal website.
Android Studio
Android is a complete set of software for mobile devices such as tablet computers, notebooks, smartphones, electronic book readers, set-top boxes etc.
It contains a linux-based Operating System, middleware and key mobile applications.
It can be thought of as a mobile operating system. But it is not limited to mobile only. It is currently used in various devices such as mobiles, tablets, televisions etc.
React Native
A React Native app is a real mobile app
React Native lets you build mobile apps using only JavaScript. It uses the same design as React, letting you compose a rich mobile UI from declarative components.
With React Native, you don't build a "mobile web app", an "HTML5 app", or a "hybrid app". You build a real mobile app that's indistinguishable from an app built using Objective-C or Java. React Native uses the same fundamental UI building blocks as regular iOS and Android apps. You just put those building blocks together using JavaScript and React.
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BlogList an app for handling blogs and news listing.
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Users can post their blogs and news to this app.
date picker and calendars using polyfiller for drupalgap resolved codes
* Implements hook_install().
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Built in 1816, the Millcroft was one of the earliest homes to be built in Milford, Ohio. The home was constructed on the most expensive lot in Milford. The land sold for thirty-five dollars in 1806, while most other lots sold for twenty-five dollars.
For its first eleven years, the Millcroft served as a private dwelling. In 1828, Matthias Kugler purchased the home and several outbuildings for twelve thousand dollars and converted a portion of it into a general store. Later, Kugler's son acquired the Millcroft and restored the building as a private dwelling. The younger Kugler and his wife lived in the home until their deaths.
In 1939, the Millcroft opened as a tearoom. Ever since, the Millcroft has served as a restaurant. Some of the home's outbuildings also have been converted to restaurant use.


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William Shakespeare's Sonnet number 116 has long been a favorite of mine. But more recently I came across the above quote by Adam Clarke. At first I found it difficult to hold both of these statements to be true. On first look they seem to be mutually exclusive, such opposing ideas that I feel my brain being tied into a knot. For my purposes I don't speak of romantic love but of friendship (but I love my friends, so forgive me my broad interpretation). Here is my quandary: when does faithfulness in a friendship cross the line into lack of self-respect, by staying when things are terribly dysfunctional? On deeper inspection, I find these quotes to be quite complimentary.
Shakespeare is indeed right when he says "Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." Love is faithful and kind and patient and covers a multitude of sins.
Clarke is also right that "love requires love as its recompense," for true friendship must be reciprocal in nature. Genuine friendship is not an exchange of goods, services, and presents; a "this for that" mentality does not make for a lasting friendship. The only thing required is the exchange of goodwill, kindness and truth spoken in love. A friendship without mutual respect and the permission to allow each other to grow and change creates shackles rather than freedom.
Maybe I should be reading these quotes the other way around. There can only be loyalty, love, and faithfulness in a friendship (love which does not alter) when friendship has been given freely (love begetting love) first. Love does not flee at the first sign of trouble; adversely, love does not require oneself to be bullied, manipulated and disrespected for the sake of loyalty.
As a Christian these quotes will only get me so far. Scripture is really my only compass to navigate the choppy waters of evaluating my relationships. I have found the following verses particularly helpful:
"friendships" to avoid
Proverbs 18:24
There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 16:28
A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 22:24–25
Don't befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
friendships to cherish and cultivate
Proverbs 27:9
The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Proverbs 18:24
A man [or woman] who has friends must show himself [or herself] friendly. And there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother [or sister].
Ecclesiastes 4:-12
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.


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Obedience is a form of worship. Muslims are not allowed to obey anyone – whether man or jinn – unless it confirms with obedience to Allah.
Worship is not restricted to ruku and sujud, but includes obeying islamic laws. By obeying Allah's law, we are also worshipping Him.
We see frequently these days 'scholars' trying to make new laws, to promote misguidance and increase their following.
From among these 'scholars' are those who say gay marriage is halal. Those who believe this is the Islamic law have made these 'scholars' partners to Allah in making laws, thereby committing shirk.
In the early years of Islam, there was a discussion on the best form of hajj. Two Muslims said the best is (الحاج المفرد )and sited evidence from what Abubakar and Umar did.
Ibn Abbas on the other hand said the best is (الحاج المتمتع ) and based his opinion directly from a hadith of the prophet (peace be upon him).
The two Muslims preferred the opinion of Abubakar and Umar on the matter. So ibn Abbas said:
"It may be that Stones are soon to descend upon you from the heavens!
I say to you: 'Allah's Messenger said…'
And you say to me: 'Abu Bakr and Umar said!?"
[Musnad Ahmed 1:337]
Ibn Abbas scolded these two muslims because they preferred the opinion of Abubakar and Umar over the revelation of Allah.
Keep in mind Abubakar and Umar were the close friends of the prophet, the first and second Khaleefahs respectively, the most knowledgeable and pious of the companions, yet it is shirk to obey them while disobeying Allah and his Messenger.
In view of this, what may be said of obeying or preferring the opinions of lesser men over the book of Allah and the sunnah of his prophet?
No opinion which contradicts the Quran and Sunnah is to be given heed no matter where it emanates from
Imam Malik (رحمه الله) said:
"Look into my opinions, all that agrees with the book and Sunnah, accept it; and all that does not agree with the book and the sunnah, ignore it"
[Jaami' Baayan al-Ilm 2:32]
Imam Abu Haneefah (رحمه الله) said:
"It is not permitted for anyone to follow our views if they do not know where we got it from"
[Al-Intiqaa fi fadaa'il at-thalaatha al-A'immah al-Fuqahaa pg.145 ]
Therefore we must not blindly follow any scholar, especially in these days where the meanings of quranic verses and Hadith are frequently changed or quoted out of context for selfish reasons.
It is not rude to ask a scholar for evidence from the Quran that supports his fatwa. A true scholar would not be offended if asked.
Allah says in the holy Quran Jews and Christians committed shirk.
[Qur'an 9:31]
The prophet (peace be upon him) clarified:
"Did the scholars not make Haram what Allah made Halal so you then made it Haram?
and make Halal what Allah made Haram and you therefore made it Halal?"
That is worshipping the scholars!"
[At-Tabari 14:212]
This is similar to the scholar Mr. Mohammed Yoosuf from north eastern Nigeria who claimed that modern education is Haraam (Boko Haraam). How foolish that his followers took him as a partner to Allah in making laws; by obeying him instead of Allah, they committed shirk and left Islam a long time ago.
In conclusion, we must strive to acquire knowledge of the Quran and sunnah for this is the remedy to quack scholars.
Shirk remains the most despicable of acts. May Allah protect us from all forms of Shirk.
Assalamu Alaikum


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Dignity NoVA Financial Report Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2013
General Fund (Including Anje's Purse) as of 01/01/2013 27,363.20
Belle Fund as of 01/01/2013 +2,432.00
Total Balance as of 01/01/2013 29,795.20
Liabilities 0
General Fund (Including Anje's Purse) as of 01/01/2013 27,363.20
General Fund Income 01/01/2013 thru 12/31/2013 (see over) +15,066.70
General Fund Expenses 01/01/2013 thru 12/31/2013 (see over) -12,082.91
Gen Fund Balance as of 12/31/2013 30,346.99
Belle Fund Balance as of 01/01/2013 2,432.00
Belle Fund Income (Transfer from Gen Fund 1,000 plus 355 contribution) +1,355.00
Belle Fund Expenses 01/01/2013 thru 12/31/2013 (see comments) -1,755.00
Belle Fund Balance as of 12/31/2013 2,032.00
Gen Fund (Incl Anje's Purse total of $1500.00)
Balance as of 12/31/2013 30,346.99
Belle Fund Balance as of 12/31/2013 2,032.00
Total Balance as of 12/31/2013 32,378.99
Liabilities as of 12/31/2013 0
Accounts Receivable (Anje's Purse) 1,500.00
Balance as of 01/01/2007 17,167.18
Balance as of 01/01/2008 14,173.10
Balance as of 01/01/2009 12,611.11
Balance as of 01/01/2010 19,166.14
Balance as of 01/01/2011 22,172.14 (Note: $14,000 of this held in CDs)
Balance as of 01/01/2012 27,865.99 (Note: $21,110.49 of this in 0.5% MM Fund)
Balance as of 01/01/2013 29,795.35 (Note: $17,664.54 of this in 0.20% MM Fund)
Balance as of 12/31/2013 32,378.99 (Note: $22,701.09 of this is an 0.20% MM Fund)
1/1/2013 through 12/31/2013 Expenses & Income Statement
Category Description Actual
Advertising - Blade Ad (@$91.00 every other week) -2,366.00
Church Rent @$100 per night -5,650.00
Clergy Stipend @$100 per mass -500.00
Donations to the Belle Fund -1000.00
Flowers -472.94
Liturgy Supp - Other (Wine, etc.) -103.36
Miscellaneous -519.00
Munley Church Supplies -166.35
Musicians ($80.00 per mass) -390.00
Office Supplies -16.95
Oreg Cath Press Hymnals & Music -303.94
P O Box Rent (per year) -148.00
Socials - 420.37
VA Incorporation Tax (per year -26.00
Dignity USA Chapter Support 60.00
DW Pymt for Blade Ad 1,183.00
Fund Raising 950.00
Interest 36.55
Weekly Collection 12,837.15
We are holding steady at about 15 to 20 people at every mass.
Our weekly collections year to date are averaging about $250 each week. On average, we spend about $225 each week, but our actual expenses would be significantly higher except for the very generous donation of time by several of our presides and musicians.
The Belle Fund was named in honor of Mark J's mother, Belle, who left D/NoVA money to help other D/USA chapters. The D/NoVA Board later made the Belle Fund the source of all contributions from D/NoVA to others. The Board funded the Belle Fund with $1000 from the General Fund in 2013. Additional restricted contributions are made to the Belle Fund by individuals. In 2013, the Board authorized payments from The Belle Fund as follows:
AIDSWALK (with D/W)........................................ 250.00
D/USA 2013 Convention............................................. 250.00
St Matthew Church Phila IMO Eva's Mom….......... 100.00
Gifts to Fr Joe and Fr Tim @ $100 each ..............200.00
Equally Blessed World Youth Day................................100.00
Citi Ministries IHO Fr. Bob Fagan ............................250.00
Catholic Relief Service for Philippines Relief........ 605.00
At the suggestion of Anje B., a previous Board authorized the establishment of Anje's Purse to provide a temporary bridge loan to members of our community who are experiencing financial difficulties. The Board initially funded this with $2500, and additional contributions and transfers from the General Fund brought the balance of Anje's Purse up to $3000. In accord with the criteria established by the Board in 2011, a loan in the amount of $1500 is currently outstanding.
Our community could not continue without the countless hours of time freely contributed by our members. Just as volunteering is a personal decision, so is financial support for our community based on each person's financial circumstances. Some will be able to give more and others less. On average, if each of the 15 to 20 people attending mass could contribute $15 to $20 per week, we would be able to cover our expenses and not deplete our resources.
May God continue to bless us and all who continue to support our community with your contributions of time and talent and treasure.


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Shape layers and the Shape tools are Photoshop's way of simulating vector artwork. They can be a great way to simulate the crisp, clean edges of true vector art, such as that produced in Adobe Illustrator.Shape layers are new layers added to the Layers palette and filled with the foreground color (or a pattern if you change it). The layer is completely filled with color, edge to edge, top to bottom. The "shape" is formed by using a layer mask, created as a path, to show portions of the filled layer.
- Please, open your PSD file and click on Window>Layers (F7) to show your Layers.
- Click on the color you would like to edit holding CTRL button
- The Shape layer should be selected in your Layers list. Double click on it, you will see the Layer Style window.
- Match the Color Overlay option.
- Choose your desired overlay color.
- Save changes and see the result.
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Last night i dreamed that i went to this field trip sort of thing and i somehow forgot my boots. I didn't notice until we were on the bus. i ran back inside, but everything was dark. i grabbed my boots and i was about to leave, when i heard someone ask "what are you doing here?" i turned and saw this really cute guy just standing there. I asked him "what are YOU doing here?" and then he told me he worked there. We were just standing together when these random guys appeared. For some reason i was scared of them so i told him to hold my hand, he did. The guys passed us and he smiled down at me (he was taller) and he said "your way of holding hands is cute" The odd thing is that i have NEVER seen this guy before in my life. I've been trying to find related dreams, but failed to find any. Do you guys know what this means?... IMD
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Children's After School Achievement
By Amanda Palomino
Previously published in Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 3, Fall October 1, 2012.
For twenty-seven years, CASA has remained devoted to a belief in consistent, individualized attention to help at-risk students from first to fifth grade succeed in school. CASA, the Children's After-School Achievement program, offers one-on-one after-school tutoring to struggling elementary kids in Holland and West Ottawa schools, teaming each child up with a volunteer student from Hope College whom they meet with twice a week during the school year to study with and work on homework. In addition to the academic year program, CASA also runs a summer program in which kids are organized into small classes, going over a basic curriculum to encourage them to retain what they have learned. In both programs, transportation to and from Hope College is free, and CASA staff members work hard to actively monitor and assess student performance, building communication lines with schools and homes in order to promote a community of support around their kids.
Beginning CASA
CASA's history began in 1987 with Marge Rivera, who was the Hispanic Outreach Director of First United Methodist Church in Holland. At the time, Rivera and other community members saw a need for a tutoring service similar to Upward Bound, another Hope-based after-school program for high school students. Liz Colburn, now the director of Upward Bound, remarks that although Upward Bound has achieved tremendous success with its high schoolers over the years, it is clear that students need this kind of help earlier on because "by the time they reach Upward Bound, many have already formed bad habits" with regard to school work and studying.
The tutoring idea became an initiative called the Youth Awareness Project, later renamed CASA. The first program sessions consisted of 45 kids from grades one to eight and were held at First United Methodist Church. However, CASA quickly grew, maxing out the space and human resources of the church and prompting Colburn to propose a move to a larger facility. Through Colburn, CASA came to the attention of Nancy Miller, then Dean of Social Sciences at Hope, who acquired permission from the college for CASA to set up residence in Graves Hall and tap into the student body for volunteers. Because of this partnership, CASA was able to realize its goal of completely one-on-one tutoring and start a complementary summer program in addition to its academic year program. Since 1989, CASA has operated out of Hope, with Hope students volunteering as tutors, serving more and more kids each year. In 2010-2011, CASA accepted 160 kids, grades one to five, and according to Holland and West Ottawa school officials, there are as many as 450 more students in need of the program's additional academic support.
CASA Today
Today, CASA remains true to its purpose of of helping at-risk elementary students to succeed in school and preparing them for further education. CASA's connection with area schools and communication with school personnel is an essential part of its service, beginning with teachers who identify struggling students and refer them to CASA. During the academic year, students ride the CASA bus to Hope after school, two days a week, either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday, and are brought home after 5:00 p.m. At CASA, they meet with their very own tutor—the same tutor they will work with every week—and spend time first on homework, then practicing their reading, and lastly in enrichment activities, such as flashcards, educational games, or in the computer lab. A few times a year, kids are treated to other enrichment activities they call "specials." These events are often sponsored by Hope College clubs or organizations, such as the Mortar Board's Pumpkin Carving event and the Phelps Scholars' Christmas Party.
During the summer, the CASA program last six weeks, from the end of June through July. Small groups of about 15 to 17 kids, taught by certified teachers and qualified teachers' assistants, meet four days a week for four hours, with free transportation, breakfast, and lunch included. Every year, the CASA summer program adopts a different theme for their curriculum; in the past, themes have ranged from Water Conservations to Mystery-solving Science and have featured special cultural activities such as outings to the art museum, the theater, and nature center. These events add some extra fun to the CASA experience. However, Fonda Green, the executive director of CASA, stipulates that CASA's primary focus is academics and, thanks to CASA's due diligence in maintaining that focus, CASA kids leave the program not just having had some fun but, moreover, having really learned a lot.
CASA's Successes
The commitment and enthusiasm of people like Green and the CASA staff and volunteers have certainly made CASA the successful program it is today. Make no mistake, the need for programs like CASA has not diminished since its first days. According to CASA's assessment, about 96% of their kids come from low or extremely low-income households, and 78% come into the program reading below grade level. Many CASA students show improvement in reading levels each year and signs of increased academic and social development. Not only are the effects seen in CASA students now but also as they continue their education. Upward Bound is seeing an uptick in CASA kids moving through their program, graduating high school, and moving on to college. Colburn suggests that by connecting with college students and a college campus through CASA, students in CASA can be more comfortable on a college campus like Hope's and see what education can do for them in the future. Eventually, the hope is that better educated individuals will lead to a more educated workforce, with people who are better prepared for jobs and more committed to community and volunteering.
CASA has been highly praised for its success from the beginning. In 1991, CASA was one of eight programs honored nationally in the Exemplary Program Study; more recently, CASA was recognized as an Outstanding Mentoring Program in the 2010 Governor's Service Award. But what makes CASA really special is perhaps less tangible than test scores and honors like these; it is the immeasurable effect of the relationships fostered by CASA that help young students see the value of education and feel like they really can succeed in school. As Colburn explains it, "the security of knowing someone will always be there to help you with school work, having that mentoring relationship…they may not remember the academic part, but they realize that experience helped them feel more confident overall…" Green describes the bond of tutors and students sitting "head to head and shoulder to shoulder" as "magical," and, as Colburn puts it, "…anytime you see a group of young kids engaged in learning and enjoying it, you can't help but smile, and that's what we see—a lot of happy, learning kids."
But perhaps no one can better describe what CASA means than the CASA kids themselves. Even those who have long since graduated remember their time in CASA fondly and gratefully. Leah Bracamonte, a former CASA student, insists that without CASA and Upward Bound, she would not be where she is today—in college, with a 3.9 GPA and plans to earn her degree in social work in Houston, Texas. Bracamonte recalls he CASA tutors as "big sisters." "With me being the oldest of the family, it was great to have someone to help me with homework and listen to my issues at home and at school without getting judgment," she says. "I hope wherever they are right now, they are doing great, because what they did for me and other kids, it helped mold our lives and they should know that."
The Future of CASA
Green has lots of plans in the works, such as arranging for more intensive teacher and tutor orientation, as well as improving connections with CASA parents. Already, Green is excited to say, CASA has added some new elements to its program. For example, the Life Skills component, a new feature during enrichment time, will contain lessons for CASA kids on ways to achieve life-long, personal success and teach values such as good citizenship and community. Also, CASA and Upward Bound have begun a new program called Step Up, which will finally address the needs of middle school students, pairing them up with high school mentors in the Upward Bound program.
Of course, CASA still faces many obstacles as a non-profit organization. Though Hope generously supplies space, tutors and many in-kind and support free-of-charge, CASA relies on outside donors and grants to pay staff and manage expenses. Yet, with such committed teachers, tutors, and staff, and kids who come eagerly every day after school working so hard, there must be something undeniably unique about the CASA program. Colburn says it's the connection between the elementary schools and Hope College, the free transportation, and the one-on-one element that really make CASA stand out from other tutoring programs. Green agrees; she jokingly calls the tutor-student relationship the "Hot Tamale factor" because for elementary schoolers having their very own college student is just so cool! But more than that, Green says, is the success factor—the fact that every day, kids can come to CASA and feel success where before they felt frustration and feel valued where before they felt forgotten—that is what makes CASA truly irreplaceable.


text: After a nailbiter loss on Nov. 7 -- the only goal being the one scored by Seton-La Salle in overtime -- the Avonworth boys' soccer team nonetheless still had another goal to look forward to. The loss denied them the WPIAL championship title, but there was still state competition, with the first round against Mercyhurt Prep in Erie on Nov. 10. That game unfortunately ended in a 5-0 loss for the Antelopes, but established a new level of competition for the soccer team. Pictured above at the WPIAL championship at Highmark Stadium are team captains Parker Chambers, Griffin Geppert, Cole Pappas and Johnnie Oddo.


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Here's the new video for Show Dem Camp's hit single "Farabale" which is off their "Dreamer Project" album which drops this month. I instantly loved the song when it dropped early in the year and I must confess the video concept fits the track nicely. They are definitely on my list for 2011 blow the heck up artists.
Video was directed by Tom Robson. Yup! Get familiar!
Show Dem Camp ft MayD - Farabale (4.8 MiB, 2,672 hits)


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Monday, September 11, 2006, will be the five-year anniversary of the attacks. Which means, in journalistic terms, it is a Big Anniversary. One year was a Big Anniversary. Ten and 20 and 25 will be Big Anniversaries. Then at 40 and 50, we'll be searching for survivors of the immediate experience. By 75 it will be only a handful who remember it at all. By 100 it will be history.
Fine, we have a base 10 fixation from having 10 fingers, or whatever. The journalism juggernaut rolls on to its own reckless gravity.
But Sept. 11 does not fit into this. The cycle of Big Anniversaries is false to its reality. This year won't feel like a Big Anniversary of Sept. 11 to me.
Because the "Tuesday" is as much a part of 9-11 as the date or the month. It was a workday. The people who died almost entirely died at their jobs, or commuting on work-related matters. And every workday is different, both in the grand sense -- Tuesday has a different psyche than Monday or Thursday -- and in the small sense of personal rituals and rhythms.
Tuesday is the day I go up on the parking garage roof after work with a couple of buddies and drink a few beers and hash things out out of sight of the owners. What I routinely do on Tuesday is not what I do on Monday. It likely so for you. It was so for most of those who died.
Some Tuesday peculiarity in the week's schedule -- a child's recurring morning piano lesson or a regular sales team meeting -- might have put someone in Death's path that day, or pulled someone else from it.
On one level, the terror attack was a convergence of schedules: Airline tables of weekday business flight hops from city to city, traders on their phones to clients with deadlines, Windows on the World restaurant workers shifting from breakfast to lunch menus.
Based on our calendar, a returning date falls on the same day of the week usually every six years (seven days in a week, but one leap year every four years means a skipped day). Next year, when Sept. 11 again falls on a Tuesday for the first time, will feel much closer to a connected anniversary.
SLAVERY in the NORTH
CIVIL WAR and AFTER
Some Sites
Nat Hentoff
Today's Front Pages
Watching America
N.Y. Observer
The Economist
Hoover Institution
New Perspectives
Deceits of "Fahrenheit 9/11"
"The Media and the Military"
"Power and Weakness"
The Museum of Hoaxes
Zombie Hall of Shame
Spirit of America
Black Heritage Riders
Jill Sobule
Digital Medievalist
Strange Fortune Cookie Fortunes
"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"
Urban Legends Reference Page
Anguish Languish
Devil's Dictionary
Movie Mistakes
Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks
Lost in Translation
English Online
Alphabet Evolution
Chinese Etymology
"The King's English"
A list of Proto-Indo-European Roots
Introduction to Proto-Indo-European
"Svenska Akademiens Ordbok"
Johnson's Dictionary
"as Deutsche Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm"
Etymology of First Names
History of English Language
Word Spy
French Etymology
Old English Library
Sumerian Language Page
Joe Blogs
Ali Eteraz
American Future
another lucky b*stard living in tuscany
Benzene 4
The Beiderbecke Affair
Candide's Notebook
Dennis the Peasant
The Glittering Eye
Irish Elk
Lily Blooming
Mark Daniels
Michael J. Totten
Michael Yon
Neurotic Iraqi Wife
Postmodern Conservative
The Sandbox
Simply Skimming
Three Rounds Brisk
Too Sense
The Volokh Conspiracy
Winds of Change


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The number of whooping cough cases recorded in the UK have soared to their highest levels in 20 years, with 13 babies dead from the disease in 2012.
Figures from the Health Protection Agency showed that three infants died from the disease in October alone.
There were 1,614 cases of whooping cough in England and Wales that month, bringing the year's total to 7,728 - 10 times higher than the same period in 2008.
The area worst affected by whooping cough was the southeast, with 1,478 cases recorded. Wales had the fewest cases, with just 243 infants contracting the disease.
The Department of Health said pregnant women would be offered the whooping cough vaccination to protect their unborn babies.
Normally, vaccinations against the disease do not start until the baby is two months old. The HPA reported 396 cases of whooping cough in babies under three months.
Whooping cough is a contagious bacterial infection that affects the lungs and airways. It normally begins with a persistent dry cough followed by a distinctive "whooping" noise.
Infected babies under the age of six months risk severe complications, such as breathing difficulties.
Signs and symptoms
Complications include pneumonia, dehydration, weight loss, seizures, kidney failure and brain damage from being starved of oxygen.
Gayatri Amirthalingam, consultant epidemiologist for immunisation at the HPA, said: "The October figures show a continuing rise in the overall number of whooping cough cases.
"While there has been a decline in the number of infant cases it's important to emphasise that it's too early to see any impact from the pregnancy vaccination programme.
"We strongly recommend all pregnant women take up the offer of vaccination. Parents should also ensure their children are vaccinated against whooping cough on time, even babies of women who've had the vaccine in pregnancy - this is to continue their baby's protection through childhood.
"Parents should also be alert to the signs and symptoms of whooping cough - which include severe coughing fits accompanied by the characteristic 'whoop' sound in young children but as a prolonged cough in older children or adults.
"It is also advisable to keep babies away from older siblings or adults who have the infection."
Worldwide, whooping cough causes almost 295,000 deaths every year.


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When the Middleton Sports Heritage Wall of Fame holds its 21st annual induction ceremonies Sept. 29, seven athletes, builders, and teams will be given a place of honour upstairs at the Macdonald Museum.
Those honours go to four athletes including Alex Hanssen, Eileen Ramsay-Prosser, Tim Prosser, and Monique Rafuse. Greg Bower and Tom Ross will be inducted as builders, and the 2004-05 MRHS Monarchs Senior Girls Volleyball NSSAF Division II Champions will be inducted in the team category.
Alex Hanssen was born in Norway but moved to just outside Middleton at a young age. He played hockey, soccer, and tennis in Middleton and won three national junior championships in Norway, plus led Dalhousie University to an AUS championship in 2007. He was a brakeman with Bobsleigh Canada, and later switched to skeleton racing, missing the 2014 Olympics because of an injury. In 2017 he competed on the World Cup circuit.
Tim Prosser is from New Glasgow but was educated in Middleton. He joined Special Olympics in 2004 and excelled in cross country skiing and in 2012 won a gold and two silvers nationally and another gold and a pair of silvers in 2015. Regionally he's been a 10-time bowling medalist with three golds and seven silvers with his team. He's also medaled in floor hockey and soccer.
Monique Rafuse was born in Middleton and excelled in basketball, volleyball, track, and badminton. In Grades 10, 11, and 12 she was selected as Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year. She played volleyball at Saint Mary's University. In 1991-92 she was named to the AUAA All-Star team. In her final year she was named SMU Female Athlete of the Year and was selected to play for the Canadian National Team.
Eileen Ramsay-Prosser was born in Calgary but graduated from MRHS. She was a Special Olympics bowler with numerous medals regionally. She competed provincially in track and field earning several medals, and was a valuable member of gold medal soccer and floor hockey teams. In Cross country skiing she's won numerous medals, including gold, at the national and world levels.
Greg Bower in the builder category, was born in Middleton and played numerous sports with basketball his favourite. As a teacher at MRHS he's coached every year for the past 31 years, including track, soccer, boys basketball, girls basketball, and has been athletic director at the school as well as NSSAF district district coordinator. Community sports and recreation has benefitted from Greg's work as coach of summer soccer, Middleton Tennis Association president, and organizer of the Middleton Girls Spring Basketball League. His girls basketball teams qualified for Provincials all 20 years with him at the helm, winning five gold, four silver, and five bronze, while recording 447 wins, 181 losses, and one tie for an amazing 71%.
Tom Ross is from Halifax but moved to Middleton as a physiotherapist in 1985. Over the past four decades Tom has taken part in more than 200 races ranging from the mile to eight marathons, including the prestigious "Johnny Miles" in New Glasgow. He was generally a "middle of the pack" runner although he did win an occasional award. It is through running that he has made his mark as a builder. In Queens County he organized a two-week running course and their first Terry Fox Run in the 1980s. From 1988 to 2009 he was the organizer for the St. Andrew's Half Marathon with upwards of 100 runners for 22 years. He founded and organized the Middleton Mile, the prelude to the Heart of the Valley Days Parade down Commercial St. from 1991 to 2005 attracting runners of all ages. For three years in the mid 1990s he helped organize the Highland Hill Run in conjunction with the Highland Games Weekend at Middleton's Rotary Raceway Park.
The 2004-05 MRHS Monarchs Senior Girls Volleyball NSSAF Division II Champions were coached by Trevor Connell and advanced to the provincial finals over Bridgewater who defeated them at Regionals. That put Middleton against West Kings in the final and their second provincial championship – the first one was 26 years earlier.
The ceremony, that is open to the public, starts at 7:30 p.m. and includes remarks by Sports Heritage Wall of Fame board chair Albert Johnson. Macdonald Museum is located at 21 School Street, Middleton.


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Best Kitchen Redo: After
Best Kitchen Redo: After
Who: Jenn and Kevin Rodgers
Where: Duluth, Minnesota
What they did: Revamped the dated and claustrophobic kitchen in Jenn's Victorian-era childhood home to better suit their new—and quickly growing—family.
Shown: The new U-shape layout gives Jenn Rodgers and son Wyatt more breathing room.
Cabinets, refrigerator, sink, and butcher block: IKEA


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Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) February 13, 2014
Gruet Winery, an international sparkling wine house (http://www.gruetwinery.com), is announcing its celebration of 25 years producing wine in the United States.
Since its beginning in 1984, Gruet has evolved from a small local New Mexican sparkling wine producer into an international sparkling wine house. Over the past 25 years Gruet has won countless prestigious awards both nationally and internationally. Special Cuvees will be released during 2014 to celebrate their 25th Anniversary and they will be hosting events around the country to commemorate their anniversary.
Gruet Winery began as the vision of the family patriarch Gilbert Gruet. He had been producing fine champagne in his native village of Bethon, France since 1952. Gruet was a visionary, and like many French winemakers of the time, sought to expand his business outside of France. He explored many potential sites in the United States but when he came to New Mexico he immediately fell in love with the culture of the southwest United States. The Gruet's found the arid climate and high altitude of New Mexico provided excellent growing conditions for pinot noir and chardonnay grapes, the essential grapes used in sparkling wine. Today, Gilbert's daughter Nathalie serves as President and his son Laurent is the Winemaker as they carry on a proud heritage of making wine in the true style of their native Champagne.
The excellent 1987 harvest allowed Laurent Gruet to produce his first two wines in 1989 following the strict guidelines of Methode Champenoise. After the required minimum of two years of aging (en tirage, as in Champagne) Gruet's first two sparkling wines, Brut and Blanc de Noirs, were introduced to a very appreciative wine world. Critics and connoisseurs alike were astonished by the quality and the value from this French/New Mexican family winery born out of the passion and vision of Gilbert Gruet.
Gruet currently produces over 120,000 cases with seven non-vintage and three vintage wines having retail prices ranging from $15 to $46. Their wines are sold in 49 states, Asia and the Caribbean and can be found in the country's finest restaurants, in retail outlets, and online at http://www.gruetwinery.com.
The Gruet family's passion for making superlative Champagne and Sparkling Wine over the past 25 years has given people around the world a quality product at a great value. Why? Because they believe everyone deserves a little luxury.
Gruet Winery is located at 8400 Pan American FWY NE, Albuquerque, NM and is open daily for tastings.


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More reports of Corexit-linked "FLOATING SAND" in Gulf — Large POWDERED blobs on surface (PHOTOS)
August 27th, 2010
Initial word of a floating, powdery, sandy substance surfaced in the media last week. According to a local news report, lab testing confirmed the presence of Corexit in the water around the "floating sand."
Corexit found in Orange Beach Waters, WKRG, August 19, 2010:
"Some times it's about the size of a half dollar. Some times it streams along and its like floating sand." …
She got samples [from her backyard] and sent them to chemist Bob Naman in Mobile whose tests results show 13 point 3 parts per million of the chemical dispersant Corexit.
The Rest…HERE