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Birthday Wrapping
This is one of those simple and sweet ideas that we see and tuck away...wrap your child's gifts in plain paper- the choice of white here is nice- and write words that describe your child on each one.
We found the idea over at More Mom Time and think it's a keeper. You could use the idea for a group of smaller gifts from you or even wrap gifts from friends and families to match.
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I have actually been collecting bags recently for presents--tote bags made out of the plastic coated fabric. they have them at target in the dollar section when you first enter the store. they had dr. seuss ones about a month ago and ones that were supposed to be for back to school with letters on them last week. they are cute, durable, and relatively cheap for something I figure will get reused.
the plain paper is a cute idea. when we give gifts, i trace the outline of my 3 year old's hands, cut them out and use them as the To & From tags. i have been doing this for a while and my mom saves them to show how much she has grown. since she can't write her name yet, i think it's a cute way of personalizing.
I use plain colored paper for all our kids gifts... most things in our house are color coded!!! Their plates, their towels, their bedding, their bandanas... and their gifts... I keep a stack of rolls, each kidlet has their own color. As I buy a gift to stash away I wrap it in the corresponding color (just in case of snooping!) when their birthday or Christmas comes around I have a stash of gifts wrapped for each kid ready and good to go... and there is no confusion: the blue kid would never open a red present and so on. Works for us!
This best thing ever, i accidently see photo on canvas at my friend's home, and it was really looking beautiful in his room.
monthcalledmae... what a GREAT idea w/the tracing of the hands as gift tags! we recycled grocery bags and our little colored in red & green and that was our christmas wrapping... this year we'll do the same BUT will use your hand tags idea as well!!!!


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No associated person of a member shall accept any compensation from anyone other than the member with which the person is associated. This requirement will not prohibit arrangements where a non-member company pays compensation directly to associated persons of the member, as long as:
- The arrangement is agreed to by the member;
- The member relies on an appropriate rule, regulation, interpretive release, interpretive letter, or "no-action" letter issued by the Commission that applies to the specific fact situation of the arrangement;
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- An occasional meal, event ticket or other entertainment that is not preconditioned on achievement of a sales goal, and not excessive or frequent enough to appear improper
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(a) In General.— A person in the United States may not act as an ocean transportation intermediary unless the person holds an ocean transportation intermediary's license issued by the Federal Maritime Commission. The Commission shall issue a license to a person that the Commission determines to be qualified by experience and character to act as an ocean transportation intermediary.
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Many neighborhoods bear visible scars of the housing crisis in the form of vacant and abandoned homes. These properties attract crime, drag down the values of neighboring properties, and erode a neighborhood's sense of community. On a larger scale, widespread vacancies threaten the stability of regional and national housing markets. Help for the hardest-hit areas has come through the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program, or NSP, one of the largest infusions of federal housing dollars in the past decade. The program is three-fourths of the way through the first phase. Is it working? And how can the NSP1 experience help inform NSP2?
The main goal of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program is precisely what its name suggests. Enacted in July 2008, NSP funneled close to $4 billion in grants to neighborhoods severely battered by the foreclosure crisis. Money is targeted to areas that have the highest concentrations of vacant and foreclosed properties. The housing crisis is still a virulent force, and unemployment now fuels many new foreclosure starts. So while a community works to return some vacant properties to productive reuse, many more homes may emerge from foreclosure, then quickly deteriorate and be abandoned.
This is the challenge faced by weak-market states like Ohio, where Cuyahoga County alone has seen more than 13,000 new foreclosure starts annually for the past four years.1 Can a program like NSP effect meaningful change in such communities? Will NSP2, in which grant money will be awarded to consortia of local governments and nonprofits working together, yield better outcomes than NSP1?
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, we've been assessing NSP as a tool for improving neighborhood stability here in the Fourth District. Focusing on 10 communities, we documented how each plans to use its allocation of NSP1 dollars and, through outreach visits, investigated the barriers and challenges administrators grapple with in spending those funds.
We've learned two key things to date. One is that communities define "neighborhood stabilization" in different ways. Thus some flexibility in how grant money can be spent is critical. The second is that partnerships—particularly long-established ones—have been a vital element of communities' NSP successes.
We first shared these findings as a learning tool with communities receiving NSP funds. We have also used them to help inform policy. In early 2010 we, along with several other Reserve Banks, state NSP administrators, the National Vacant Properties Campaign, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, met with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officials in Washington to share our collective findings on NSP1. While it is too early for a definitive answer on the program's overall success, our assessment suggests that the first phase is yielding mixed results.
Critics have called the program too rigorous and inflexible. Complaints range from the heavy administrative burden on communities, especially smaller ones, to the narrow time frame allowed for spending the dollars. NSP rules also severely limit the uses to which officials may direct these dollars. And some feel that NSP1 allocations are simply too little.
Money aside, implementation challenges abound. Some officials are finding that although areas targeted in their original plans as "most needy" are still worthy of stabilization efforts, other areas in their communities are now worse off. Grant money, however, must be spent in the areas targeted by the original plans.
Another challenge lies in purchasing the properties specified in a community's plans. Program administrators tell us that private investors often scoop up these properties before public entities can. The reasons vary: a cumbersome administrative process for securing legal approval to buy the house with NSP funds; a seller unwilling to accept less than fair market value for the house; or an able and willing investor—able to move quickly and willing to pay fair market value—who beats the community to it. While competition from private investors can certainly indicate a market is working, it has nevertheless been problematic for some communities. Moreover, private investors often do nothing with their purchases but wait, leaving the properties to fall into further disrepair.
To its credit, HUD is addressing these complaints. In its most recent move, the agency announced on April 2 that it is relaxing some of its NSP rules to smooth communities' path to redeveloping some of their vacant properties using the grant monies. These changes are the direct result of feedback HUD received from sources across the country, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. But not every problem can be resolved. Final deadlines loom. Some money will undoubtedly have to be returned because a community, despite its great need, could not fulfill all the program requirements and commit its funds within the prescribed 18 months.
Despite the challenges, there have been positives to report. In Lima, Ohio, where manufacturing has declined and population has dwindled in recent years, the plan is to demolish 210 properties in less than three years; previously, the city averaged between five and 10 demolitions a year. Cooperation among several departments, including public works, economic development, and legal, was the critical element in the city's success with NSP.
Greater flexibility would allow communities to adapt plans to shifting market conditions.
In Montgomery County, Ohio, rehabbing homes has been an essential part of the NSP plan. But to make it work, administrators needed to develop a pool of potential home buyers. Tapping local realtors, they set up a website, posted video clips of homes for sale, and generated neighborhood support through online transformation stories of local properties. Neighbors then told others about rehabbed houses available on their streets. County administrators cite this buy-in and word-of-mouth marketing as crucial to helping them sell properties enhanced with NSP1 dollars.
Key lessons so far: Greater flexibility would allow communities to adapt plans to shifting market conditions. Not every community has the same needs, and rural areas seem to have had a tougher time with NSP program requirements. Extending the timeframe might enable communities, especially those with fewer resources, to take fuller advantage of programs like NSP. Technical assistance before the program launches could help get the right players and partnerships in place to succeed. And ongoing process improvements are a must.
HUD's responsiveness to feedback about NSP1 demonstrates adaptive policymaking in action. A community's circumstances can and do change over time. Every community has its own definition of neighborhood stabilization. Weak markets face different challenges than do stronger ones. In considering the government's neighborhood stabilization goal on a national level, then, the policy message from our study of NSP thus far is clear: Flexibility supports sustainability.


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I like it, but there's no status bar background in the photos app so pictures and time, battery, etc clash.
There's also an iOS 7 theme. Kinda fun!
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I still think Forecast is the best lock screen addon/tweak. You get to see the time and the weather without even unlocking your device.
Someone else is working on it but I have this so far
Still working on it though if I have time
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Here's the wallpapers I've found:
I'm using this one as my Homescreen w/ Parallax & DeepEnd
It would be nice if you could use your own wallpaper. Only reason I downloaded it was to get rid of the darker status bars.
- /var/stash/Themes.xxxx/iOS 7 Lockscreen.theme
- Delete: LockBackground.png
- Respring
That's it! Now you can set your own wallpaper as you normally would.
Thank you! Hopefully an updated version will improve the font of the time/date.
You all better get the iOS 7 theme before it possibly gets removed for being a copyright violation!
Why can I not find DeepEnd?
It's called: 'iOS 7 Theme'
Add Ryan Petrich's repo to get DeepEnd.
Source: rpetri.ch/repo
FYI, this Lockscreen has been updated to include the Camera Icon and Arrow!!!
I found this repo:
and it has everything in it. The only thing I disabled is the Lockscreen because this Lockscreen theme is a 'little' better.
The other theme's Lockscreens show the camera but they're off center from Grabby.
I also have a feeling the signal indicators are bigger than on iOS 7 but I might be wrong...
UPDATE: iOS 7 Bars & Battery has just been released. It looks 'to me' like a more accurate view of the signal size
UPDATE 2: I decided I wanted to try and make a theme for the Wifi and Data icons! This is my take on what might look good.
Here's the files. Place inside the Themes folder:
I'll submit to MMI soon!
UPDATE 1 Million: Actually, I just threw everything (Full UI, Icons, Lockscreen, Signals) into one theme folder so here ya go!
If I could change anything it would be the STU text to be lowercase and the arrows and STU text to be an overlay
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The firehall at 6010 Lockport Road is the polling place for Town of Niagara residents, but others not voting there can purchase lunch or dinner as well. Advance tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. For advance tickets, contact Tina Jasper at 716-545-9014, Debbie Jasper at 716-343-3037 or Mark Dembitsky at 716-870-1903.
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03.21.2013 Antioch College announces leadership transition in Cooperative Education
Antioch College announces leadership transition in Cooperative Education › MORE
03.14.2013 Valerie L. Webster joins Antioch College as vice president for administration and finance
Valerie L. Webster has joined Antioch College as the College's vice president for administration and finance, effective immediately. › MORE
03.04.2013 Antioch College to present Appetite: An American Pastime at the Herndon Gallery
Antioch College is pleased to announce the opening of Appetite: An American Pastime in the Herndon Gallery in South Hall on campus. An opening reception for Appetite: An American Pastime will be held on Saturday, March 16, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The exhibition will continue through May 24. › MORE
03.01.2013 Antioch College Community Council presents Antistoch: A Benefit for WYSO
Held in honor of the public radio station's 55th anniversary, Antistoch will feature performances by balladeer Della Jerkan, the Gin Soaked Angels quartet, untried No Tribe and the Nobody People, sonic texturizers Speaking Suns, pop rock 'n' rollers Sport Fishing U.S.A., and an acoustic iteration of local heroes Wheels. › MORE
02.21.2013 Antioch College to host FOUND Magazine editors
FOUND Magazine editors Peter and Davy Rothbart are making a stop at Antioch College on their cross-country van tour on March 8, 2013, in Antioch College's South Gym at 8:00 p.m. › MORE
02.19.2013 Major Glen Helen Conservation Effort Completed
In the first of two phases, more than half of Glen Helen, a popular recreational destination and environmental education facility owned by Antioch College, has been permanently protected, The Trust for Public Land, Antioch College, and Tecumseh Land Trust announced today. A conservation easement will ensure the wooded glen near Yellow Springs, Ohio will forever be preserved and open to the public. › MORE
02.12.2013 Poet Buddy Wakefield to perform at Antioch College
Two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion Buddy Wakefield will be performing at Antioch College's Sontag Fels performance space on February 16, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. › MORE
01.16.2013 Antioch College hosts residency with eco and water artist Basia Irland
Basia Irland, eco and water artist, will be returning to the area on the weekend of March 1–3 to participate with a group of Antioch College and University of Dayton students in an immersive workshop that will focus on the health and biodiversity of local creeks and springs. › MORE
01.11.2013 Antioch College announces Reid W. Crawford as interim vice president for advancement
Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt today announced the appointment of Reid W. Crawford as the College's interim vice president for advancement, effective immediately. › MORE
12.10.2012 Antioch College to acquire WYSO, Charles Kettering Building from Antioch University
The Boards of Antioch College and Antioch University agreed in principle to a plan that would transfer ownership of the non-commercial FM radio station WYSO to the College and eliminates any future rights of the University to have claim on Antioch College's campus or endowment. › MORE
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The United States Tariff Commission (established by section 1330 of this title) is renamed as the United States International Trade Commission.
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- Me: This book looks decent. I don't see "Wicca" anywhere on the cover, let's have a looksee
- Book #1: Witchcraft/Wicca
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KONY 2012: Invisible Children Founder Admits Group A "Trojan Horse" For God
Jason Russell, the founder of the internationally acclaimed and criticized group Invisible Children, which released the viral video "KONY 2012," was caught on tape calling his organization a "Trojan Horse" that will allow them to enter the secular world and introduce Christian fundamentalism, according to a report published today by Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen.
"This audio clip incontrovertibly shows Invisible Children's invisible agenda," said Truth Wins Out's Executive Director Wayne Besen. "It is not simply about Kony, but being phony and concealing the motivation behind its deceptive campaign." Besen adds:
Truth Wins Out has obtained exclusive audiotape from a 2005 Christian conference in San Antonio where Invisible Children's co-founder Jason Russell calls his organization a "Trojan Horse" to introduce the secular realm to his group's version of Christian fundamentalism. The audiotape reveals that that his organization is particularly focused on targeting youth in public high schools. According to Russell's remarks (0:44):
"Coming in January we are trying to hit as many high schools, churches, and colleges as possible with this movie. We are able to be the Trojan Horse in a sense, going into a secular realm and saying, guess what life is about orphans, and it's about the widow. It's about the oppressed. That's God's heart. And to sit in a public high school and tell them about that has been life-changing. Because they get so excited. And it's not driven by guilt, it's driven be an adventure and the adventure is God's."
Invisible Children is the group that launched a viral video, KONY 2012, that reached millions of viewers worldwide and became an Internet sensation. The ostensible reason for the video was to highlight the brutality of Ugandan LRA leader Joseph Kony.
However, the group raised alarms after researcher Bruce Wilson showed the group was funded by the National Christian Foundation, a fundamentalist outfit that finances extremist right wing organizations and anti-gay groups.
Wilson also discovered that Invisible Children was intimately linked to The Family, the secretive and powerful American fundamentalist group widely considered responsible for Uganda's draconian "Kill the Gays" bill.
The New Civil Rights Movement has reported on The Family many times. For those still unfamiliar with the shadowy Christianist political group, a quick review:
The Family, also known as The Fellowship, hosts the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. every year, at which the sitting U.S. President always speaks. Past and present political members of The Family are believed to include Sam Brownback, Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Pete Domenici, John Ensign, Chuck Grassley, Jim Inhofe, Mark Sanford, Bart Stupak, John Thune, and Strom Thurmond.
The Family is believed to be one of the main principals behind Uganda's Kill The Gays bill, and its author, David Bahati, is also believed to be a member.
Last month, well-respected investigative journalist and author Jeff Sharlet, who has written two books on The Family said Senator James Inhofe was "lying" when he told Rachel Maddow he was unaware of Uganda's Kill The Gays bill.
KONY 2012 has had more than 100 million views on YouTube and Vimeo. The group, Invisible Children, today released "Kony 2012 Part II: Beyond Famous," which purportedly addresses some issues critics have had with KONY 2012.
The Huffington Post notes today:
Invisible Children has released a sequel to its "Kony 2012″ film after more than 100 million viewers helped make the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony infamous worldwide.
The new film "Kony 2012: Part II – Beyond Famous" released Thursday comes in the wake of worldwide criticism that the original video simplified complex issues related to the years of conflict in Uganda. The sequel aims to provide a more in-depth look at Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, which turns children into soldiers and slaves as a means to destabilize the government.
In the video, Invisible Children offers what it calls a "comprehensive approach" to stopping Kony, which includes civilian protection, urging peaceful surrender, providing rehabilitation centers in post-conflict areas and arresting Kony.
Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell, who suffered a highly public mental breakdown on the streets of San Diego, does not play a part in the film.
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Harlem Churches See A Boom Of Tourists Seeking Gospel Music, But Congregants Bristle At Rudeness
UGHHHHHHHHH. This is beyond ridiculous.
But I guess I know how you *feel* because white people are always trying to "get in" on ceremonies and straight up ask people where the medicine man is. It's so shameful.
NEW YORK — The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists – most of whom had arrived late – a sea of white faces with guidebooks in hand. They outnumbered the congregation itself: a handful of elderly black men and women wearing suits and dresses and old-fashioned pillbox hats.
"We're hoping that you will remain in place during the preaching of the Gospel," a church member said over the microphone at this Harlem church on a recent Sunday morning. "But if you have to go, go now. Go before the preacher stands to preach."
No one left then. But halfway through the sermon, a group of French girls made their way toward the velvet ropes that blocked the exit. An usher shook his head firmly, but they ignored him and walked out.
The clash between tourists and congregants plays out every Sunday at Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the oldest black church in New York state. It's one of many Harlem churches that have become tourist attractions for visitors from all over the world who want to listen to soulful gospel music at a black church service. With a record number of tourists descending upon New York City last year, the crowds of foreigners are becoming a source of irritation among faithful churchgoers.
To preserve the sanctity of the service, pastors struggle to enforce strict rules of conduct. But the reality is that these visitors are often filling church pews that would otherwise remain empty – and filling the collection basket with precious dollar bills.
"Our building is in need of repair," church member Paul Henderson said after the service. "We need assistance. They're helping to sustain us."
The rules are simple enough: No photography, no flip-flops, no exiting during the sermon. They are printed on pamphlets and multilingual signs and announced at the start of every service. But they are often ignored. Ushers roamed the pews like security guards, stopping more than one person from filming on digital cameras.
"I understand that you're visiting and you want to have a memory of it," said Carlos Smith-Ramsay, who joined the church several years ago. "But when we ask you to stop and you continue to do so after the fact, that's disrespectful."
Some pastors quietly manage the crowds by requiring a written confirmation of guests from tour operators, refusing walk-in visitors. Some churches provide assigned seating for tourists, while others demand a list specifying which countries the tourists are from and whether they speak English.
And still more forbid the tour companies from advertising which churches are on the tour in hopes of curbing the number of unwanted visitors.
The Rev. Gregory Robeson Smith, Mother AME Zion's pastor, refuses to work with tour operators. He doesn't even like to use the word "tourist," preferring instead to call them part of his "international congregation." And he won't turn anyone away.
"I refuse to commercialize the church worship experience," he said. "You don't pay people to experience the Lord, to come and pray. I think that's unconscionable."
Yet the tourists' presence is undeniable. At Mother AME Zion, there were nearly 200 of them, overwhelming the congregation by at least 5 to 1.
"They want to see what they've seen on television," said Larcelia Kebe, president of Harlem Your Way! Tours Unlimited. "They want to see what they've seen in the movies."
The gospel tour industry has exploded since it was born in the early 1980s. On a busy summer Sunday, Harlem Spirituals, one of the oldest and largest tour operators, might run 15 full buses, said Erika Elisabeth, a company vice president.
Ticket prices but can cost up to $55. Most churches get a cut of the profit. Others, like Mother AME Zion, make money by encouraging visitors to drop a suggested donation into the collection basket.
"Some of the tour operators really have made this whole thing about money," Kebe said. "It's created a problem. Because many of them are getting a lot of money from the tourists in order to get into a church. And there may be people in the church who are making a little money on the side."
During his sermon, Smith appealed to the congregation to help pay for repairs to the church's aging organ.
"We've got about $1,200 worth of work that needs to be done," he said. "I need 12 people to give me $100."
Without the tourists' wallets, the organ might never get fixed. Mother AME Zion's congregation is dying off, and there are very few young people left to fill the generation gap.
That's not the case everywhere. Just around the corner is the thriving Abyssinian Baptist Church, arguably the neighborhood's most popular tourist magnet, where visitors are often turned away because the pews are too full.
Celeste Lejeune, 16, from Paris, didn't know anything about Mother AME Zion's history as a stop on the Underground Railroad, or that its congregants once included Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.
"I would like to just hear voices of people who live in Harlem, and see the atmosphere," she said. "We don't have music like this in France."
That is precisely the sort of outlook that disheartens the congregation, who would like to believe the tourists have come to listen to the word of God, to be transformed by the power of Scripture.
"Within this site that's meant to be sacred, you have, maybe to some of the members, this invasion of the secular and profane," said Margarita Simon Guillory, an assistant professor of religion at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. "You're going to have a certain amount of tension in that space."
True story: I have been waiting for the cross town bus on 125th St. and on at least 3 occasions been asked by clusters of tourists where the nearest 'Black', 'Southern', and 'African American' church is.
The first time it was a group of white Brits.
And I stared blankly and shrugged because I was utterly confused.
My grandfather's church finally took the step of having members act as security to keep tourists out of the service after a group walked up to the altar during the sermon to take pictures. I don't know where these people are raised & I don't care, but even my not religious ass will take a shift to stop these ignorant shit.
Talk about seeing other people's lives as being like a zoo exhibit to take a tour through… WTF, racist tourists?
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Seriously Alabama? Now I know that being stuck in church every Sunday morning for many feels like jail but how can they really be allowed to do something like this? What's the alternative for anyone of no faith or with a religion that doesn't use a traditional church or one that you can't find in a small town in Alabama? This makes absolutely no sense to me, but that's probably because I'm trying to look at it from the logical, reasonable, realistic side of things.
The city judge in Bay Minette (AL) will let misdemeanor offenders choose to work off their sentences in jail and pay a fine; or go to church every Sunday for a year.
If offenders select church, they'll be allowed to pick the place of worship but must check in weekly with the pastor and police.
If the one-year church attendance program is completed, the offender's case will be dismissed.
Bay Minette Police Chief Mike Rowland says the program could change the lives of people heading down the wrong path. So far, 56 churches are participating.
Wow, Alabama. Have you not heard of the First Amendment?
I'd insist that they let me join a pastafarian or satanic church or something.
Has someone talked to FFRF about this?
oh, motherfuck. here come the goddamn dark ages all over again. church as state and everyone's lives in the hands of delusional cardinals pretending to be god and engorging themselves off the labor of teeming masses of illiterate poor.
What. The. Fuck.
Kenza Drider, a 32-year-old mother of three, was famously bold enough to appear on French television to oppose the law before it came into force. She refuses to take off her niqab – "My husband doesn't dictate what I do, much less the government" – but she says she now lives in fear of attack. "I still go out in my car, on foot, to the shops, to collect my kids. I'm insulted about three to four times a day," she says. Most say, "Go home"; some say, "We'll kill you." One said: "We'll do to you what we did to the Jews." In the worst attack, before the law came in, a man tried to run her down in his car.
Since France introduced its burqa ban in April there have been violent attacks on women wearing the niqab and, this week, the first fines could be handed down. But a legal challenge to this hard line may yet expose the French state as a laughing stock.(source)
The recipients of these fines say that they will take this all the way to European Court of Human Rights if they have to - according to my newspaper. Oh, I do SO hope that they'll go ahead and do just that. Legally there's very much doubt as to whether the French law will stand up to scrutiny in a Human Rights Court.
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God hates them? Does this women actually know any of the tenets of her own religion?
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My Take: Muslims should stop apologizing for 9/11- Aman Ali.
New York (CNN) – As a Muslim, I'm sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say, seriously?
Do you want me to say, "It was a great plan, mwahahaha!" before I fly off on a magic carpet?
I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack - or to even think about doing it.
But I didn't do it. Neither did 99.999999999 percent of the roughly 1.5 billion people in the world who also call themselves Muslims. So why should I or any other Muslim apologize for what happened?
Nickleback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?
Just like Christianity and Judaism, Islam unequivocally condemns terrorism. Don't take it from me, though. Grab a copy of the Quran from a library and find out for yourself.
Don't rely on some cherry-picked crackpot interpretation of the Muslim holy book that you read on some Islamophobic hack's poorly designed website. Speaking of which, Islamophobes need to put down the Quran and pick up a book on HTML programming and Flash.
When 9/11 happened, I can understand why the average person would want to know what Muslims actually believe. After all, the terrorists claimed they were acting in the name of Islam.
That's why hundreds of Islamic organizations around the globe condemned the attacks and told the truth about how Islam doesn't condone terrorism whatsoever.
But that was 10 years ago. Why are mainstream American Islamic groups like the Islamic Society of North America, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Public Affairs Council still condemning the attacks and just about any other act of terrorism that pops up in the news?
Weren't we clear before how we feel about terrorism? If people didn't understand us for the past 10 years, what makes Muslims think they're going to understand us now?
If I have to explain 10 times to my little brother how to operate the toaster in my apartment, that's not my fault because of inadequate messaging. It's my brother's fault that he's dumb.
It's ridiculous for Muslims to continuously condemn and apologize for stuff when every religion has their fair share of crazies.
Imagine you're in the habit of partying with a group of friends. And every party you go to, there's a friend in your crew that spills grape juice on the carpet - the really awesome kind of grape juice that's in the fancy wine bottles (we Muslims don't drink alcohol but we still can party like ballers).
How would you feel if people stopped inviting you to their parties because your one friend kept spilling grape juice? That's how I feel. I'm really annoyed I have to keep apologizing or condemning Muslim extremists that keep spilling their grape juice of hate on the world.
Dictionary.com defines the word apologize as "to offer an apology or excuse for some fault insult, failure, or injury."
When 9/11 happened, I was 16 years old and playing Tetris during English class on my TI-83 calculator. I'll apologize for not paying attention to Mrs. Fulton's lecture at my high school in Gahanna, Ohio, but that's about it.
Just because people hundreds of miles away claimed they were Muslim and committed a terrible act doesn't mean I should apologize for it.
Mike Tyson started sucking really bad in the boxing ring after he converted to Islam. Should I apologize for that? Oh, and I think I saw a few Muslim-sounding names in the production credits for the movie "Green Lantern." I guess I should apologize for that, too.
I'm not trying to be insensitive about 9/11. Of course my prayers and sentiments are with anyone affected by the tragedy. The same goes for any act of terrorism.
But I'm not going to apologize or condemn them because I don't need to prove my patriotism with some kind of McCarthyite litmus test. The Pew Research Center released a study last week that found that Muslim Americans are far more pleased with how things are going in the United States (56%) than is the general public (23%).
That finding is not going to provoke me to question the general public's patriotism. But please stop questioning ours.
The 9/11 attacks were a terrible tragedy that changed all of our lives. There's no way we can ever forget what happened.
But what we Muslims can do is advance the conversation, rather than repeating the same old condemnations. Condemnations and apologies are like an out of style fashion trend, the parachute pants and neon hair scrunchies of civil discourse.
What Muslims need is an extreme makeover. Now that's some extremism I can get behind.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Aman Ali.
Nickleback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?
I've never apologized, I won't and will not consider it. I didn't do anything. Islam didn't do it. a radical fundamentalist bunch of sorry excuses for human beings did it. they don't represent me or my religion.
Exactly. Those extremists have nothing to do with me.
Direct your hate elsewhere.
On behalf my fellow white people, I am sorry for Nickelback.
Nickelback hurts white people, too. <—— How to recentre on whiteness, a classic move.
The idea that Muslim people have anything to apologise for is ridiculous. When the people calling for Muslims to apologise for 9/11 start apologising for the crimes done in the name of their religion(s) and by the authorities of their religion(s) then maybe I'll consider that they might have a point. (Okay, not really.)


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Hearing for marathon bombing suspect delayed again
On Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler rescheduled the hearing for July 10, according to the Associated Press.The hearing was originally set for May 30, but both prosecutors and Tsarnaev's defense attorneys requested earlier this week that it be pushed back to July 2, so they would have more time to gather and review evidence.
Three people were killed and 264 others wounded when Tsarnaev, 19, and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, allegedly detonated bombs made from pressure cookers on April 15, near the marathon finish line on Boylston Street.
The brothers are also accused of killing an MIT police officer three nights later and leading police on a chase to Watertown.
The pursuit ended with Tamerlan Tsarnaev dead after a shootout with law enforcement officers.
The younger Tsarnaev was wounded in the exchange and captured the next day after a day-long manhunt that virtually shut down the Boston area.
He is being held at a federal prison hospital at Ft. Devens, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. If convicted, Tsarnaev could receive the death penalty.
Meantime, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in Boston Friday to discuss the marathon bombing with local officials.
Napolitano is scheduled to meet with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Police Commissioner Ed Davis, state police Superintendent Col. Timothy Alben, and Mass. Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral, among others.
A DHS statement said Napolitano also plans to speak with law enforcement officers and other first responders, "to reiterate the Department's on-going support and collaboration on issues including training and preparedness, as well as the need for continued information sharing at all levels of government to enhance public safety."
Before leaving the city, Napolitano will visit the Stephen M. Lawlor Medical Intelligence Center — a unit of Boston's Emergency Medical Services which played a key role after the explosions — and pay tribute to the bombing victims at the memorial in Copley Square.
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(a) Civil penalties to be used for the relief of victims
If, in any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under the securities laws, the Commission obtains a civil penalty against any person for a violation of such laws, or such person agrees, in settlement of any such action, to such civil penalty, the amount of such civil penalty shall, on the motion or at the direction of the Commission, be added to and become part of a disgorgement fund or other fund established for the benefit of the victims of such violation.
(b) Acceptance of additional donations
The Commission is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, bequests and devises of property, both real and personal, to the United States for a disgorgement fund or other fund described in subsection (a) of this section. Such gifts, bequests, and devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in such fund and shall be available for allocation in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Study required
(1) Subject of study
The Commission shall review and analyze—
(A) enforcement actions by the Commission over the five years preceding July 30, 2002, that have included proceedings to obtain civil penalties or disgorgements to identify areas where such proceedings may be utilized to efficiently, effectively, and fairly provide restitution for injured investors; and
(2) Report required
The Commission shall report its findings to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate within 180 days after of [1] July 30, 2002, and shall use such findings to revise its rules and regulations as necessary. The report shall include a discussion of regulatory or legislative actions that are recommended or that may be necessary to address concerns identified in the study.
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Source(Pub. L. 107–204, title III, § 308,July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 784; Pub. L. 111–203, title IX, § 929B,July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1852.)
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2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203, § 929B(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "If in any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under the securities laws (as such term is defined in section 78c (a)(47) of this title) the Commission obtains an order requiring disgorgement against any person for a violation of such laws or the rules or regulations thereunder, or such person agrees in settlement of any such action to such disgorgement, and the Commission also obtains pursuant to such laws a civil penalty against such person, the amount of such civil penalty shall, on the motion or at the direction of the Commission, be added to and become part of the disgorgement fund for the benefit of the victims of such violation."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–203, § 929B(2), substituted "for a disgorgement fund or other fund described in subsection (a)" for "for a disgorgement fund described in subsection (a)" and "in such fund" for "in the disgorgement fund".
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State-of-the-art brain imaging shows that changes in the brain's reward circuitry caused by substance abuse likely remain even after drug and alcohol use stop, according to a Jan. 18 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) press release.
A team of investigators led by Robert P. J. Barretto of Stanford University's Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering & Sciences used fluorescence microendoscopy — a process in which tiny probes record images of cellular-level brain changes over time — to measure the effect of increased stimulation, specifically tumor formation, on the hippocampus and striatum in mice. Both regions of the brain are known to be altered by substances of abuse.
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DENVER - When the Denver Broncos do well during the 2012 season, local businesses are offering fans special deals.
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Andre Luongo, is Vice President of Operations for Virtual Driver Interactive (VDI), a driver training company that uses simulation technology in its training methods. In this interview, Luongo provides background on VDI and its course offerings and explains the benefits of simulation-based driver training.
Please provide a brief history of your company and a description of your role and responsibilities as Vice President of Operations for Virtual Driver Interactive (VDI).
VDI was the brainchild of Bob Davis, our current President and CEO. Bob's own experiences and a recent near-miss on a California highway led him to think, "How do you train individuals to prepare for and survive hazardous driving situations without actually putting them in danger?" Simulation was the answer.
A partnership with Raydon Corporation, a Florida-based simulation company with over 20 years' experience working with military simulators, eventually led to Raydon's purchase of VDI.
I was there during VDI's formation, and now as Vice President of Operations, I manage marketing, product development and other company operations.
Although the original plan was to train novice drivers, even before VDI was founded, Bob and I recognized the financial impact automobile crashes have on corporations and government agencies. The costs of these crashes are staggering according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
These statistics include only on-the-job crashes, and in most cases, off-the-job-crashes have an even deeper cost.
VDI offers two primary courses, a novice course developed in conjunction with the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA) and a defensive driving course co-developed with the National Safety Council (NSC). For less than $100 per person, a student or employee can receive over five hours of driver training. But more importantly is the impact, relevance and efficiency that can only be achieved by simulation. In a simulated environment, a driver can train in those areas most important to that driver or organization. We can also train that individual in dangerous situations—situations you could not or would not want to do in traditional behind-the-wheel training.
Since 1988, Raydon has provided industry-leading technology to address our military's training needs. Raydon prides itself in its commitment to research and development and has the financial backing to continue to stay ahead of the technology curve. VDI directly benefits from Raydon's technology, engineering resources and instructional design team, which allows VDI to take the same technology designed for the military and to apply it to commercial applications.
Which areas of the transportation industry are making the most use of simulator training and why? How do you plan to improve on your clients' and other companies' current use of simulation?
The transportation industry has long used large-truck simulators to address the training needs of long-haul trucking. However, this training tends to be expensive and therefore is available only to a select number of employees. The best course in the world is of little use if no one can afford to take it. Many in the transportation industry have employees who drive much smaller trucks and cars. VDI has addressed this need by offering a more affordable and mobile solution that allows all drivers access to the latest training technology.
The enormous financial impact of automobile crashes includes vehicle repair, health benefits, workers' compensation, loss of work, insurance premiums and other fringe benefits. And yet seldom do organizations "budget" for these costs directly related to crashes. Would it not prove beneficial to an organization and its employees to allot a small percentage of that budget for driver training? With the average cost per accident exceeding $24,000 and the cost of training less than $100, ROI is not difficult to measure.
How training is administered also affects cost. The beauty of the VDI trainer is that it is fully contained and readily available, which means employees can take only the topics they need and when they are available, ideally during off-times. This is in contrast to classroom and behind-the-wheel training, which often requires an organization to pull large groups of employees from their duties for an entire day.
How does VDI evaluate which driver skills require improvement, and how do you track progress? How does VDI stay abreast of its customers' driver safety training requirements and state regulations?
Simulation lends itself very well to the quality process via flexible training. We find that most organizations are aware of their organization's trouble spots. With the flexibility of VDI courseware, an organization can address their top three issues, be it intersections, parking lots or tailgating, and train their employees on only those relevant topics. VDI's training program provides complete and detailed reports on each student's performance and progress. After training is completed, the organization can reassess the top issues for the following year and then adapt the training to address those issues, offering a continuous process improvement program.
VDI also continuously improves and updates its programs to address new regulations and driver training techniques.
How does VDI develop the graphics used in its simulation training? Is the available technology based on passenger vehicles only or does it also include vans and light trucks?
VDI uses a combination of the latest graphics technology with a proprietary development environment. The simulation engine allows VDI to accurately create vehicle dynamics for all size vehicles. Currently, the product offers a passenger vehicle and a 10,000-lb package truck option.
Have VDI clients proposed any new or unexplored simulation training topics based on their own on-the-road experiences? Do the available scenarios include international situations (e.g., UK "right-side" consoles, etc.)?
We have learned much from our customers about the top driving issues they face. It is surprising how consistent these issues are. Industries that tend to have a less mature workforce inherit the fact that driver training is virtually nonexistent in public education. Clients also have unique environments, like airports, off-road or violent weather conditions. VDI's international clients span from Canada to the Middle East, and at times, we have adjusted the simulation program specifically for a particular region.
What are VDI's plans to introduce additional enhancements to its current technology and other programs for this year and beyond?
VDI is currently working on enhancements to all software titles that will debut this year. We are also redesigning both the full-cab and desktop trainers. Those should debut in the fourth quarter of 2008 or in early 2009. Without revealing too much, expect an even more realistic driving experience and additional functionality that will allow us to test and train a wider range of driving functions.
Does VDI address the unique training needs of both younger drivers (<25 years old) and older drivers (>60 years old)? Both of these demographics represent an increasing percentage of the U.S. workforce.
VDI offers two primary courses, a novice course developed in conjunction with ADTSEA and a defensive driving course co-developed with NSC. The novice driving course teaches the basics of driving and is used often by organizations that have a younger workforce with no formal driver training. The defensive driving course is the next step that benefits drivers of all ages, as it addresses more complex and often dangerous situations and instructs them on techniques that help mitigate the risks we all face when driving.
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A UFC light heavyweight showdown between two of the top fighters in the division, Dan Henderson and Lyoto Machida, has been targeted for UFC 156 on Super Bowl weekend, but a shadow of doubt lingers over the fight… at least for the Feb. 2 event slated for Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
While Henderson said on last week's edition of MMA Uncensored Live on Spike TV that he was told that UFC 156 was the target for such a bout, the injured knee that kept him out of the UFC 151 headliner against Jon Jones may delay a bout with Machida.
Henderson has returned to training, but has been taking things slow, making sure that he allows his knee to fully heal, so as not to set him back any further.
UFC officials, according to a report on Tuesday night's UFC Tonight on Fuel TV, aren't quite comfortable pulling the trigger and setting a Henderson vs. Machida bout for UFC 156 just yet.
The fight still looks likely to happen, it's just a matter of if it will happen at UFC 156, and if not, when?
The UFC has already announced a handful of dates that closely follow Super Bowl weekend event with UFC on Fuel TV 6 on Feb. 16, UFC 157 on Feb. 23, and UFC on Fuel TV 8 on March 2. So there is ample opportunity to move that bout back by two or three weeks to ensure Henderson's knee is fully recovered.
Stay tuned to MMAWeekly.com for all the latest UFC news.
I cant wait to see Henderson fight again he is one of the best
Definitely, at his age the more we get to see of him the better before he retires
This fight is going to be awesome. I like this better than Hendo fighting Jones and then Machida being next in line. This makes way more sense to have a legit contender.
UFC on Fuel 6 already happened. UFC on Fuel 7, you mean to say.
Lyota will put Hendo to sleep… But Lyota might lose a limb or something during the fight. It's going down like pit bulls..
This fight makes absolutely no sense for Hendo. He has everything to lose and nothing to gain. He should be fighting for the championship. That is the only fight that means sense for Hendo.
Dan is becoming a whiney little bitch. he complains about not get what is due to him and now he's still being a sissy about his leg! you can't have both ways. someone give him his Geritol and TRT and send him to bed!
He's been a fighter for well over a decade and the Jones fight was the first and only time he has ever pulled out of a fight due to injury. You are a nutcase.
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KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) - When the dust settled Thursday night at University Arena, it was an Austin Richie layup with five seconds remaining to pull Western Michigan over High Point 54-53. The Broncos are now 3-0 under Steve Hawkins against the Big South Conference.
The first half was dominated by Western Michigan who led by as many as 14 in the first half, and took a 12 point lead into the locker room.
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Had a great time at Korkers for my 30th birthday party. the drinks were good, the machine worked, and the hostess was lovely. Venue was just the right size for us and had great feel to it. I have no negative feedback - we had a lovely time and would happily book again or recommend to friends, thank you so much! :)
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A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Sept. 20, for Roman Diaz Reyes of Patterson, who died Thursday, Sept. 13, at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.
Mr. Reyes, 84, was a native of Mexico and was a resident of Patterson for 45 years. He was a farm laborer for 40 years and a parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Patterson.
Mr. Reyes is survived by his wife, Maria Reyes of Patterson; daughter, Hermolinda Plascencia of Patterson; nephews, Juan F. Diaz, Genaro Diaz, Roman Diaz, Wency Rios, Nicholas Plascencia all of Patterson, Ermino Diaz of Texas, Juan Jose Diaz, Juan Diaz both of Mexico; nieces, Elisa Plascencia of Patterson, Berta Aguilar of Winton and Letica Diaz of Mexico.
A visitation will be observed from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, followed by a recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 529 I St., Patterson. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Patterson District Cemetery, 10800 Highway 33, Patterson.
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