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Bishop: Votes for Obama deepened the culture of death
This bishops' battle against President Barack Obama continues in the new administration - or at least it does in the Diocese of Brooklyn, where I live. That is one of the messages to be drawn from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio's strongly worded column, in which he writes, among other things, that "In my view, those who voted for President Obama bear the responsibility for a step deeper in the culture of death."Commenting on the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, the bishop also writes:
The so-called pro-choice movement has its roots in the ideology of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, who understood her call to be one who would assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit. Of course, a young Barack Obama was precisely the sort of unfit child that Sanger and her allies would want to eliminate.
He later adds: "Some may think my tone a bit strident and even un-nuanced. Maybe the time has come for more direct conversation on these matters, if we hope to preserve what is left of our God-given and Constitutionally-protected rights."The bishop has shown a certain determination by writing in such terms about Obama just as the president returns to office after winning about 80 percent of the votes cast within his diocese. Since he indicates that more is to come, I thought it worth looking at what he's already said.
Bishop DiMarzio's charge about Margaret Sanger, who opened her first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, echoes one Herman Cain made during his short presidential run. Sanger did make some controversial and chilling remarks, but, according to FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, it's not true that she wanted (as Cain had put it) to "prevent black babies from being born." The FactChecker at the Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, found similarly, saying the quote from Sanger is taken out of context. PolitiFact.com gave this claim its "pants on fire" rating.The bishop's remark that those who voted for Obama "bear the responsibility for a step deeper in the culture of death" would be more persuasive had he not publicly supported pro-choice candidates himself. As reported earlier, he made robo-calls expressing his thanks to Brooklyn politician Vito Lopez, then the county Democratic leader. And he was pictured with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a full-page campaign advertisement in the diocesan newspaper, for which he is the publisher.Of course, the bishop did not do this out of support for the pro-choice policies of these two politicians. He was providing political payback to Lopez for opposing a bill to change the statute of limitations on lawsuits over sexual abuse, and to Bloomberg for his involvement in private fundraising for Catholic schools. Since then, Lopez has come under investigation on charges of sexually harassing women on his staff. Bloomberg bankrolled the movement to legalize same-sex marriage.It's to be expected that a bishop would weigh the pluses and minuses of the candidates in light of church teaching. Members of his flock are entitled to do the same.
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Paul Moses, a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College/CUNY, is the author of The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace (Doubleday, 2009) and An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians (NYU Press, 2015).
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The following is from an NYU website. As an advocate of Birth Control, I wish to take advantage of the present opportunity to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the "unfit" and the "fit", admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation to the mentally and physically fit though less fertile parents of the educated and well-to-do classes. On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?san... don't know if I'd feel comfortable rushing to Margaret Sanger's defense.
http://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Sanger-A-Life-Passion/dp/0809067579/ref=s... to Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion, by Jean H. Baker.From one of the Customer Reviews:"I was glad to have Sanger's opinions on race and eugenics explained. To this day, detractors cherry pick the record on this. Sanger had to ally with eugenicists and Malthusians as well as progressives in order to move her issue forward. She founded clinics in Harlem and Black regions of the South. She was an advocate of only voluntary sterilization - the woman's right to what happens to her body."Amazing how much anger and dishonesty the mention of this woman's name still arouses. See, e.g., Herman Cain:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&site=&source=hp&q=herman+cain+m...
Actually, despite how DiMarzio tries to smear her legacy, Margaret Sanger was more worried about men like the Brooklyn bishop ever being able to procreate.Rest easy Margaret, as best we can tell, DiMarzio swore-off girls a long time ago.
Strange how Catholics like John Rock are never mentioned in this contraceptive lead up to the "culture of death".
DiMarzio again.(yawn)Ya'd think these Vatican sycophants might conclude they could learn from the rest of us for a change.(...then again...)
You and other reasonable Catholics in Brooklyn have my sympathies, Mr. Moses.
David Kennedy's book, "Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger," goes into some historical detail about her connection to the eugenics movement. As I recall, it was not blacks who were the focus of her attention, but immigrants..... the likes of our forebears, Paul. This is slippery territory in the sense that she focused on the link between poverty and large families (of which she was a member as a child). That most poor people in NYC where she worked were immigrants and blacks (immigrants from the South) has given her a pass in the Planned Parenthood world for her alliance with eugenicists. It's a long time since I read Kennedy but I recall that it was the English eugenics movement that attracted her attention.
Agree that the vilification of Margaret Sanger by priests (and bishops) is not based on history. It is a mistake to take their continuing obsession with her as anything other than what it is. I found the portrayal on Boardwalk Empire of Nucky's wife's work with poor women desperate for birth control very touching and historically sound.
Of course, a young Barack Obama was precisely the sort of unfit child that Sanger and her allies would want to eliminate.Nauseating.
"Of course, a young Barack Obama was precisely the sort of unfit child that Sanger and her allies would want to eliminate"Outrageous. How could Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ever think that a statement like that could support the pro-life cause?Where is he coming from? My guess is that he is furious that Obama got elected again. Aside to the bishop: Statements like that are not going to help the cause at all except to reinforce Obamsa haters.
GOPer Bobby Jingel just called the GOP 'the party of stupid'.E.G Was the Obama victory not in Brooklyn papers and TV? Didn't Obama overwhelmingly win Brooklyn? Bishop DiMarzio disses about 2/3 of his flock.. But schmoozes with the pro-Obama pols? I suggest he do clean up out in Rockaway now that his GOP pals finally released some clea-up funds.
"Un-nuanced"! It's early in the year, but that will likely be a competitor for the understatement of 2013. Oh for the days of Francis Mugavero, Brooklyn priest and Brooklyn bishop! Or Thomas Vos Daily. The present bishop, "a gift" from Newark, is a bit of a street brawler.
I think it's unfair to conflate contraception with Sangar, as if the only person who could approve of it would be some kind of eugenics monster. As I mentioned above, responsible Catholics like Rock helped create the pill.
Agree, Crystal, but for some reason, Margaret Sanger is THE symbol of contraception in the "minds" of many. (I had a renowned priest/theologian/journal editor/etc. as a theology professor. He was old and decrepit and never raised his voice as he read to us from his yellowed old notes. Except when he would go off on Margaret Sanger. Oooh, how he ranted. It was funny, in a weird way. Like hearing someone bashing Carrie Nation.)
Yep - culture of death from this president who is supporting a number of measures that are pro-life: gun control; climate change; environmental standards; decreasiing unemployment; stabilizing the housing market; addressing the growing divide between haves and have nots; implementing PPACA; addressing the rights of gay folks; immigration reform, etc, etc.Narrow and ignorant. Must have the catholic episcopal equivalent of Fox News - DeMarzio, Jenky, Morlino, Olmsted, George, etc.
What do the priests an people of Brooklyn think of the bishop? I think he''s a goof on the national stage in these in these kind of prononcments and his hypocrisy with the photos, etc., but I'm curious how he's perceived in the neighborhood. Do they just write off these remarks as "DiMarzio being DiMarzio"-- like we Sox fans wrote off "Manny being Manny." because he produced a lot of riuns?
Sanger's philosophy had its extremely odious aspects, like this pearl: "While I personally believe in the sterilization of the feeble minded, the insane and the syphiletic [sic], I have not been able to discover that these measures are more than superficial deterrents when applied to the constantly growing stream of the unfit. They are excellent means of meeting a certain phase of the situation, but I believe in regard to these, as in regard to other eugenic means, that they do not go to the bottom of the matter." (http://library.lifedynamics.com/Birth%20Control%20Review/1919-02%20Febru..., p. 12)In other words, in Sanger's view, the biggest problem with eugenics is that it is ineffective; scientific birth control seemed to her a more promising method to rid the world of the "unfit".I don't think she would have opposed President Obama's birth per se, as I don't think the President meets her criteria for unfit. I don't think that Bishop DiMarzio has her pegged exactly right. The President, according to reports I've read (living as I do in true-Blue Illinois rather than a contested state, I had almost no first-hand exposure to the recent campaign), ran a robustly pro-abortion campaign. And the religious liberty issue is genuine. So I sympathize with DiMarzio's passion. But I don't think his piece strikes the right tone. And he does need to check his facts.I don't think bishops should tell people whom to vote for nor against. That's the laity's job. There are many eloquent and polished pro-life activist spokespersons among the laity. He might be better served giving up his column space to one of them for a week.
Of course, a young Barack Obama was precisely the sort of unfit child that Sanger and her allies would want to eliminate.You can use words like nauseating and outrageous, but these are nothing more than emotional, knee-jerk reactions. Lets face it. the bishop makes an arguable point. You would do better to rebut it with a rational argument than an irritable gesture.
Hello, Mark Prosska. There is more to my comment, Outrageous!How could Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ever think that a statement like that could support the pro-life cause?
Hello HelenIsn't it obvious? The bishop is saying that far too many young ones born in the same circumstances as Barack Obama are aborted. That's a bad thing, right? The pro-life cause seeks to reduce that, right? You are not making an argument.
Is this factually correct from the Bishop's column: " the lamentable Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy." I thought it was only up until viability. Any Con law experts around?
There are many legal restrictions on abortion in the US, different ones in different states. If you look at the graphics on this Wikipedia page, you can see that the right to "legal on request" abortion only appears to exist in 4 states .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States_by_state
My undertanding is that since Casey (in 1992) a state cannot prohibit abortions prior to viability but it can prohibit them after viability provided there is an exception for the life and health of the mother. "(d) Adoption of the undue burden standard does not disturb Roe's holding that, regardless of whether exceptions are made for particular circumstances, a State may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability.(e) Roe's holding that "subsequent to viability, the State, in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life, may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother" is also reaffirmed. Id., at 164-165. Pp. 869-879."Heath includes mental health, so it can be quite a broad exception depending on the doctor.
"Some may think my tone a bit strident and even un-nuanced. Maybe the time has come for more direct conversation on these matters, if we hope to preserve what is left of our God-given and Constitutionally-protected rights.Challenge accepted.You are a whited seplechure. Repent.While Your fellow bishops are still on probation for child endangerment, You talk about politics? How dare you!
Crystal Watson, perhaps you are looking at the map labelled "Abortion laws in the U.S. prior to Roe"
Sangers philosophy had its extremely odious aspects . . . Jim Pauwels,Why is Margaret Sanger always dragged into discussions on abortion? She never advocated abortion. In fact, she disapproved of it. And Margaret Sanger's writings on race in 1919 have to be viewed in the context of their time. The move to legalize abortion had nothing to do with eugenics, and abortion has absolutely nothing to do with eugenics now. People who perform abortions are doing it because there is a demand. They are not creating that demand. People who procure abortions are not doing it for the betterment of the race. They are doing it because they don't want the babies they have conceived and they are furthermore unwilling to continue with pregnancy. So the pro-life movement vilifies Margaret Sanger, while making every excuse possible for women who actually procure abortions and promising never, ever to hold them responsible for their actions. They are the "second victims" of abortion.
John - yes, thanks, you're right.
January 22nd was the 40th anniversary of the Roe decision, but also the 40th anniversary of its companion case, Doe v. Bolton. Though Roe created a trimester regimen that in theory made it more difficult to obtain an abortion post-viability, Doe implemented a "health" of the mother exception that is quite broad, as John Hayes noted, and that applies throughout gestation:Whether, in the words of the Georgia statute, an abortion is necessary is a professional judgment that the Georgia physician will be called upon to make routinely. We agree with the District Courtthat the medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors - physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age - relevant to the well-being of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doe_v._BoltonWhile the Roe trimester regiment has been modified to some degree by subsequent decisions such as Casey, the Doe health exception has not been modified and in practice has been invoked to permit abortions at any time during gestation.
Hi, David, I see you're addressing me in your comment. Just speaking for myself - I didn't drag Sanger into the discussion. Bishop DiMarzio brought her up, and a number of other commenters have commented on her. I think(?) DiMarzio's point about Planned Parenthood is that she founded it, and it has evolved into the largest provider of abortions.In point of fact, she saw birth control as an alternative to abortions, of which she saw many among women in the slums, and which she deplored as dangerous to women's health.
"Maybe the time has come for more direct conversation on these matters." Only on this issue, or on others as well?A bishop calling for direct conversation? THAT'S HILARIOUS.
Doe was consistent with a Model state law:". In 1959 the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI) published a new "model code" for state legislatures. It would allow a doctor to perform abortions in cases of rape, incest, serious deformity, and whenever the doctor believed there was risk to the mental or physical health to the mother. The word believed was significant, because it meant a doctor was virtually immune from prosecution so long as he would claim, whatever the medical facts, that he had believed them threatening. Few imagined that such terminology could become an open door to abortion on demand.Protestants, and even many Catholics, had historically recognized the validity of what is called therapeutic abortion. Abortion reform purported to expand the categories of those tragic decisions. Suppose that the birth of a child conceived by rape threatened to destroy the mother's mental stability; could not an abortion be considered life saving?In 1967 the AMA voted in favor of legal reform. In the same year the National Organization for Women came out in favor of abortion, and feminists joined the cause. A number of states passed reforming legislation, along the ALI recommended lines, which would give physicians greater latitude in performing therapeutic abortions."http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/januaryweb-only/1-20-31.0.html?...
The should have been an ellipsis between the second and third paragraphs. See the link for the complete text.
"How could Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ever think ..."Helen: how can you presume that he did "think"?And can you really trust a man who dresses like he just came from the set of The Sopranos? .... http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/1338005-bishop-nicholas-dimarzio-bishop...
Are you insulting the creativity of 14th century Italian tailors? Don't you like Benedict's cute white slippers? Could the fact that they look like they're from another planet explain their alien thinking? 40 years of controversy have proved that there is no common ground on the ground the battle is being fought. It's time to move to higher ground. When people are given three bad choices, people are going to make bad choices. I don't know what better choices would be because no one has seriously asked the women involved. I do know that many better choices are going to cost money. No one can be prolife or prochoice and against tax increases at the same time.
The bishops of course are correct. Even though I am glad Obama is trying to do something on gun control and trying to improve the situation regarding indocumentados, I did not vote for him. Why? Because Democrat party embraces abortion (baby killing) euthanasia (granny killing) and gay marriage; that's why.Voting for people who promote abortion, artifical birth control, euthanasia is hardly striving for a culture of life.I agree with the president when he said if tightening gun laws saves just one child's life it would be worth it. I wish he would be as concerned about the million or so babies killed in America's abortion mills each year.


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Well, so the big hidden question here is "what comprises an LDS sunday service?". A related question covers some of this, so I'll just summarize. In your average "Sacrament meeting", you'll typically have:
Of these, the only thing women may not do is preside at the meeting, bless the Sacrament, or pass the Sacrament. Those are duties of people who hold the Priesthood, and only men hold the Priesthood.
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I have a Java PriorityQueue for sorting objects from a specific class I made called Node. I want it to sort the Nodes by their getData() method. I tried the following code (using a comparator), but it did not work. When I called the priority queue's "poll" method, it did not return the lowest results first, but in a seemingly random order. How do I fix it? Thanks!
PriorityQueue<Node> pq = new PriorityQueue<Node>(hm.size(),
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Video Proof of Why I Should NEVER Be A Cheerleader.
Ha! This is a fun video. So let me tell you a little story about my life. I am NOT coordinated. At. ALL. But sometimes my excitement gets the best of me and I think I can do things that I really cant. Like be a cheerleader.
When we were in AZ working on Kelsey's room we got to know the employees at the Peoria Lowes VERY well. They pretty much loved us. I mean we took LOTS of pictures of them, and they didn't even call security…not like that has ever happened to me or anything…
(Most of the above pictures are from when we were picking up all of our new tools!!! My favorite was the Sliding Compound Miter Saw by Kobalt. If you are in the market for a Compound Miter Saw spend a little more and get a sliding one because it makes SUCH a huge difference!)
So back to the cheerleading.
We were lucky enough to be at Lowe's one morning (I wish I could say we were bright eyed and bushy tailed BUT this was day 5 and we were EXHAUSTED.) Do you know what super perks you up when you are tired? A huge group of happy employees that invite you to do the Lowe's cheer. Also you should know that we had no practice beforehand…which will be obvious in about 3 seconds. Please Enjoy.
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The Streamwood Sabres traveled to Batavia Friday night to take on the Bulldogs, with home team coming away with the win 33-0.
Streamwood vs. Batavia, Friday night, Sept. 14, 2012
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'Rush': A Racing Movie Where Formula Won
Ron Howard's "Rush" arrives just as Formula One is trying to find a parking space in the psyche of sports-minded America, which has preferred up till now to watch its race cars go around in circles. Which is one thing "Rush" doesn't do: It's a classic story of competitors on a headlong collision course, a 450-horsepower movie traveling at 220 miles per hour.
But for all its immersion in the roar, grease and danger of Formula One, the fact-based "Rush"—about the sport's great rivalry of the 1970s—is also more predictable than a pit stop, something well-suited to Mr. Howard. He's made perfectly palatable pictures, but never a truly great one, partly because he has such a weakness for the commercial and a consequent gift for the obvious. Nothing is ever suggested if it can be said out loud. Very little is beyond further simplification. And the two real-life personalities at the center of his story are so archetypal they may as well be a fuel-injected tortoise and hare.
The British champion James Hunt ( Chris Hemsworth), dangerously handsome, dangerous behind the wheel, is in racing for the glory, the fun and the not-always-well-chosen women. Hunt's chief rival is Niki Lauda ( Daniel Brühl), a Teutonic perfectionist with a matter-of-fact awareness of his own superiority, no compunction about explaining it to anyone who questions him, and a certain satisfied joy in describing a competitor's failings to his face. He exists beyond arrogance, but in close proximity to loathsome.
Focused on the 1976 racing season, "Rush" travels from the great European tracks to South Africa and Japan, as the Hunt-Lauda rivalry—no other drivers seem to exist—seesaws back and forth, with personal speed-bumps occasionally intruding on the aerodynamics: At one point, Hunt's estranged wife, the ravishing Suzy ( Olivia Wilde), takes up with the actor Richard Burton, to the delighted agitation of the tabloids and Hunt's vague displeasure. Lauda's setbacks are far more serious. Without giving too much away, his recovery involves scenes far more disturbing than anything that happens on the track.
The great American car movies have usually involved crime ("Bullitt," "The Seven-Ups"), speed as an allegory ("Two-Lane Blacktop") and the occasional one-off masterpiece ("Smokey and the Bandit"). The closest thing to "Rush," other than "Days of Thunder" and "Le Mans" is "Senna," the 2010 documentary about a later Formula One rivalry, which had the real footage "Rush" often simulates. But what happens away from the racing often makes for the better "Rush" moments: A sequence in which Lauda meets his wife-to-be, Marlene ( Alexandra Maria Lara), and—at the behest of a couple of backseat Italians—speeds them all through the provincial countryside, is simply wonderful, a moment deeper felt than almost anything else in the movie.
Like many directors who've made biographical films, Mr. Howard can't resist showing, in his movie's closing moments, photos of the real subjects, something that always feels like a betrayal of the actors. Nevertheless, the shots do show how close Messrs. Brühl and Hemsworth come, or don't, to replicating the originals. Mr. Brühl is equipped with a prosthetic overbite that not only enables him to chew more scenery, but displays why Hunt always called his rival a "rat." The real Mr. Hunt, who died in 1993, was not nearly as handsome as Mr. Hemsworth. But who is? With that long, blond mane, he suggests a young Brad Pitt, and at times seems to be channeling both Peter O'Toole and Errol Flynn. His face is his fortune and maybe the movie's, too: As was the case with "Thor," the advertisement for "Rush" is simply a closeup of Mr. Hemsworth. No smoke, no lightning, no race cars. And certainly no Niki Lauda.
Despite being a schematic exercise in storytelling, "Rush" does take one calculated gamble: Neither of the protagonists is close to likable. Both are arrogant, reckless, unfeeling and übercompetitive—qualities that no doubt make for world-class drivers, but not for naturally sympathetic movie heroes. It's a smart twist on the usual, though, a calibration in a film about a sport in which everything is oversized except the margins of error. Working from a very clever script by Peter Morgan ("The Queen"), Mr. Howard doesn't pick sides. He lets two distinctly abrasive characters rub up against his viewers, chafing them into gear.
'Haute Cuisine'
"Witty and brisk" is not the name of a French breakfast cereal, but it does describe a certain brand of French film, the type that coquettishly flirts with comedy while sprinting in the direction of dry, sophisticated charm. Such is "Haute Cuisine," which is based on the memoir of Danièle Delpeuch, who served as private chef to François Mitterrand during several of his years as president of the republic. As played by Catherine Frot, the heroine is a model of efficiency, devotion to duty, everything one might expect and one thing more: The personification of creativity crushed by bureaucracy.
As such, that character, here called Hortense Laborie, elevates what might have been a rather gloriously photographed trifle (the seafood! the patisserie! the salmon-stuffed cabbages!) into something considerably more, something that has led Hortense—as we see in the entrée to the film—to Antarctica. There, among a platoon of researchers apparently more accustomed to gruel, she has become beloved, the Marianne of gustatory integrity. Unfortunately, she's also become the target of an Australian television journalist who wants to tell her story. It's not a story Hortense necessarily wants retold. The viewer, however, is ready for the main course.
Four years earlier, in flashback, Hortense is tracked down on her truffle farm by a brusque team of government emissaries who are as short on charm as they are on information: They refuse to tell her where she's being taken, but she's willing to be patient. As it turns out, her destination—and her base of operations for the next several years—is the Elysée Palace in Paris. Mitterrand wants good, simple food for himself and his guests. Hortense is given a mission.
She's also given a rogue's gallery of bean counters, pencil pushers and one corpulent cook with which to contend. She immediately becomes the bête noire of Lepiq ( Brice Fournier), the long-time ruler of the palace's main kitchen who views Hortense as an intruder, a pretender and a threat. Worse, she's a woman. There has never been a woman behind the stoves of the palace, or allowed to wield the copper cookware that dates back to Louis-Philippe. She must be overthrown.
Ms. Frot brings a sympathetic mix of determination and passion to Hortense, who dedicates herself to making dishes that suit the president. Jean D'Ormesson looks nothing like Mitterrand, but seems a bit dotty and is treated more like a king. He certainly eats like one. The preparation of his meals—cockles steaming, ducks being stuffed, a Sainte-Honoré cake being anointed with pastry cream—is hallucinatory. If some enterprising movie concessionaire offered the truffles on toast that Mitterrand enjoys during his late-night snack, audiences would be streaming to the lobby to snatch them up.
Even after the president's doctors, via the bureaucrats, start making Hortense's work impossible, she perseveres. For a while. Eventually, she's going to head for Antarctica, which is certainly a comment on public life, and the concept of égalité: It's warmer on the ice for Hortense, and among diners who appreciate what they're getting.
There's a near-sacred history in Hollywood of non-U.S.- born directors providing fresh perspectives on America. Miloš Forman. Alfred Hitchcock. Ang Lee. Ernst Lubitsch. Billy Wilder. For "Prisoners," a stress-inducing trip into child abduction, the director is Quebecois filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who gives us an American "hero" guaranteed to push many buttons, many times, and who might not have been allowed to be quite so awful, under a different director's lens.
That character, Keller Dover ( Hugh Jackman), is a building contractor, survivalist and devout Christian who drives a pickup truck, sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the shower, and says an "Our Father" before helping his son shoot his first deer. He maintains a survivalist's philosophy ("Pray for the best, prepare for the worst") and a basement full of canned goods. When catastrophe strikes, he turns into a monster.
Mr. Villeneuve leans heavily on "Zodiac" and "Silence of the Lambs" for his mood, and on screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski for his nightmare story. While Keller and wife, Grace ( Maria Bello), celebrate Thanksgiving with their neighbors, Nancy and Franklin Birch (Viola Davis, Terrence Howard), their young daughters go outside and immediately go missing. An RV had been parked outside; the older kids say there was someone in it. Panic ensues, as does rain, which under the circumstances—aberrant religion informs the entire story—seems vengeful and Old Testament.
The local police are on the case right away, chiefly the department's ace detective, Loki ( Jake Gyllenhaal), who tracks down the camper, arrests the driver, Alex Jones ( Paul Dano) and decides he's got the wrong guy. Alex is too simple-minded to have abducted two preteen girls in broad daylight and hidden them away. Loki moves on. Keller can't.
In addition to the skin-crawling camera moves and the understated dread that bolsters the surface tensions of "Prisoners" there is a fascinating actor's duel going on. Mr. Jackman is all seething anger and righteous pain; his character clearly wants to be an avenging angel, as he kidnaps Alex and tries to torture the truth out of him.
Mr. Gyllenhaal's performance is different. He internalizes Loki's evident problems, which include an insubordinate contempt for his higher ups, a supreme confidence in his own investigative judgment and the kind of control over his passions that is very deliberate and fragile. Mr. Jackman may well get awards. Mr. Gyllenhaal gets our attention.
'After Tiller'
Nothing has encapsulated the craziness of the so-called abortion "debate" than the murder—in church—of George Tiller by an antiabortion religious zealot. So it takes a bit of imagination to think that even a movie as sober, and sobering, as "After Tiller" will have much useful effect on an issue so seemingly immune to reason. Directed by Lana Wilson and Martha Shane, "Tiller" addresses the issue of late-term abortion by sweeping aside rhetoric and hysterics, providing valuable information (i.e., that such abortions account for less than 1% of the total in this country) and delivers a useful debunking of certain ideas, including the notion that ending a pregnancy in the final trimester is something done casually, as birth control, or without enormous anguish on the part of both patient and doctor. "It seems barbaric," agrees Dr. Shelley Sella. "Unless people understand what's going on with the woman, it's impossible to support." "After Tiller" may not be an exhaustive study of the issue, but it does provide some understanding.
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan ("Margaret"), this bittersweet story of a drifter brother and his stalwart sister proved to be a breakout for both Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney, who earned her first Oscar nomination as a single mother in upstate New York, juggling her son, her brother and her miserable boss, played with pitch-perfect petulance by Matthew Broderick. Once described as a film about "beautiful losers," it is just that, and Mr. Lonergan and company make it all very memorable. Jon Tenney and Rory Culkin also appear. Mr. Lonergan wrote the screenplay.
Senna (2010)
Director Asif Kapadia's portrait of Brazilian Formula One legend Ayrton Senna—and his ugly rivalry with French driver Alain Prost—was the beneficiary of the ban against cigarette advertising on television: Tobacco companies, desperate for exposure, starting channeling their ad money into racing, sponsoring drivers, pasting logos on everything that moved and filming every race with multiple cameras. Mr. Kapadia, given unprecedented access to the Formula One archives, was able to make a nonfiction film with the same kind of visual storytelling options available to a Hollywood director. The result: One of the better documentaries on the theme.
Zodiac (2007)
Jake Gyllenhall plays the obsessive rather than the detective—the cop is portrayed by Mark Ruffalo—in this highly atmospheric David Fincher thriller, shot with characteristic moodiness by Harris Savides. Based on murders committed in the Bay Area during the 1960s and '70s by a murderer known as Zodiac, it also stars Robert Downey Jr., who eats a bit of scenery as the reporter assigned to the case but is as fascinating to watch as Mr. Gyllenhaal, who is driven from boyish to bonkers by a serial killer with a flair for the dramatic. And whose identity remains unknown.


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Date & Time:Friday, March 29, 2013 - 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Hop on in anytime between 2:00-3:30, and spend part of your school holiday with us as we have some eggs-traordinary fun. Supplies will be on hand to turn plain plastic Easter eggs into works of art. Make a paper bunny basket to carry home your creations. For kindergarten and older.


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2 Nov 2010 8:18 AM #1
[FNR] NumberField not working in Firefox 3.6.11I use the following code in my app and it is working in anything but Firefox 3.6.11. I couldn't type anything including numbers in the field.
NumberField amount=new NumberField();
field.setFormat(NumberFormat.getDecimalFormat()); // The same result for any other format
Did I do something wrong?
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You are probably using GWT 2.1 and this is nto yet supported (due to braking changes). We will release an updated build soon. Please note that this is a duplicate report.
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I commited a first fix for this to SVN at revision 2317
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Can I see somewhere the changes that were done by your fix? As currently I can only see that something was done in a particular file, but not what exactly. This would be really helpful.
30 Jan 2012 2:51 PM #5
Note that this was fixed in 2.2.2 (which is pretty old now).
Here are the changes anyway:
- onKeyDown removed
- onKeyPress changed
@Override protected void onKeyPress(FieldEvent fe) { super.onKeyPress(fe); if (fe.isSpecialKey(getKeyCode(fe.getEvent()))) { return; } char key = getChar(fe.getEvent()); if (!allowed.contains(key)) { fe.stopEvent(); } }
private int lastKeyCode; private native char getChar(NativeEvent e) /*-{ return e.which || e.charCode || e.keyCode || 0; }-*/; private native int getKeyCode(NativeEvent e) /*-{ return e.keyCode || 0; }-*/;
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Great Photo!
perfect shot !!!
perfect shot ....very lovely ...
Great capture
SWEET shot!
Great Photo!
Too funny.
Lovely image - but National Geographic, you should be ashamed of labelling this African/Cape buffalo as an Asiatic water-buffalo! The bird, of course, is a yellow-billed oxpecker. Check your facts!!
Hermosa y excelente captura...! Felicito al amigo Akash Das por tan maravillosa fotografía.
photo looks like a cape land?
Precious and amazing. Nature, once again surprises us with all it's special events, sights and happenings! Thanks for sharing this shot of an almost Disney rendition of "Beauty and the Beast".
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Amazingly taken
Great photo in B&W.
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great shot..."ooh yes, just over t the left a bit!"
Great Photo!
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Beautiful shot of a win-win situation
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You scratch my back, and I'll......... wait a minute that just wont work! Great study of a buffalo and its tiny helpful friend, who is just that. I enjoy the picture a lot, Akash,because it is a great one. j.e.s........
Great pic but that's an African (Cape) Buffalo and not a Water (Asian) buffalo. Moreover, the ox-pecker on its face is endemic to Africa.
"Aaaah, get it off! get it off!"
Amazing shot!
super photographic
omg. fantastic photo!
Excellent shot Akash!
fine display of dependency among living things in an ecosystem!!
phenomenal shot!
What an expression! I love the contrast between the Bird's fine silky feathers and the Buffalo's dry leathery skin. I think the black and white does it justice. Well done Akash.
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The last week of this September you have to join the crowd in downtown Henderson, just a little away from Las Vegas. Specially if you area car enthusiast this is one event you cannot miss. Everyone will bring their classic and vintage cars to put up a show. Whether it is a street car, hot [Continue]


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80% off Photoshop Education edition with code SAVE80EDU for $39
Buy anything in the education store and use code SAVE80EDU to save 80% off the price.
That'll make Photoshop CS5 $40 instead of $200 and Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection $180 instead of $900.
You'll need to prove that you're a student by using an .edu email address and possibly also provide an ID.
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CS6 must be ready to roll out. Nice discount.
I couldn't get it to work. The button to continue the checkout process mysteriously disappeared after I entered my payment details. The order was never completed.
Same here.The promtional code button is inoperative, no matter what browser I use.
I was able to order, but had the submit button disappear on the verification page. Had to go through the verification process a second time before I was able to submit. Now the check status link doesn't do anything. I guess I'll wait 2 days and see what happens.
Deal is dead. Talked with Adobe this morning, and found out that it was a "marketing error." The code (SAVE80EDU) is dead, and they won't honor the price - which stinks - because I had the same problem yesterday with the submit button disappearing. I tried calling, but callbacks were an hour + out. Apparently they honored the deals they made yesterday at the low (80%) price but not anymore!
Here is the statement I received in an online chat with Adobe Sunday night.
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"We apologizse for any inconvenience caused, however, due to a technical error an incorrect messaging of promotion on education store got posted online and we are currently in the process of removing this messaging shortly, due to which the promo code will not be applicable on any of the Educational product purchase."
So - that's the official explanation. Basically, they goofed!
I must be lucky, then. Mine shipped out today! I had NO idea this was a bad deal because I jumped on it SO FAST. I made a purchase decision within 30 seconds of seeing this deal on a random Lifehacker article comment on the 22nd. Yeah, didn't even find it on deals.woot.
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Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources for LGBT older adults and their caregivers, advocates for public policy changes that address the needs of LGBT older people, and provides training for aging providers and LGBT organizations, largely through its National Resource Center on LGBT Aging. With offices in New York City, Washington, DC and Chicago, SAGE coordinates a growing network of 28 local SAGE affiliates in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
The mission of SAGE is to lead in addressing issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) aging. In partnership with its constituents and allies, SAGE works to achieve a high quality of life for LGBT older adults, supports and advocates for their rights, fosters a greater understanding of aging in all communities, and promotes positive images of LGBT life in later years.
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- The nation's first support group for LGBT older adults living with HIV/AIDS
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- Hosting five national conferences on LGBT aging, including a 2008 conference co-sponsored by AARP
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A Louisville Catholic priest with terminal cancer is scheduled to go on trial next year to face charges he sexually abused two boys in the 1970s.
Attorneys had delayed the trial in May because doctors said there was a possibility Rev. James Schook may not live to the end of this year.
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Hedge funds posted decline in May, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index posting a loss of -1.6%, says Hedge Fund Research, Inc., the indexation, analysis and research provider for the global hedge fund industry. This marks the third consecutive monthly decline, reducing the year to date gain for the index to 2.5% through May. "During the volatile month of May, investors reacted to increased European bank and sovereign bond risk and weakening U.S. economic data by aggressively moving portfolios toward less risky exposures," explains Kenneth J Heinz, president of HFR. "This
risk-off response adversely impacted certain areas of equity-sensitive hedge fund exposures, while benefitting strategies tactically positioned to insulate portfolios and produce gains resulting from the strong trends and volatile environment which materialised. In the current environment, at some level, every hedge fund is a Macro fund."
Mirroring trends across financial markets, hedge fund performance during May was widely divergent across strategies, with macro funds posting their best monthly performance since April 2011, while equity hedge posted its largest decline since September 2011. The HFRI Macro Index gained 1.7% in May, bringing YTD gains to 1.9%, with significant contributions from systematic strategies and positions in fixed income, commodities and currencies, with limited aggregate exposure to equity market volatility. The HFRI Macro: Systematic Diversified Index gained 4.1% in May and has gained 2.9% year to date.
The HFRI Equity Hedge Index posted a decline of -4.1% in the month, paring its year to date gain to +1.8%, with declines across growth, energy and emerging markets strategies only partially offset by short bias funds, which gained over 7%. Event driven strategies fell by -1.4%, paring year to date gains to 3.1%, with weakness in activist, distressed and equity special situations funds. Falling yields and increased volatility failed to offset the impact of credit weakness as Relative Value Arbitrage funds posted a decline of -1.3%, the first decline for this strategy in 2012, narrowing year to date gains to 3.1%, for the global strategy.


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Gran Canaria Airport
Ctra. Gral. del Sur., Gando/Telde 35071 Gran Canaria/Las Palmas
Telefon: 902 404 704
Website: www.aena.es
The airport is situated 18km (11 miles) south of Las Palmas.
How to get there
Access to the airport from Las Palmas and destinations on the east coast is via the island's main north-south motorway GC-1. The airport is well signposted from the motorway and adjoining secondary roads.
Information about parking possibilities at the Gran Canaria Airport
Access by public transport
There are frequent bus services operated by Global (tel: (928) 252 630; www.globalsu.net) between the airport and the capital, as well as other destinations on the island. Bus 60 runs to Las Palmas for Parque de San Catalina and Parque de San Telmo. Bus 66 runs to Faro de Maspalomas. Bus services depart from outside the Arrivals halls of zones A and C.
Taxis (tel: (928) 154 777) are available from stands outside the Arrivals areas of all three zones.
Information desk
Information desks are located on level 1 of the airport in all three zones. The Gran Canaria Tourist Board has a tourist information point in the EU Arrivals hall (Zone A), with tourist information and maps available (tel: (928) 574 117; www.turismodecanarias.com).
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Bill and I say the Edison Local School District deserves a special thank you for its amazing support of the Abigail's Angels Charity Walk on Sept. 22.
Edison people really turned out to support our own Abigail Kinney, a third-grader at John Gregg Elementary School. There were countless Edison students, parents, staff members, teachers, clubs and administrators who participated in the charity walk and donated money to support Abigail's quest for sight. It was especially great to see the Edison High School football team show up to walk together.
Everyone was very proud to be a part of Edison Local, and their kindness and support was very much appreciated. Thank you to everyone who participated. It was an excellent example of Edison pride.
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Is there a way to stream Netflix content to my Ubuntu machine?
Important: Please note that Ubuntu releases 12.04, 14.04 and newer now support native Netflix playback via HTML5. The solution in this answer should only be used in cases where native playback is not possible (e.g. unsupported Ubuntu releases, browsers other than Google Chrome).
As of December 7th, 2012 the following works on 12.04 and 12.10 (at least).
Note: For new instructions --as of October 2013-- on how to install (Windows-)
Open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T), an type:
This will install around 254MB of packages, mainly it will install
Then run the newly installed "netflix-desktop" application from the menu (or from the command line).
If something went wrong in the installation (third party links are involved), don't panic: netflix-desktop will detect that something is missing and try to reinstall it, if that also fails, start over.
When you run it for the first time it will initialize
The window will open in fullscreen, which is very elegant, but if you want to have control over the window press F11 right away to exit fullscreen mode. (It may also ask to install a Firefox extension --specially designed-- that makes fullscreen mode more friendly.)
Use Netflix as you would normally do.
It worked flawlessly in my Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 (I have a Core i7).
(As you may have realized at this poin, the
Credits and references: This information was originally taken from http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-netflix-in-ubuntu-through.html. Although this is a result of a campaign initiated by www.iheartubuntu.com in http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/02/netflix-on-linux-contest.html, resulting in this achievement http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/ppa-for-netflix-desktop-app.html (by Erich Hoover) which also contains a link for donations to support the development. There is also https://launchpad.net/netflix-desktop
Bonus: By running this you have a fully functional Firefox 17 (Windows version) with working Silverlight that can be used to navigate other sites, by pressing F10 -> View -> Toolbars -> Navigation menu on the main window you can access any site and be able to use Silverlight.
Alternative Method: Install Windows-Silverlight in Linux-Firefox
Alternatively, it is now possible to install Silverlight inside (Linux) Firefox as if it were a native plugin. (you can see http://fds-team.de/cms/pipelight-installation.html for more info)
Then install the
Then go to www.netflix.com.
Source: Pipelight: Use Silverlight In Your Linux Browser To Watch Netflix, Maxdome Videos And More ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
Native HTML5 playback on Ubuntu 14.04 and up
You can now watch Netflix natively and without user-agent-spoof (thank you Netflix) with HTML5 on Google Chrome.
If you are on Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 make sure you are up to date before you proceed:
Or graphically, open Update Manager and click Check then Install Updates:
You will need an updated installation of Google Chrome (not Chromium; and make sure to choose the right package for your machine):
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Bonus: Netflix Webapp
You can integrate Netflix with your Ubuntu desktop by creating a nice
Now you have a Netflix WebApp!:
Alternatively you can also use the Chrome plug-in and launch it in "Windowed" mode by doing the following:
This will make Netlix available in the Dash:
If you don't like the appearance of the scroll bars, you can enable Chrome's overlay scrollbars. Go to chrome://flags/#overlay-scrollbars and Enable them. Now you have scrollbars that complete the experience:
Actually - to address your question. PlayOn the service which drives Netflix (and Hulu) will be rolling out an HTML5 client which should negate the need for Silverlight (and Moonlight). It's out for the iPhone now - but I assume that shortly will be used to stream PlayOn services to Linux Machines.
I read a while ago that it might be possible to run a Wii emulator instead of virtual box, but I don't think that would be an improvement for most people. I've been meaning to try Netflix in an android emulator since the app came out, however I still need to test if it will actually work. The problem is that the app is only "approved" for certain phones. There is a hack that is suppose to work for rooted phones, So I think there's a good chance this could be a better solution than virtual box, but it's hard to say for sure.
If someone else gets this working please let me know.
Moonlight, while it is an open-source alternative to Silverlight, does not work for Netflix. The reason that this does not work for Netflix is that Netflix also requires DRM support, which Moonlight does not give.
There IS a way to watch things on Netflix through Ubuntu though.
You will want to virtualize Windows XP/Vista/7 on Ubuntu. I would recommend Virtualbox, but you are free to use whatever you want. Under the virtual machine, you can use the real Silverlight and DRM-support and watch Netflix.
Pipelight is a plugin that builds upon Erich Hoover's Netflix-Desktop to allow Ubuntu users to watch Netflix from within a native Firefox browser.
Add compholio and pipelight ppa
Install Pipelight
Close your browser first!
Now Silverlight will work on some sites but Netflix and some others check the browser user agent and will not play on a Linux machine.
Install a plugin to change user agent
I used User Agent Overrider
In Firefox got to Tools -> Add Ons and search for User Agent.
Install User Agent Overrider
Select the latest Firefox/Windows combination.
Head over to netflix.com and enjoy.
Netflix desktop is too resource intensive and the overlay is VERY ANNOYING, I would HIGHLY recommend the following steps and use Firefox.
Add Netflix for Firefox
Open Terminal
add user agent overrider to Firefox Add ons
change user agent string to windows/chrome34
Now you won't have a dedicated application for Netflix and you can use your existing browser installation.
Another non related benefit of pipelight is that you can enable the latest Flash version with it. No need for pepper anymore! :)
Try running these commands:
Then find netflix in the launcher and it should work.
BUT if it doesn't work the first time, like it didn't for me, try this:
I got my answers from here: http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/ppa-for-netflix-desktop-app.html
It has some further troubleshooting notes that I didn't post here so check it out if this doesn't work for you.
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Let's see here... melatonin is synthesized like this:
Tryptophan (Trp) --> 5-HTP --> Serotonin (5-HT) --> N-Acetylserotonin (NAS) --> Melatonin
As a result, any food which contains tryptophan is a good candidate.
Foods containing Trp: Egg, Spirulina and Cod are good sources of tryptophan.
As it happens, 5-HTP is also a good candidate, since you can buy it as a dietary supplement. Keep in mind though that whether you're boosting Trp or 5-HTP, you're facing a lot of rate-limiting enzymes so there's no telling how strong the effect is really going to be.
Of course you can just take melatonin directly, since it's available as a dietary supplement. If you need anything more powerful than that, go seek your doctor.


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In case you didn't notice, Comic-Con International happened last weekend. As always, it was an epic affair with tons of announcements, stunts and surprises. Amid cannons firing, actors dressing up as themselves, and big movie plans, there were also a good number of genuine surprises from comics.
Usually I end up picking a winner of Comic-Con, but after Dynamite Entertainment flooded the air waves with announcements the days before the event, no one else seemed to stand out as the clear winner. It's not that everyone slacked off, however: They brought a good variety of interesting and exciting projects, and a number of standout announcements made my ears perk up. So instead of declaring a winner, I'm going to run down my Top 6 Comic-Con surprises in comics.
Before I start, though, two publishers deserve a little recognition for serious contenders for the Comic-Con crown. Top Shelf Productions classed up the joint by bringing in Congressman John Lewis for the debut of his graphic novel, March: Book One with artist Nate Powell and co-writer Andrew Aydin. I have little doubt this trilogy will end up being a historic release with profound benefits for schools, libraries and organizations looking for a powerful teaching tool and first=person account of the Civil Rights Movement and non-violent resistance. Plus, come on, photos of Lewis meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson and Lou Ferrigno? Everybody else, just pack it up. Maybe not as much of a milestone, but IDW Publishing also deserves a nod for the pure quantity and variety of good-looking books announced.
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It's pretty much, looking good all the time, hitting on the ladies and just having a good time. Just being cool!
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Swagging, the motion of which you do sexual actions. Swagging while dancing of doggy styling/dry humping a girl from the back in a rhythmic motion. Swagging by yourself is the motion of which a guy masturbates, in this he preforms in a rhythmic motion also.
Yo i was swagging that girl so hard yesterday on the dance floor.
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When you doing something amazing, such as winning something so badly, that you have more swag just for doing it.
Can also be used as an adverb. (Swaggingly)
Can also be used as an adverb. (Swaggingly)
The Yankees were Swagging so hard yesterday against the Red Sox!
Eminem was Swaggingly amazing at his concert last night!
Eminem was Swaggingly amazing at his concert last night!
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swagging: the cocky behavior of someone who is riding high with self-confidence - especially as it spills into wild and crazy sex.
My boyfriend was riding so high after dinner with the boss that as soon as the boss left, he grabbed me and kissed me like that famous V-J Day kiss. He was swagging from the bar to the dance floor all night long. It was the best sex of my life.
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WHEELING - Wheeling Hospital has launched a Lung Nodule Evaluation Center, designed to provide a comprehensive team approach to managing patients' lung abnormalities.
The center, the first of its kind in the region, will benefit patients and their family physicians by providing a central location to refer cases, according to officials. A team of pulmonologists, radiologists, chest surgeons and oncologists will be available to evaluate the patient, their medical records and all lung images to coordinate a multidisciplinary approach toward evaluation of the nodule, officials said.
"The new center is yet another example of our commitment of helping area residents find specialized care close to their homes. There is now no need to leave the area for this type of comprehensive team approach to dealing with lung nodules," said Wheeling Hospital Chief Executive Officer Ron Violi.
Among the members of the team are Dr. Jondavid Pollock, a radiation oncologist at Wheeling Hospital's Schiffler Cancer Center; pulmonologist Dr. Richard Ryncarz; and cardiothoracic surgeons Dr. Victor Maevsky and Dr. Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari. Additional physician specialists are planned for the center .
"Approximately 90 percent of lung nodules do not cause symptoms and are often identified on a chest X-ray or chest CT scan when a patient is being evaluated for other medical problems," Pollock said. "Now, upon identifying the nodule, the patient's physician may contact the new clinic for rapid evaluation of the patient and all tests performed to date. The center's team can then prescribe an appropriate and efficient plan to further evaluate the nodule, coordinating all efforts with the patient's other doctors."
Pollock indicated that nodules are often benign (non-cancerous) and do not require further evaluation, particularly if they are small and have remained stable over a long period of time. However, he said, new nodules, or those larger than 1 centimeter, with certain characteristics or seen in present or past smokers, generally require a more comprehensive evaluation. That evaluation may include a repeat X-ray, CT scan, biopsy or surgery.
"New minimally invasive diagnostic methods, with fewer side effects, are available to our patients today and the clinic team is very skilled with the latest technologies present," noted Pollock.
The Lung Nodule Evaluation Center is located in the hospital's Tower 4 and can be reached by telephoning (304) 243-3353.


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To the editor: A part of the debate on the gun issue is truly clear to all — guns don't kill people, people kill people. Well, with one you get better odds of killing something, too....
The idea of the author that somehow criminals will follow the laws is laughable. The problem is that laws that are already on the books are not enforced. Criminals are paroled, released early, when they are charged and convicted anyway. Firearms need to be available to law abiding citizens to protect themselves from the scum that do not follow laws. Remember, police investigate crime, not prevent it when you need them, they are minutes away.
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Actually, no, I made the argument that the laws that already exist should be enforced, and that those that break said laws should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. I also stated that firearms need to be available to law abiding citizens so that they have the means to protect themselves and their families from those that disobey the laws. If I recall, you once said that if someone saved your life or the life of a family member with a firearm, you'd try to beat them up.
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And your point is???
Criminals won't give up guns, follow laws, abide by their probation agreement, stop robbing, murdering, raping, shooting, stabbing, or bludgening people, or buying selling, and using illegal drugs. Police cannot be everywhere so without the abaility to obtain, and carry a firearm where does that leave the citizen? It makes them easy victims of criminals. You are avoiding this argument with your typical diversionary tactics because you know you'll lose.
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Such policies would be an infringment upon the rights of gun owners. The 2nd Ammendment makes firearm ownership a RIGHT. Gun owners should not have to register, be taxed on, or pay fees for a right. On a side note, would you be outraged if tax consumers were charged a poll tax, voter registration tax, etc to vote? How about a mandatory 10 yr sentence for voting violations? Gun owners that violate laws (regardless of how stupid those laws are) are fined and to be honest the penalty for violations are very high (10yrs in most cases). Police investigate crime, not prevent it. You could have an officer on every corner and crime would still happen. The best option is still to allow citizens to be armed.
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By imposing a tax on firearms, you are turning a right into a priveledge. If voter fraud is so enforced, how come those in Chicago caught in the act of voter fraud are not serving a 10 yr mandatory sentence? That is just the tip of the iceburg for firearms violations. The left wants to disarm citizens so that the citizens must rely more upon government, thus keeping liberals in office. Take Mark Kelly for example, after delivering his speech about how we need more gun control he buys an AR-15 a 1911A1 and "high-capacity magazines." I think we need to bring back a poll tax. If you pay income taxes you can vote, if you are on welfare you have to pay 15% of your benefit cost before you can cast a vote. To use your lingo we would not be stopping people from voting, just charging them to do so.
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Mr. Core, the 2nd Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, the one that shall not be infringed is a right. So, if you are taxing people to utilize that, it is no longer a right it is a privledge. If you start taxing people to vote, the same thing happens, same as if you were to tax people for assembling and protesting this oor that. Rights are not things that can be taken away or charge a fee to express. BTW, of all your comments, not one person agrees with you. I wonder who is wrong here?LOL! You're playing of word games does not change the fact that your ideas are bassackwards.
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The people should be free to buy, and own and operate whatever firearms they want. Their right to operate said firearms ends when their bullets fly over, across, or into my property. As for government regulation of brass knuckles and automatic knives go, how did such things come about? Automatic knives are no more or less a knife than a steak knife, or a common pocket knife, they just have a spring. "Brass knuckles" are just an inert piece of brass which the same purpose could be served with a roll of quarters, a caribiner, and some types of mechanic gloves. My point is that government should stay out of the whole dang argument, let the people do what they want as long as "whatever" does not infringe upon the rights of another.
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Rocket Propelled Grenade0340. Hmmm? Interesting.
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Core, perhaps you did not understand the idea "as long as somthing does not infringe upon the rights of another." If a person could buy weapons grade uranium (and by the way your example is crap and not practical) fine, as long as it does not injure, kill, or contaminate somthing belonging to someone else. A better example is the Kalashnikov, it is perfectly fine to carry, own, and use, so long as said use does not infringe upon the rights of others. You have a problem understanding what true freedom is, don't you.
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You see, that is just the problem with you. You want to play scrabble when your arguments fall short. We were discussing firearms then you bring in all sorts of stuff and now you want to discuss brass knuckles and ICBM's. I doubt that you could even define what a "high capacity magazine" is, let alone define the term "assault rifle." Just out of curiosity, what is your issue with automatic knives and brass knuckles?
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I understand the argument perfectly, you do not understand what an "assault rifle," or a "high capacity magazine" is. Therefore, trying to carry on a discussion about this with you would be like someone trying to carry on a conversation about differential equations with me. You lack the basic foundation of knowledge in regard to firearms, and about the second amendment. My copy of the Constitution says "Shall Not Be Infringed." I believe that both you and I know what that means.
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To quote my favorite radio show host, "Liberalism creates the exact opposite of it's stated intent." The gun grabbers, especially Obama have sold more guns and ammo than anyone in history. Even some people (libs, and dems I know) went out and bought guns having never owned one before. I'll put it this way, the more guns and ammo people buy the more tears liberals shed. I hope they are washed away in their own flood.
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The problem is that I am no longer able to boot in compatibility mode for just turning on my Nvidia graphics to install the driver. Because no login screen will appear if Ubuntu is loading.
In Ubuntu 11.10 I was able to activate nvidia graphics only' option this way:
1) Change BIOS to 'compatibility mode' which will turn off the Intel card.
2) Install the Nvidia proprietary driver using Ubuntu's driver finder (Additional Drivers) and then reboot.
I was not interested using only the Intel graphics, for the sake of battery life. Now I have both cards running and they drain my battery life dramatically. And the main problem of this configuration no OpenGL is available, so I can't play any games any more.
At this point, I have a pre-solution. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers and installed bumblebee. Now the Intel card is recognized. I would prefer to run just the nvidia card as in Ubuntu 11.10 but for now this is better than nothing. Does anybody else have the same problem?


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The 7 acre Sutton Coldfield Cemetery was opened in 1881 as an additional burial ground for Holy Trinity Church. As the land was buried upon a further 10 acres of burial land was provided in 1934 when an area next to the original cemetery was opened.
Responsibility for the cemetery was later transferred to Sutton Coldfield Borough Council and then to Birmingham City Council in 1974 on Local Government reorganisation.
The cemetery has narrow tree lined avenues in the old part and is not suitable for vehicles.
This cemetery has no land for new graves and administration is carried out from Sutton New Hall Cemetery.
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Public children's graves are available in the older parts of the cemetery and private children's graves are available in the newer portion.
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A wide variety of memorial designs are present within the cemetery, ranging from towering statues to simple tablets for cremated remains plots. The type of section in which a grave lies determines the type of memorial permissible. On a traditional section a headstone, and/or kerb running the length of the grave is permissible. No fencing is allowed.
On a lawn section a headstone and base is permissible. Kerbing, fencing or chippings are not permitted, although the ground may be cultivated up to 18" (46cm) from the headstone. Traditional sections in the older part of the cemetery and lawn sections are in the newer parts of the cemetery.
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I've done some search in Internet and other sources about this question. Why the name ring to this particular object? Just curiosity.
I've done some search in Internet and other sources about this question. Why the name ring to this particular object? Just curiosity.
The name "ring" is derived from Hilbert's term "Zahlring" (number ring), introduced in his Zahlbericht for certain rings of algebraic integers. As for why Hilbert chose the name "ring", I recall reading speculations that it may have to do with cyclical (ring-shaped) behavior of powers of algebraic integers. Namely, if $\:\alpha\:$ is an algebraic integer of degree $\rm\:n\:$ then $\:\alpha^n\:$ is a $\rm\:\mathbb Z$-linear combination of lower powers of $\rm\:\alpha\:,\:$ thus so too are all higher powers of $\rm\:\alpha\:.\:$ Hence all powers cycle back onto $\rm\:1,\:\alpha,\:,\ldots,\alpha^{n-1}\:,\:$ i.e. $\rm\:\mathbb Z[\alpha]\:$ is a finitely generated $\:\mathbb Z$-module. Possibly also the motivation for the name had to do more specifically with rings of cyclotomic integers. However, as plausible as that may seem, I don't recall the existence of any historical documents that provide solid evidence in support of such speculations.
Beware that one has to be very careful when reading such older literature. Some authors mistakenly read modern notions into terms which have no such denotation in their original usage. To provide some context I recommend reading Lemmermeyer and Schappacher's Introduction to the English Edition of Hilbert's Zahlbericht. Below is a pertinent excerpt.
Below is an excerpt from Leo Corry's Modern algebra and the rise of mathematical structures, p. 149.
Below are a couple typical examples of said speculative etymology of the term "ring" via the "circling back" nature of integral dependence, from Harvey Cohn's Advanced Number Theory, p. 49.
and from Rotman's Advanced Modern Algebra, p. 81.


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I'm looking at the Ubuntu app development tool Quickly. From what I can see only Python is available with this tool. Is this correct or are other languages like Java (and others) also available?
Quickly is extensible to provide a template infrastructure to allow the use of different technologies, but right now the
You can see more detail on the technologies it puts together here:
That said, the flexibility of Quickly's template system makes it easy for anyone to create new templates with other technology choices. Check these out:
On the last link you'll see that there is work in progress to extend the core set of templates to provide apps based on different tech, such as an HTML5 app, or a Qt app, but until they're finished, the recommendation is to use the