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Discover a staggering choice of things to do in Tokyo. World-renowned shopping, idyllic parks and gardens, unique dining experiences and thrillingly diverse nightlife are all waiting to be enjoyed on holidays in the remarkable Japanese capital.
The famous Tokyo shopping districts of Akihabara, Ginza and Shibuya will meet your every retail need. Japan is also renowned for its wonderfully ornate gardens and parks filled with cherry blossom in spring, with some of the finest to be found in Tokyo. Sample superb sushi and other exotic dishes, and experience a different scene each evening, courtesy of the city's eclectic nightlife.
Gadget lovers and anime enthusiasts will be in heaven in the famous shopping district of Akihabara. Or for big-brand shops, luxury labels and flagship department stores, make your way to Ginza. Young fashion followers favour buzzing Shibuya. Or discover the shimmering hub of shopping and dining that is Roppongi Hills.
With its array of beautiful Shinto shrines and temples, Ueno Park symbolises traditional Japanese culture. If this glorious green space whets your cultural appetite, why not explore it further with ikebana flower arranging or origami lessons? Discover the ancient practise of tea ceremonies, or watch an exciting sumo wrestling match.
Marvel at the myriad rows of exotic fresh fish at the famous Tsukiji Fish Market. Combining sushi with potent sake is a must when in Tokyo – for the best in town, head to the revered Kyubey restaurant. Or get the Lost in Translation experience at the refined New York Grill.
Hop on a free bus from Shibuya to reach Ageha, renowned for its pumping beats and hip poolside scene. Or mingle with an international crowd over laidback drinks at Bobby's Bar. Take in a performance at the Kabuki-Za theatre, and admire the glittering city by night from the Tokyo Skytree.
There's much to see and do in Japan's vast capital city and this full-day tour is the perfect introduction to Tokyo's essesights. Highlights include: visit the famous Meiji Shinto Shrine, dedicated to the Emperor Meiji. Stroll through the impressive Imperial Palace East Garden, with its tea pavilion, beautiful Japanese Garden and moats. Take in the oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Asakusa Kannon Temple, before shopping at the world-renowned retail district of Ginza and a leisurely 50-minute Tokyo Bay Cruise.
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Discover the most popular sights of Tokyo on an afternoon tour and take a leisurely cruise on the Sumida River. The highlights of this 3.5 hour experience include: a visit to the 40th floor observatory deck of the World Trade Center to enjoy breathtaking city views; a relaxing 40-minute boat ride from Hinode to the Asakusa pier on the Sumida River; Asakusa Kannon Temple, the oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo; shopping at Ginza, Tokyo's celebrated retail and entertainment district.
Take in two of Tokyo's must-see attractions on a guided tour of the Asakusa district and the Tokyo Skytree. Your guided coach tour passes the magnificent Imperial Palace and art-deco National Diet Building, along with the glittering shopping and entertainment districts of Ginza and Akihabara. You'll then visit Asakusa, where the highlight will be Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple. Then get ready for the breathtaking panoramic vistas that await you from the awe-inspiring Tokyo Skytree, one of the world's tallest buildings.
Admire Japan's beautiful spring cherry blossoms on this 3-hour guided walking tour. You'll start with a jaunt through famous Ueno Park, one of the most scenic locations in Tokyo to see the wonderful pink and white blooms. Marvel at this glorious natural vision before stopping for some traditional Japanese refreshments. You'll then head to the 17th century Kaneiji Temple before visiting Yanaka. Take in this historic neighbourhood's Edo-period buildings and stroll through streets lined with yet more picture-perfect blossom trees.


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By Mary Kay HoalThe choices that kids and teens make matter; their decisions and their choices, will be what ends bullying – whether online or in person – nothing more, nothing less.It's simple. It's straightforward. It's powerful and it's exactly the message that the nine to 16 year olds at Yoursphere.com want their peers, parents and teachers to understand and learn while also challenging each of us make a better choice.When listening to the young community at Yoursphere talk about the problems they and their peers face related to bullying, one message bubbled from the crowd loud and clear: 'We are what matters when it comes to ending bullying; our choices matter. We can stop bullying by making a choice not to bully each other'. Instead, they said, choosing kindness, respect, compassion, friendship or love over bullying, and applying that choice to their every day actions was what needed to be done in order to end bullying.The insight of these thoughtful and inspiring kids and teens from Yoursphere is the driving force behind Yoursphere Media Inc.'s nonprofit (FCISER) anti-bullying education campaign, "I Choose"."I Choose" aims to stop bullying of all kinds with this simple, positive approach, challenging young to embrace the concept that bullying is a choice and the power to choose is theirs. They're urged to consider their words and actions before they have the power to hurt someone else. When confronted with a choice involving peer relationships, they're asked to put their chosen word into action.Visitors to the "I Choose" website are also invited to make a choice and to share their story. The site shares a number of heart-felt, but also heart warming real-life stories and videos of young adults, kids and teens that experienced bullying, as well as poignant tales about how the healthy choices they have made have impacted their lives.For youth leaders, educators and teachers, Classroom Challenge Kits are offered as a way to incorporate the "I Choose" philosophy into the lives of the young people that they work with.This blog was reposted from www.aplatformforgood.org/blog/entry/kids-and-teens-say-their-choices-are-the-key-to-ending-bullying._______________MARY KAY HOAL is a nationally recognized children and family online safety expert. She is the mother of five children ranging in age from 8 – 21 years old. She is the founder and president of Yoursphere Media Inc., which focuses on the family and publishes the award-winning kids' social network Yoursphere.com, and the Internet and social networking safety resource site YoursphereForParents.com. The company's education nonprofit, (FCISER), engages community educators and industry leaders in empowering families with solutions to have a positive and safer digital experience.

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Flame wreath add on who broke
Flame Wreath… No other two words have never instilled sap much fear in so many!
What you can't do in Flame Wreath:
- MOVE. Simple really.
- No movement.
- No jumping.
- No Night Elf backflips.
- No Rez's – no battle Rex, no soul stone, no rebirth (well none if either party member is in Flame Wreath).
What you can do.
- Anything that doesn't involve movement.
- So you can cast spells and melée as long as you don't move.
If you are in position already you can melée while in Flame Wreath. If you have to move, reach for the chip packet or red bull rather than the mouse.
Flame Wreath can come at inconvenient moments – as you run in to engage Aran, in the last moments of the fight, during Blizzard. It can suck, but that's life, be patient.
So how do you know who moved?
Did you miss the guy flying through the air?
That's one way to work it out… The person that moves gets launched into the air (and takes damage, and deals damage)
The dealing of damage is the next clue.
Look back in your combat log (or WWS report) and look for "Player x deals so much damage to Player y, z, etc…)
You don't need a mod or addon, you just need your combat log, which with the default UI (user interface) is with your normal chat window – but on a different tab.
Within that tab there are a few options including what happened to me, and the whole combat log.
Just scroll through until you find an entry about one (or more) of your raid doing damage to another raid member(s). This is the only damage you will do to each other in this fight.
There, easy, UI purists rejoice, no addons required!
Gnomer and Out!
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Cajun Stuffed Mushrooms
These gluten-free Cajun stuffed mushrooms are tangy and will tantalize the tip of your tongue. But if you want your Cajun stuffed mushrooms to be five-alarm, then use gluten-free hot sausage and add more Cajun seasoning.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Yield: 24 mushroom caps
Nonstick cooking spray
16 large mushrooms
2 small onions
1 green pepper
1/2 pound gluten-free spicy sausage
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Line an 8-x-11-inch baking dish with foil.
Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
Clean the mushrooms, removing the stems from the caps.
Set the caps aside.
Chop the stems and the onion.
Mince the green pepper.
In a large skillet, brown the mushroom stems, 1 cup onion, 1/4 cup green pepper, and the sausage over medium heat, breaking the meat up with a fork.
Stir in the garlic powder, Cajun seasoning, parsley flakes, and cumin.
Pile the stuffing into the mushroom caps, dividing evenly.
Set the caps, stuffing side up, in the prepared baking dish.
In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese.
Spoon the mixture on top of each mushroom cap.
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Retired Colonel Ray Longknife and Marine Captain Terrence "Trouble" Tordon come to Savannah via different routes, but what they find is the same. One bully strongman is intent on keeping power no matter what the new rules are for peace. He's got the population cowered by thugs, and tanks at the ready. He expects to win the coming elections handily.
He doesn't expect trouble. Or, in this case, Mrs. Trouble—aka Ruth Tordon—a Marine wife on a mission to find the drug lords that almost killed her and her husband and put them out of business—and she's not about to be stopped by some barely trained roughnecks.
Abandoned by their strongman and desperate in defeat, the heavy armor get ready to roll into town over anybody in their way. But Ray Longknife, Trouble and Ruth are standing in their way…and nothing is going to flatten them.
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One of the greatest joys a writer can have is to get to finish a novel put on hold ten years ago.
Oh, ah, and one of the toughest things a writer can do is finish a book that was put away one quarter done ten years back. "Right. Of course I knew what I was doing with it. Yes, I have it around here…somewhere."
I had 25,000 words, written the way I wrote thirteen years ago, but not how I write today. Oh, and I had not one but TWO outlines for the book. Two DIFFERENT outlines. Oh dear.
Being the organic writer I am, I took off writing and quickly added 15,000 words before I noticed that not only was I writing the story different, but there might be a few things I needed to add from at least one of the outlines.
Okay, maybe both of them had some good ideas.
I went back and started revising the whole thing from page one. And spotted that I really did need that scene at the abandoned space station where Ray and Mary get in a whole lot of trouble.
And then Gramma Trouble arrives at the space port and there are these two adorable street urchins and the story heads off after them.
For those of you who spotted it, yes, Major Barbara is a shout out to George Bernard Shaw.
I have no idea where the tanks came from. They weren't in either outline but they just kind of drove into the story and, hey, nobody gets in the way of a 75 ton monster. No one.
Unless you're light infantry and hunting tanks is what you do for fun.
The day Trouble tells the Special State Police they're out of a job was always going to be in the book. I read about a certain morning just like that when U.S. Marines told some Haitian police/street thugs that they should stay home and it went down just like that.
Then, of course, there was the waltz up Black Mountain. It had been covered as a family tale, almost worn so well as to be poetry, in Kris Longknife's Mutineer. Only now, I had to return it to prose and put back in all the blood and mud, artillery and hail.
And to add complications, Gramma Trouble mentioned in Kris Longknife's Audacious that she still felt her shoulder wound when the weather changed. Did she get that wound on Savannah or later? Well, there's no time like the present.
So, while Grampa Trouble heads into one meat grinder, I had to find something for Gramma Trouble to get into.
By now the story was rolling along like a freight train and I was having as much fun writing it I know you'll have reading it.
All in all, it was fascinating to go back to a book I shelved over ten years ago and let the characters come out and play. It was also a challenge to write about Kris Longknife's great grandparents' world and fill in the holes that were left from Kris's stories while making sure all the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
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The US Coast Guard R&D Center is using the Gevo-blended fuel as part of a 12-month, long-term operational study on marine engines that began during June. The testing is being performed under a research and development pact between the US Coast Guard, Honda and Mercury.
Gevo has begun supplying the research and development
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marine fuel specifications, including fit-for-purpose
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characteristics will offer consumers a high-performance,
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The R&D center is using the Gevo-blended fuel as
part of a 12-month, long-term operational study on marine
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The testing is being performed under a cooperative research and
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Sure you guys get asked the same basic stuff a lot, but I wanted to kind of personal the questions with my own information to get better answers.
I'm a 29 year old female, had a baby last May and started getting back into shape around Jan 1 of this year. A few years ago I ran a 16k and I am training to do it again on May 21 of this year (which is also my son's first birthday- yeah!- I'm at 13k right now). I am considering signing up for a local triathalon that is on July 21 of this year. I really need to focus on my running for the next month so swimming and biking would be taking backseat until after my race. Because of my son, I usually work out a the gym (because they have childcare) but manage 2 outdoor workouts per week.
The triathalon I am considering is a 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run. Currently I don't really swim (but have grown up swimming in the local lake which is very calm, it is a parallel shore swim as well). I do a 75 minute all-terrain cycle class at my gym each week (we use the tension to simulate hills etc, the tri bike is a flat, paved ride the website describes as 'easy') and I currently get in 2 outdoor runs a week (one around 6-7km and one 10-13 and building km). My plan is to focus the next month on hitting about 18km before my race. After my race I would start using my 2 weekly outdoor exercise days as brick training days, swimming at the local YMCA (not my gym so no childcare) until the weather gets nice enough to start practicing in the lake and doing runs and bikes outdoors. I would try to focus my gym workouts on running and cycling (no pool at my gym)
I am also currenly about 50lbs overweight (I have lost 34lb since Jan but still have a ways to go). The weight situation is only going to get better before July, but it still does make it harder on me physically.
My real question is- am I nuts to think I can do this? If I already have the running up to par, and cycle 75 minutes/week, is 2 months of training long enough to get the swimming up and get the combination and endurance strong?
If it's at the end of Jule and the lake is normally about 21 degree celcius (70 degrees Farenheit) do I still want/need a wetsuit? If it will be a financial strain is it really necessary?-
I really like group exercise classes. If I do 1-2 longer outdoor cycles a week, is doing a 60-75 minute group cycle class several times a week helpful to my training as well, or do I need to use a stationary bike by myself without the 'class'?
I currently aim to workout 6 days a week (Sometimes I do only hit 5 of them) but I would try a workout schedule like this for the 2 months before my tri:
Monday-60 minute step class, 60 minute weight lifting class (I know this isn't tri related but I'd hate to cut it because I enjoy it)
Wednesday- 6-8km run and 1hour of swimming laps (mostly in pool but in lake when warmer- when in lake can extend time too)
Thursday- 1h cycle class (could probably add some treadmill time after most of the time)
Friday- 75 minute cycle class
Saturday- 30 minute step, 30 minute weight lifting, 30 minutes aerobic and 30 minutes core training- (this is another fun combo of classes I enjoy at my gym)
Sunday-bike to YMCA or lake (about 7.5km ), swim as long as I can (try to work up to 2km) and then bike home and longer as I progress (is it bad that I have to bike to get to the pool? then swim, then bike again? It would be a pain for my husband to load the baby in the car and give me a ride over to the Y so I could swim and bike home)
Thanks for any help or advice
Go Mommy go! Sounds like you've got a pretty structured training plan in place. You're not crazy to want to do a triathlon. You can do anything you set your mind to!
To answer your question about a wetsuit, if the lake is 70 degrees you'll probalby be fine without it.
As for your training plan, its very well rounded. My only suggestion would be that you should mix up the distances for your run and bike ride. You're going to want to get in a few longer runs and rides before the race. Riding your bike to the lake is a great brick workout. You might even want to throw in a run while your at the lake too. It would be a good idea to put set some distance goals with dates so you know you are on track as it gets closer to race day.
Don't forget to practice your transitions. There are lots of videos on youtube that show you how to set up and get through the transisitions.
Best of luck!
I would just like to point out that swimming and biking are excellent cross-training for running. My favourite training program at the moment is the one from the book "run less, run faster", in which one of the easy run days is replaced with swimming and another easy run day is replaced with biking. So, there's no reason that you couldn't work triathlon-appropriate training into your run-only training routine!
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee said. He was 47.
Police in Rialto, California, received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m., said Capt. Randy De Anda. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.
There were no preliminary signs of foul play, De Anda said, and no obvious injuries on King's body. Police are conducting a drowning investigation, he said, and King's body would be autopsied.
Rodney King's Legacy
Kelly -- who was a juror in King's lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in 1994 -- told police King was an "avid swimmer," but that she was not, De Anda said. She reported the two had just had a conversation and she went inside, but came back out after hearing a splash and saw him at the bottom of the pool.
De Anda said he did not see any drug paraphernalia "or anything that would indicate that Mr. King was intoxicated" at the scene, but a toxicology screen would be performed.
King's beating after a high-speed car chase and its aftermath forever changed Los Angeles, its police department and the dialogue on race in America.
"I am saddened by the death of Rodney King," said Bernard Parks, a Los Angeles city councilman who served as LAPD chief from 1997 to 2002. "Although his beating will forever be thought of as one of the ugliest moments in the history of the city of Los Angeles and its police department, the victimization of Mr. King and the circumstances that followed created an atmosphere that allowed LAPD and the city to make historic disciplinary and community-based reforms that have made for a better police department and a better city as a whole."
"Rodney King was a symbol of civil rights and he represented the anti-police brutality and anti-racial profiling movement of our time," the Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement. "It was his beating that made America focus on the presence of profiling and police misconduct."
King was 25 and on parole after a robbery conviction in March 1991. In an interview in 2011, he recalled he had been drinking and was headed home from a friend's house when he saw a police car following him and panicked, thinking he would be sent back to prison. So he attempted to flee.
"I had a job to go to that Monday, and I knew I was on parole, and I knew I wasn't supposed to be drinking, and I'm like 'Oh, my God,'" he told CNN.
Related: Rodney King looks back without anger
He realized he couldn't outrun the police, but looked for a public place to stop. "I saw all those apartments over there, so I said, 'I'm gonna stop right there,'" he said. "'If it goes down, somebody will see it.'"
An amateur cameraman caught the scene as four white police officers struck King more than 50 times with their wooden batons and used a stun gun on him.
King said as the officers beat him, they yelled, "We are going to kill you, n***er," although the officers denied using racial slurs.
The video shows King cowering on the ground and attempting to crawl away as he is surrounded by a crowd of police officers. Four of them used their nightsticks to strike him.
King was beaten nearly to death. Three surgeons operated on him for five hours.
The video of the beating appeared on national television two days later, focusing attention on the issue of racially-motivated police brutality.
"We finally caught the Loch Ness Monster with a camcorder," King attorney Milton Grimes said.
Four LAPD officers -- Theodore Briseno, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind and Sgt. Stacey Koon -- were indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of force by a police officer.
But following a three-month trial in the predominantly white Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley, three of the officers were acquitted of all charges. The jury, which had no black members, deadlocked on one charge of excessive force against Powell, and a mistrial was declared on that charge.
Powell's attorney, Michael Stone, said earlier this year the unedited video worked against King and helped prove the officers' case.
"Most of the nation only saw a few snippets where it's the most violent," Stone said. "They didn't see (King) get up and run at Powell."
But African-Americans in Los Angeles exploded in outrage. Rioters ran through the streets -- looting businesses, torching buildings and attacking those who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The violence was responsible for more than


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In the article, it says that SteamOS is based on Ubuntu. Is this true? And if so, does this mean that Steam's entire library will be available on Ubuntu? Sorry, slightly off-topic. Article Link
No, its based on Debian 7.1
See http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814395741989999/ for more info.
You can browse the test repo at http://repo.steampowered.com/hometest/dists/stable/steam/binary-amd64/Packages
It includes a steam-desktop metapackage as well as steam client and valve recovery partition
There are two questions here:
Steam OS is Ubuntu-based (EDIT: this appeared to be the case at the time, now evidently the correct answer is that it is actually a new Debian-derivative). Therefore it is likely that most games ported to Steam OS will also be runnable on "stock" Ubuntu (although I imagine that post Steam OS Valve is less likely to be interested in supporting other Linux versions).
The entire library is very unlikely to be available on Linux (in my opinion - what follows is unsourced):
Since Steam OS isn't released yet and there is no official information on what Linux distribution it will be based off, we are left speculating about it now.
Since Steam for Linux is currently officially supporting Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 that the future Steam OS will be something that is very similar to Ubuntu. Even when it won't be Ubuntu, porting the software to Ubuntu and its brethren will be easy.
You might find more information on the Steam on Linux community page.
Original quote from steampowered.com
But also they say:
So i really hope that they support both. And because Ubuntu is based on Debian too, i would guess they do.


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Bears Volleyball had moments of brilliance this last week. On Tuesday night they played NAIA Southwestern Christian (Bethany, OK) in Haviland and then on Friday they traveled to Ankeny, IA to play Faith Baptist Bible College.
The Eagles of Southwestern Christian were able to overcome a shaky first few points and run away with the first set 25-14, but the Bears stormed back in the second set 25-15. In the pivotal third set, the Eagles reestablished themselves to win 25-12. It was back and forth action in the fourth set before the Eagles created a gap late in the set to win 25-20.
The MCCC second place Eagles of FBBC proved to be a tough out Friday night. Action was back and forth throughout the match with multiple long rallies, good attacking and hustle from both sides. However, the Bears inconsistency was too much to overcome as the Eagles won 25-13, 25-17, and 25-19.
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Esther 3:5 says, "וימלא המן חמה" Haman was filled with butter. This would presumably make his flesh basar b'chalav, but Shemos 16:35 clearly says "ובני ישראל אכלו את־המן" the Children of Israel ate Haman; how was this allowed?
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The answer is simple. It is true that Haman was filled with butter early in the megilla. But if you read on, you will find out what the end of this story was. In Esther 7:6:
Clearly, the king removed the butter from within Haman and left with it. That which "ובני ישראל אכלו את־המן" happened after this whole story and after the butter was removed from Haman, making him simply basar, but not basar b'chalav.
In parashas B'ha'alosecha (B. 11), the b'nei Yisrael cried out "מִי יַאֲכִלֵנוּ בָּשָׂר"- who will feed us meat- "אֵין כֹּל--בִּלְתִּי, אֶל-הַמָּן עֵינֵינוּ"- we have nothin to look at except Haman.
If Haman was meat, why are they complaining for meat? It must be that Haman became filled with butter which replaced the meat that used to be there.
Haman is a descendant of Amalek, of whom it says אשר קרך בדרך - he cooled you off on the way (Deut. 25:18). They are therefore a "cold" people. Haman's flesh, then, was cold, and so there was no problem of cross-contamination between the meat and the butter. (At most you'd have to remove a kelipah - but fine, Haman himself was the ultimate kelipah.)
Would Chalav Nochrei be a problem? Most hold that since butter can only be made from kosher animals this is not a problem (is this a proof that Haman was kosher?), some are machmir that maybe some non-kosher milk would be mixed in and hence it would sit on the top the butter. (SA YD115:3)
But in truth I think that it is cholev yisroel and it was Mordechei that caused the chemah in Haman.
Chalav Zachor answer this problem. The Mechaber (SA YD87:6) say eating meat with "male" milk is "aino lokin" - ie osser drabbanan. But the Rama (ibid) says that it is nothing - ie muter. The Shach (16) explains that the mechaber is referring to animal male milk, which is osser drabbanan to eat with milk, but the Rama is referring to human male milk, which is muter.
Since haman's butter is from a male, it would be muter to eat with meat.
The butter only filled up Haman's torso. So, all of his internal organs are assur to eat, cook, or have any benefit from.
However, his extremities never touched the butter.
That's why we eat Haman's ears.
חמה is margarine, חמאה is butter, so there was no problem as they ate him with margarine. (source חמה דחמה)
First we must address Dinei כחל (Y"D 90).
So it would seem from the above that, so long as Haman was properly sliced and drained, especially if he was roasted, it is Mutar to eat him.
However, that is in reference to a Kosher animal (such as a properly slaughtered cow or sheep).
Human flesh has its own issues:
So, now that we have established that one can eat human flesh according to the majority opinion, can we then apply the Din of כחל to this case? Unfortunately, I think probably not:
There is, however, one final issue that may shed some light onto this subject.
He explains that since it is an Isur DeOraitha to cook Behemah with milk the Marith 'Ayin applies, but for Isurei DeRabanan, there's no need to impose Marith 'Ayin.
Why is a woman's milk only Asur to cook with meat because of Marith 'Ayin? The answer brings us back to RaMBa"M's opinion that human flesh is Asur because of an Isur 'Aseh.
Therefore, eating Haman is Mutar LeGamrei (entirely and without question) according to the majority opinion in the Rishonim.
{For background, see Ḥullin 109 on the subject of כחל (udder). The Mishnah says, "The כחל must be cut and the milk must be removed. If it was not cut, one does not transgress a Lav (negative commandment)."
Haman was compared to "flesh of donkeys". Therefore, since Donkeys are an impure animal, there is no Biblical prohibition of Milk and Meat.
It makes sense to say that the Rabbinic prohibition (if there even is one [see Shulchan Aruch/Bach]) didn't exist yet.
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The Mefarshim (see Malbim Bereshit 19 and more in the introduction Yalkut Yosef Basar BeHalav)say that animals which are created with Sefer Yesira are not considered Basar and since we know that Haman was created with Sefer Yesira through this Rashe Tevot: ה-הוא נ-נברא מ-מספר it didn't matter that he had butter because he was "Pareve."
Siman Tzadi in Yoreh de'ah discusses the din of Kechal, an udder. The udder is filled with milk when the animal is shechted, and it is presumingly Kosher. Rabbeinu Tam paskins this way, while Rashi disagrees and says that since it is filled with milk it cannot be eaten unless the milk is beaten out of the udder. This is exactly what the first answer says. Acheshverosh made sure to beat the butter out of Haman before Bnei Yisrael ate him. Alternatively, Bnei Yisrael held like Rabbeinu Tam and the butter filled Haman would be considered Kosher anyways.


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After hearing more than an hour of closing arguments, jurors now continue to deliberate the verdict of a Butler County man charged with murder in 2002.
The trial all stems from an incident that took place on December 17, 2002, when 41-year-old Leland Webb was found stabbed on Sugar Grove Road in Butler County. He died at the scene. Fifty-five-year-old Throny Kirby was arrested and charged with the murder.
Both the prosecution and the defense agree the incident occurred as a result of some sort of disagreement between the two men. They don't agree, however, on who was the initial aggressor.
The defense claims Webb threatened Kirby's life, and Kirby's act was in self defense. However the prosecution claims Kirby was the initial aggressor, and not entitled to the protection of self defense under the law.
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Suppose you sample uniformly from the unit vectors in R^n. What are the distributions of the order statistics of the magnitudes of the components of the sampled vectors? That is, for 1 <= i <= n and x in [0,1], what is the probability that the i'th largest component of the vector (in absolute value) is less than or equal to x?
There has been some work in the physics community on extreme statistics (i.e. distribution of largest and smallest components) of random vectors. See, link text for example. The largest component is approximately distributed like a Gumbel random variable, while the smallest component is approximately distributed like an exponential random variable.
The distribution should be obtainable by integrating over the section of the simplex segment of the surface of the hypersphere bounded by the points (1,0,0,0,...), (1,1,0,0,0...)/sqrt(2), (1,1,1,0,0...)/sqrt(3) etc. along the ith axis.
All the distributions (n,m) have support contained within the unit interval, are piecewise smooth and share the same set of non-smooth points at the reciprocals of the square roots of the natural numbers.
Your problem is closely related to order statistics for normal random variables, so you may find this paper useful: Percentage Points and Modes of Order Statistics from the Normal Distribution by Shanti S. Gupta


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I have a Radeon HD 5450 graphics card. Running Ubuntu 10.04. When I install the proprietary graphics drivers I get good video rendering (YouTube) and appropriate screen resolution. But when I open a browser window and scroll or move a window around I get terrible lagging which drives me nuts.
I now run in low graphics mode. I get poor video rendering and poor screen resolution but no scrolling issues or lagging windows. I run in low graphics mode because this is priority for me. I don't watch videos or care what my screen looks like. I just don't want lagging scrolling.
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The current issue features articles offering readers suggestions on spring and summer activities to take advantage of in Livingston County, dining spots in the area and transportation alternatives to the car to get around the Geneseo region.
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A cavalcade of Harley-Davidson motorbikes added some roar to the furor.
Stunning and shimmering in gold: Larger than life was the order of the night.
Life's a beach! This great float depicts some of what is awesome about Cape Town: sun, sand, sea, gorgeous people and Table Mountain.
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I just got a new dedicated server with CentOS and I'm trying to debug some network problems. In doing so, I found over one thousand iptables entries. Is this the default on a CentOS system? Is there some firewall package that might be guilty of doing that?
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Probably. You don't say what the entries are but if they're banning CIDR blocks I'd guess your server has a firewall like APF or CSF that can subscribe to blacklist like Spamhaus' DROP and that is how your rules are being generated. Alternatively, there might be some cron job which does it all. If you do a
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I am planning to travel through the Netherlands / Belgium and visit several cities. The most confortable/fast way seems to be the train, but for the city visit and nearby places the bicycle is ideal. Am I allowed to travel with a Bicycle in the train?
In Belgium and in the Netherlands you can take your bicycle on the train. Some restrictions may apply.
In Belgium, the conductor will show you the place where you can store the bicycle. It costs 5 EUR per journey, or 8 EUR per day. Folding bicycles are carried for free. You are advised to avoid trains during the peak hours, although it is not strictly forbidden.
In the Netherlands you can take your bicycle with you on the train during off-peak hours. Peak hours are weekdays from 06:30 to 09:00 and from 16:30 to 18:00. This restriction does not apply at weekends, on public holidays or in July and August. Bicycles must be placed in the special bicycle area on the train. You will recognise this area by the sticker on the outside of the train. As in Belgium, you need to pay a supplement and folding bicycles are carried for free. The price for the supplement is 6 EUR per day, irrespective of the journey.


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From an answer to this question: How do I successfully structure a long fiction piece?
I think I can infer the meaning from the usage but some elaboration would be helpful.
From an answer to this question: How do I successfully structure a long fiction piece?
I think I can infer the meaning from the usage but some elaboration would be helpful.
Stephen King, by my understanding, was a discovery writer. I will paraphrase what he wrote in his book On Writing.
You create some real, believable characters, put them in a challenging situation, and then let them decide where the book would go. If you have done enough work on character development, then your characters should be able to decide how they would act in a certain situation.
The writer should not then try to force the characters to act in the way he would want to act. If the characters you created would want to run away from danger, for example, you should not force them to be brave.
The fun in this approach is that the book can take strange, surprising turns, which can surprise both the readers and the author. The disadvantages that I know about are, it is very hard to pull off, and not a good approach if you are under a deadline by an editor.
Also, this approach works well, if like Stephen King, you can easily type 300,000 words for a novel, and then trim it down. If like me, you struggle to reach even the 50,000 of Nanowrimo, this approach will fail miserably.
The definitions for this term will vary wildly. I would say if you have not plotted out your story (which happens in which chapter and why) before you start writing it down, then you are a discovery writer.
The most extreme: You have a vague idea, grab your pen/keyboard and start writing your novel. That's what I would suggest to a bloody beginner to gain some experience. But normally you are likely to get consistency problems (and other issues).
The more common discovery writer will draft characters with a background, has an idea where the story should go and starts writing from there. The idea is that the characters and their needs drive the story. So these writers let the characters make their own decisions during the story and adjust accordingly. Yes, that sounds weird, because it is still the writer who makes any decisions about the characters, but it really feels like that the protagonists took over and you only write down what they dictate.
There are other variations for this writer type. I, for example, know how the story starts, ends, and have some "milestones" in the middle I want to reach. But sometimes they are not reached, because my protagonist has different ideas (yeah, it really feels like that).
Expounding on John Smithers's excellent answer:
I would say if you have not plotted out your story (which happens in which chapter and why) before you start writing it down, then you are a discovery writer....But normally you are likely to get consistency problems (and other issues).
Yes, and I would take this definition even a step further: if you have not plotted out anything about your story — where it goes, what happens, how it ends, not just each chapter — that makes you a discovery writer. I worked with a writer like this once; she told me that sat down at the keyboard and typed to see what the characters would do, because as the writer, she herself didn't know.
This may be fun for the writer, like doing improv acting, but the result is not necessarily satisfying to the reader. (Or the editor.) A good story needs a coherent plot which hangs together from beginning to end and characters who behave believably (not just arbitrarily). This is, IMHO, hard enough to do when you do have a thoroughly outlined plot beforehand, so doing it on the fly is even more difficult.
One of the issues I find with, for example, Stephen King's suggestion (see what the characters do) is that what real people would do in real situations may not make for a good story! :) It may be typical and believable for two friends having a disagreement to have a fight and then stop talking forever, or to talk the issue out and make up calmly, but neither of those outcomes are dramatic, or allow the story to move forward.
I would distinguish this from having a goal for a section (chapter, scene), and saying "I need Peter to do this, Nathan to do that, and Claire to have this reaction" and just writing to see how you get there. To me, that's being flexible and allowing your characters to be themselves.
A discovery writer is someone who begins writing with little or no idea of where the story will end up.
An alternate term is "pantser," referring to someone who writes "by the seat of their pants."
I've just discovered that I am a discovery writer. I sat down last March and in 8 weeks, I completed my first novel of 90,000 words. I added 10,000 words after I read my manuscript the first time. It was completed without a single note or idea as to where my story was going and I am working on the sequel which is more than half completed. When I write, I really don't know what the characters will do until I start typing which i find really exciting.


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A school janitor accused of hiding a camera in a girls' locker room faces more charges.
Stuart police said prosecutors have added 10 counts of video voyeurism in the case against Michael Girard.
Girard was arrested in October after police said he placed his cellular phone in the ceiling tiles of the girls' locker room at The Pine School. A group of sixth-grade students found the phone and told school officials.
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Embracing the Concise Power of Movies
Television's deep dives are great, but film offers something inimitable
This week's column has no movie reviews, because no movies worth writing about are opening in national distribution. (The sole exception to the opening part, but not the writing-about part, is "Texas Chainsaw 3D.") Only a week ago we were fully engulfed in end-of-the-year releases, many of them quite wonderful. Now the movie business has gone off its own cliff, and I feel like a soul mate of bipolar Pat, the hero of "Silver Linings Playbook," and bipolar Carrie, the heroine of "Homeland." After the manic phase of what has come to be known, tellingly, as the awards season rather than the holiday-movies season, I'm back in the same depressive phase that almost always grips me in January, when plying my profession means scraping the bottoms of studio barrels for months to come. The main difference this year is that I'm also suffering from "Homeland" envy.
It's a consequence of having watched the first season, via downloads; I have no idea what's transpired since Carrie slipped under the anesthesia at the end of that season's climactic episode. Normally I don't get to watch much television, despite my abiding suspicion that the current cream of the home-screen crop is superior to much of what I see on theatrical screens. The problem is finding time between movie screenings to follow a given series faithfully. But what I saw in "Homeland" left me thinking what fun it might be, if only for one season, to write about such sensationally smart and sustained entertainment.
Before discussing this fantasy any further, I should say that I'm already getting over it. Far from inciting me to give up on movies, extended exposure to "Homeland" has helped me appreciate the inimitable strengths of the movie medium, as well as clarify what's missing in most studio product. And I should also explain my focus on the studios as the source of concern about what's happening to feature films. Gifted filmmakers, working outside the studio system, persist in making extraordinary features and documentaries, even though getting independent films financed and distributed grows ever more problematic. Yet the major Hollywood studios, functioning within global entertainment conglomerates that are fixated on winning weekends and garnering awards, continue to dominate the movie business. For better or worse—much worse for much of the year—it's the studios that provide most of the stuff that fills the multiplex maw, and that shapes most moviegoers' taste.
What "Homeland" brought home to me most forcefully was its faith in viewers' taste—a faith expressed by intricate plot development; brilliant performances grounded in the emotional truths of fascinating characters; unerring craftsmanship that builds to moments of barely bearable intensity; and, perhaps most striking of all, layer upon layer of ambiguity laid down, like rich sedimentary soil, by episode after episode in which no one is what they seem, startling secrets are revealed, red herrings are dangled. What's more, all of it feels discovered, rather than concocted, even though the basic premise was borrowed from "The Manchurian Candidate" and some of its unfoldings come perilously close to soap opera. (I can't resist citing one instance out of so many—the deeply moving, phenomenally complex moment at the battlefield in Gettysburg where Sgt. Brody, his family at his side, recounts the events of that blood-soaked day with manifest love for his children and, by his own lights, for the country he plans to punish with an unprecedented calamity.)
The qualities that lend "Homeland" its distinction can be found, though not always in such profusion, in the films I put on my 10-best list last week, and in a good many others that popped up, mercifully, during the year. All the same, most of last year wasn't spent watching the likes of "Lincoln," "Zero Dark Thirty" or "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Too many weeks and months were filled, in a manner of speaking, by studio films that were notable only for being overexplained (thanks to incessant questions from focus groups and anxious production executives), underdeveloped (or so overworked as to be devoid of spontaneity), and formulaic to the point of self-parody (a seemingly incurable addiction to car chases, firefights, fireballs and shattering glass).
It was the public's fate, and therefore mine, to endure a flock of turkeys that included "Wanderlust" (hippie chaos, with Jennifer Aniston baring her breasts off-screen); "The Five-Year Engagement" (Jason Segel and Emily Blunt in a mirthless romcom from the Judd Apatow laugh factory); "Dark Shadows" ( Tim Burton strip-mining his aesthetic); "Battleship" (attack of the board games gone berserk); "Prometheus" (storytelling principles lost in space); "John Carter" (showmanship lost on Mars); "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" (the thing speaks for itself); "Total Recall" (total trashing of the original); "Trouble With the Curve" ( Clint Eastwood off base); "Alex Cross" (Tyler Perry off stride); and a Tom Cruise twofer, "Rock of Ages" (awful) and "Jack Reacher" (awfulest.)
Hollywood is, to be sure, up against heavy odds, at least in the domestic market; most of the studios' freight has come to be paid by global audiences who love action and don't hold out for nuance. Today's kids live on their phones and laptops; the multiplex pulls them in only on special occasions ("The Avengers," "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Hobbit"). Attention spans are shrinking by the minute; how long will it be before two-hour films will be considered intolerably long? And a good part of the reason that shows like "Homeland" can sustain such excellence is the subscription model of cable TV. Once a show reveals itself to be something special, subscribers may be inclined to stay with it. Hollywood, on the other hand, must start from scratch to sell each new movie, which is why sequelitis is an incurable disease; more scratch can be earned when audiences know what they're in for.
But—and here's the but that should give movie lovers heart—the movies, as we know them, won't be going away soon. Feature films, and feature-length documentaries, can still do things that no other entertainment medium can, and I'm not just referring to the sort of spectacle represented by a landmark event like "Avatar," or by a mainstream success like "Skyfall." Unlike the best long-form series, which build their fictional worlds over months or years, the best movies present relatively narrow segments of time in which the crucial qualities are compression, concision and intensity.
One can imagine the story of "Zero Dark Thirty" expanded to fill a dozen episodes, with attention paid not only to the spy work but to the training of the Navy SEAL team. But such a retelling wouldn't capture the hurtling pace of Kathryn Bigelow's film, or the breathless, nearly wordless suspense of the 25-minute climax inside Osama bin Laden's compound.
Intensity doesn't only imply suspense or excitement. Take the case of a film that wasn't on my 10-best list, but might well have been: "Amour," Michael Haneke's exquisite tale of a husband and wife in their 80s, bound by love and confronted with grave illness. Their story needs no expansion, thank you very much; it's harrowing enough at two hours plus a few minutes. Yet it's also unforgettable for the camera's intense gaze at two people who grow ever more vivid as their time together dwindles.
Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" hardly has a story to expand. The film is an ecstatic swirl with two gloriously distinctive people at its center, a father and daughter who embody love of life and the spirit of survival. The great distinction of "Lincoln" lies not in its narrative clarity, but in its remarkable density. Unlike some American variant of Masterpiece Theatre, Steven Spielberg's film plunges us into the rough-and-tumble politics of Lincoln's era. We can't understand everything that's going on, nor are we meant to, but we're taken out of ourselves and into another time for an experience as bracing as it is immersive—for a movie experience, that is.
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In response to a kind invitation of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation, and Inspector General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia paid an official visit to Kingdom of Spain on June 5-8, 2008.
Crown Prince Sultan held meetings with King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbon, Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero in a cordial atmosphere during which bilateral relations were reviewed in addition to the international and regional issues of mutual concern.
In assertion of developing bilateral relations between the two countries and within the framework of the strategic relations between them, the two sides reviewed bilateral relations in all fields and expressed their satisfaction and pride of deep relations binding the two friendly countries. The two sides expressed their satisfaction over the big opportunities available and emerged as a result of the leading position occupied by economies of the two countries in their regions. They highlighted the strength and firmness of economies of the two countries and the distinguished growth recently achieved by them.
Affirming the mutual trust between the two sides, they pledged to concentrate their efforts on the optimal utilization of their potentials in commercial, industrial, investment, financial and economic fields. The two sides also agreed on the importance of further promotion of the economic relations between the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the European Union.
In this context, the two sides expressed their hope in reaching as soon as possible an agreement of free trade zone between them. The two sides expressed their satisfaction over signing the memorandum of understanding during this visit between Ministry of Defense and Aviation in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Ministry of Defense in Kingdom of Spain in the field of defense.
The two sides emphasized the importance of enhancing mutual Saudi-Spanish efforts to support the peace process and to achieve stability in the Middle East. They stressed the importance of foundations stated in Annapolis Conference in launching the comprehensive peace process in the Middle East. They look forward to achieving more positive steps for peace in the Middle East on clear and firm bases and commitment to dealing with the main issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to reach the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the framework of the comprehensive, lasting and just solution to the Middle East issue. The negotiations between the two parties shall be based on the principles and resolutions of the international legitimacy, the Arab peace initiative and the Road Map plan.
They also affirmed the importance of mechanism of following up the negotiations to ensure fulfillment of the conflicting parties of the mutual commitments, calling on the international community to provide the means and facilities for the Palestinian national authority to assist the Palestinian people. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed its deep appreciation of the efforts of Kingdom of Spain in this respect.
Regarding the Lebanese affairs, the two sides welcomed the agreement reached in Qatari capital of Doha between the Lebanese parties which led to electing General Michel Suleiman as President of Lebanon. They appealed for supporting the Lebanese government, unifying the national decision in Lebanon and keenness on the legitimacy of the state of Lebanon according to provisions of Al-Taif agreement and sessions of the national dialogue. They also call for supporting the control of the state and its national institutions over all Lebanese territories, for cooperation to implement the international legitimacy resolutions including the resolution of the security council No. 1701 and for the necessity that all Lebanese work on unification of Lebanese ranks, enhancement of security and stability and dominance of wisdom, reason and language of dialogue.
The two countries stressed their commitment to help the Iraqi people and to exert efforts to achieve security and stability in Iraq. They agreed that the national reconciliation between all Iraqi strata, expansion of the political process to achieve participation of all classes of Iraqi people and disbanding various militias constitute important bases for Iraq's stability. The two sides asserted the importance of respecting Iraq's sovereignty, independence, identity, territorial integrity and non intervention in its internal affairs.
With regard to Iran's nuclear file, the two sides called on the international community to exert efforts to solve this file through diplomatic means. They demand that all Middle East countries join the Convention of non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and make the region free of mass destruction weapons according to the international resolutions in this regard.
The two sides reviewed the efforts exerted to combat terrorism and asserted their condemnation of all its forms that threaten security, peace and stability all over the world. They agreed on the importance of intensifying the international cooperation for fighting it. In this framework, Spain valued the proposal of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud to establish an International Anti-Terrorism Center. The two sides expressed their satisfaction over the current cooperation in the field of security in combating terrorism and the organized crime and agreed on expediting completion of procedures of signing a security agreement between the two countries.
The two sides expressed their rejection of the idea of clash of civilizations and appealed for supporting the initiatives calling for peaceful coexistence. They welcomed alliance of civilizations and the initiative of the United Nations, whose first forum was held at the beginning of this year 2008. The Spanish side highlighted the momentous importance of the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud concerning dialogue between religions. They agreed to work together to disseminate culture of mutual respect, understanding and interaction between the Arab and Islamic world and the western world. The two sides welcomed the convention of the first forum of Alliance of Civilizations in the Spanish capital at the beginning of this year 2008.
Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation, and Inspector General has expressed his deep appreciation for the warm welcome, generous hospitality, sincere feelings accorded to him and the accompanying delegation by King Juan Carlos I of Spain; Prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbon; Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero.


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Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, who gave birth to a daughter this week, was convicted of apostasy and given four days to abandon her faith
How people greeted Johnson's resignation depended in part on which side of the fence -- or the walls surrounding U.N. bases in South Sudan -- they are on, an analyst says.
The announcement by the UNMISS chief, that she will be leaving in July, comes days after the UN Security Council extended the South Sudan mission's mandate.
A spokesman for the opposition says "it is not the business of UNMISS to protect oil installations."
Russia assures South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin that it will use its veto in the Security Council to block sanctions against the world's newest nation.
The resolution extends UNMISS's mandate for six months and changes its focus from promoting development and nation-building to protecting civilians and ending the violence in South Sudan.
"Women bring order to things much faster than men with AK-47s," a U.S. businessman tells a conference in Washington focussed on bringing peace to South Sudan.
The South Sudan opposition leader is due to brief Kenyan officials, including President Uhuru Kenyatta, on the status of the IGAD-mediated peace process.
An army spokesman also insists the SPLA is not blocking shipments of relief supplies or restricting the movement of U.N. peacekeepers.
Donald Booth says deploying troops in South Sudan will provide protection for ceasefire monitors, who are on the ground but unable to work because of ongoing fighting.
Already delayed by lack of funding, the commission reviewing the transitional constitution says it won't meet its new deadline because of ongoing fighting.
Two staff members were attacked and detained by suspected members of the security forces in separate incidents in Juba, a U.N. spokesman says.
The fighting comes days after international donors pledged $600 million to South Sudan, and warned that without an end to the violence, the funds would be of no use.
US Special Envoy for South Sudan and Sudan Donald Booth says government and opposition leaders must make good on pledges made at a donor conference.
South Sudan's leaders are warned that without concrete steps toward peace, and unimpeded access to the millions in need, the monies pledged will be useless.
White House says assistance includes $50 million to support efforts by UN to aid more than 300,000 refugees
A US official warns that South Sudan will be gripped by famine if fighting does not stop, and says that if that does happen, the fault will lie squarely with warring parties.
The Sudan People's Liberation Army was born 31 years ago -- when the first shots were fired in the war of independence with the north.
The international community condemns the sentence, which a Sudanese government official insists is open to appeal.
A State Department official says the deployment of a regional African force in South Sudan to help monitor a peace agreement is a top priority for Washington.
The army blames rebels for clashes in Bentiu, Bor and Malakal, but the opposition says the accusations are merely government propaganda.
A group of former government officials, political analysts and lawyers calls for a collegial presidency that would better represent all South Sudanese
President Salva Kiir says South Sudan needs time for reconciliation even as he accuses the opposition of breaking the latest ceasefire within hours of it being signed.
Deal signed in Addis Ababa ends one of longest running rebellions in the country, insurgency in Jonglei state led by David Yau Yau
Women collect some plastic bottles at a landfill near Juba and, in exchange for money, turn them in to a local NGO for recycling.
The two men are due to meet face-to-face on Friday for the first time since a political row between them turned violent and plunged South Sudan into months of bloodletting.
Rights group investigates killings and rapes and looting of villages
South Sudan Foreign Affairs Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin says he understood the United States would work with IGAD, the regional African body brokering peace talks, to impose sanctions.
Rebel spokesman Hussein Mar Nyuot says leader Riek Machar has always been committed to peace
The announcement comes as the United States imposes sanctions on two military leaders from both sides in the conflict, which the U.S. State Department says has killed tens of thousands.
Announcement comes as top EU official says bloc is also considering sanctions against Juba
During an unannounced visit to Juba, Ban Ki-moon also presses President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar to urgently press ahead with face-to-face talks to end the fighting.
A spokesman for the opposition says the two sides have agreed to a "month of tranquility," starting on May 7.
In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he left for Ethiopia and South Sudan, two leading rights groups say sanctions will help to convince South Sudanese leaders to end months of bloodshed in the country.
Secretary Kerry and President Kiir met for more than an hour Friday to plan for next week's projected peace talks in Ethiopia, which would include Riek Machar
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar have allowed their personal differences to drive South Sudan to the brink of disaster.
Since conflict erupted in mid-December, parties have only agreed on a cease-fire - which has been largely ignored
South Sudan in Focus (SSIF) is a 30-minute English-language broadcast and Internet program covering rapidly changing developments in South Sudan and the East Africa region.
South Sudan in Focus airs at 7:30 pm in Juba (1630 UTC) and can be heard on FM stations throughout South Sudan, on shortwave, and on VOA's 24-hour channel in Nairobi at 8:30 pm. The program is hosted by John Tanza in Washington D.C., and a network of stringers around South Sudan, and reporters in Washington, D.C., produce the stories that are heard on South Sudan in Focus.
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Geraldine (Gerry) A. Schroeder, 75, of Grayling, Mich., passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Gerry was the daughter of Harry Botruff and Bernice Bergy (Botruff) and was born to them in Lowell on April 20, 1937.
Gerry graduated from high school in Ionia in 1955. She attended one year at Western Michigan University. Geraldine married Bruce Schroeder in 1956 and made their home in Howard City. They were married for 56 years. She became the mother of two boys Craig and Paul.
Gerry worked at Howard City Plaza as sales manager and retired in 1990 and moved to Grayling. She became a member of the Michelson Memorial United Methodist Church, sang in the choir with Bruce and was very active in the Crawford County Christian Help Center.
Gerry will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
Gerry is survived by her husband Bruce Schroeder of Grayling, Mich.; two sons, Craig L. (Joan) Schroeder of Hickory Corners, Mich., and Paul A. (Sarah) Schroeder of White Cloud, Mich.; grandchildren, Michael Schroeder, Jennifer Knopsnyder (Schroeder), Paul Schroeder II, Jacob Schroeder, Ryan Schroeder, Erika Rito (Schroeder), Adrienne Schroeder and Luke Schroeder; brother David (Jane) Botruff; and sisters, Lucille (Jim) Wright and Gloria (Ron) Renk.
Gerry is preceded in death by both parents, Harry Botruff and Bernice Botruff.
In celebration of Gerry's life, there is going to be a memorial service held at Michelson Memorial United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2012. There will be a dinner following the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Crawford County Christian Help Center and/or to Alzheimer's Foundation of America. Condolences can be made at sorensonlockwood.com. Arrangements entrusted to Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home.
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Crews are working hard inside and out at Bristol Motor Speedway gearing up for another weekend of racing.
"It's hard to believe that there are cars on the track in Florida and they will be here in 30 days," says Kevin Triplett with Bristol Motor Speedway.
Piney Flats resident and NASCAR fan Bob Tuttle isn't wasting any more time, he's getting his tickets now, "I've been to other tracks, mile and mile-and-a-half track. You can't see what's happening. This you can see everything."
As the NASCAR season gears up BMS officials expect even more fans to be calling and stopping by the ticket office, "Year-to-year we're up a little, so that's good news. It's still a challenge you know, a lot of things that have been a challenge, those have not changed like gas at $3.50 a gallon," adds Triplett.
To face the challenges BMS officials are offering some promotions including a Ford Mustang giveaway.
Ten people will be awarded a brand new Ford Mustang before the start of the Food City 500.
They're also offering a program that was new last year. Fans can rent an RV for the weekend.
"We're trying to work with our fan friendly lodging program for our guests. That's one of the things they can continue to tell us. More options for places to stay," adds Triplett.
Plus this year's race falls on St. Patrick's Day so fans can expect some fun while BMS hopes to make a little bit of green.
This year's Nationwide Series race on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway will be called Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300. Jeff Foxworthy will be on hand Friday night for a fundraiser benefiting Speedway Children's Charities.


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TOPEKA – Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced today numerous appointments to boards and commissions.
"I appreciate the dedication and energy these Kansans bring to each board and commission," Governor Brownback said. "It is with their help that we continue to make Kansas great."
The governor's office is always looking for qualified, interested Kansans to serve the state on commissions and boards in their areas of expertise. If you are interested in serving on a commission or board, please visit http://governor.ks.gov/serving-kansans/office-of-appointments.
Kansas State Historic Sites Board of Review:
The Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review is a group of 11 professionals from various fields that meets quarterly to review and recommend nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and the Register of Historic Kansas Places, and award preservation planning and rehabilitation grants.
Sharron Hamilton, Salina, is being appointed to a three year term. Sharron is originally from Lincoln and has a degree in business. She has held many different positions at the Saline County Courthouse, owned her own business and worked as an elementary school nurse and secretary.
Joseph Johnson, Wichita, is being appointed to a three year term. He received his bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois and pursued a graduate degree in Urban and Public Affairs at Wichita State University. Joe is a registered Architect in Kansas, Illinois, New Mexico, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Nevada.
Sam Passer, Overland Park, is being appointed to a three year term. He received his bachelor's degree from Drake University and a graduate degree from University of Missouri, Kansas City. Sam is currently the Vice President of Program Services at CommunityAmerica Credit Union.
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns:
The Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns envisions that all people with disabilities are entitled to be equal citizens and equal partners in Kansas society. They are a catalyst for change in government for all people with disabilities.
Grady Landrum, Wichita, is being re-appointed to a three year term. He is currently the Director of Disability Services at Wichita State University. Grady has been active in disability rights advocacy at many levels since 1973.
Patrick Terick, Augusta, is being appointed to a three year term. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Economics from Bethany College in Lindsborg. Pat is currently the Director of Governmental Activities for the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas, Inc. and serves as the Associate Executive Director for United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas, Inc.
Kansas Advisory Council on Aging:
The Kansas Advisory Council on Aging serves as the advisory committee as required by the federal Older Americans Act, and have the duty to review and comment upon various activities of KDADS.
Virginia Hooper, Gem, is being appointed to her first three year term. Virginia has served as a guardian in the state guardianship program since 2001. She also represents her Gem, Kansas as a Silver Haired Legislator.
Kansas Pet Animal Advisory Board:
The Kansas Pet Animal Advisory Board reviews the status of the Kansas Pet Animal Act and makes recommendations on changes to the act as well as rules and regulations for the act. The Governor appoints from several different areas in the animal industry.
Leanne Trabuc, Colony, is being appointed to a three year term. Leanne is currently the Board Clerk of Crest USD 479.
North-Central Kansas Library System Board:
The North-Central Library System board has the power to operate the libraries within the system, this includes the ability to contract for services that will help the library system operate.
Sheila Biggs, Abilene, is being appointed to a four year term. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Kansas. Sheila has served as a Dickinson County Commissioner since 2005.
Information Network of Kansas:
The Information Network of Kansas is to provide electronic access for members of the public to public information of state agencies. INK also is tasked with expanding the amount and kind of public information provided, thereby increasing the utility of public information provided.
Terry Holdren, Manhattan, is being appointed to a three year term. He received a bachelor of arts degree in History and Political Science from Bethany College and his Juris Doctor from Washburn University. Terry is currently the general counsel for the Kansas Farm Bureau.


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