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"When you accept money in payment for your effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others. It is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money. Not an ocean of tears nor all the guns in the world can transform those pieces of paper in your wallet into the bread you will need to survive tomorrow. Those pieces of paper which should have been gold, are a token of honor -- your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around you there are men who will not default on that moral principle which is the root of money." ~ Ayn Rand
Study: Restrictions on Religious Freedom Increasing Worldwide
The study, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, is titled "Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion" and showed that the percentage of the world's population that was affected by restrictions on religion increased to 75 percent. That's up from 70 percent the previous year.
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|Jul 8, 1941
|Filing date
|Dec 21, 1938
|Priority date
|Dec 21, 1938
|Publication number
|Russell Rust
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|Referenced by (10), Classifications (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
July 8, 1941. RUST I 2,248,511
AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY SAFETY CONTROL Filed Dec. 21, 1938 46 r J a 32 45 i 1 1 52 36 a .50 I 39 33 2 5/ 25 2 l WM 3 38 g34 c 46 4? 49 27 Y 7 Us? 48 29 s? j Patented July 8, 194 1 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFlCE AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY SAFETY CQNTROL Russell Rust, Lynchburg, Va.
Application December 21, 1938, Serial No. 247,124
2 Claims.
This invention relates to an emergency control circuit for use in lighting systems, alarm systems, parallel electrical machinery operation and the like.
One of the objects of the invention is to provide means in an electric lighting circuit whereby in the event of a break, such as the blowing of a fuse or disrupting of the main lighting circuit, the current will be automatically shunted through an emergency circuit to immediately light the lights or cause the normal operation of the electrical devices connected in the main circuit to be resumed. Interruption of the circuit may be accidental, as where a fuse is caused to blow through normal use, or where some fault occurs in the circuit which may not result in a short sufficient to overload the circuit; or it may be intentional, as where an unauthorized person throws the main lighting switch for nefarious purposes.
Another object of the invention is to ensure adequate fuse protection in electric lighting and like circuits.
A further object of the invention is the provision of means in an alarm system, or means functioning as an alarm system in conjunction with an ordinary lighting circuit, whereby in the event the main circuit is broken by an unauthorized person as by throwing the main switch at the panel board, or is otherwise disrupted intentionally, a watchman or other individual may at will throw a switch and shunt the line current through an emergency circuit and cause the lights to go on, or this operation may be rendered automatic simply by permitting the switch to emergency circuit connected up in an alternate arrangement;
Fig. 3 is a further diagram showing the circuit adapted for use with an automobile or vehicle lighting system.
Referring to the drawing in detail and to the diagrams thereof in respective order, in Fig. 1 the main circuit is shown as a lighting circuit and includes a panel board or switch box 5 in which is mounted fuse blocks 6 and 1 adapted to receive any type of fuse; and a manually operable switch 8. The power supply comes in on feeders L-I and L-2 and first passes through a meter 9. The main lighting circuit includes line III which connects through line Illa with relay coil I I; and through line Iflb with contact I2. Coacting with the contact I2 is a contact I3 which is connected through line Illc with the light circuit or load, indicated at I4. Line I 5 may be considered the return or minus side of the circuit and connects through line Ilia with coil II and through line I51) with contact I6. Coacting with contact I 6 is a contact I! which is connected through line I50 with the return side of the load I4.
The supplemental or emergency safety control circuit is tapped into th main line of the lighting circuit before the latter reaches the switch box 5, or the main switch 8 and fuse blocks 6 and I. This circuit comprises line I8, illustrated as the positive side of the circuit, which leads through fuse block I!) to secret selective control switch and thence connects through line I81) with contact 22. The return side of the line is indicated at 23?), 23a, 23' and 23 and includes contact 24 and audible signal 2|.
Contact 22 is adapted to coact with contact 25 which connects through line I00 with the positive side of the light circuit or load; and contact 24 coacts with contact 26 which connects through line I with the return sid of the light circuit or load.
Relay coil II and contacts I2, I3; I6, ll; 22, 25 and 24, 26 may form part of a relay unit of any desired or conventional type. In the relay as illustrated, contacts 22, I2, I6 and 24 are mounted on an insulated block for movement in unison when the relay is thrown, the coil being energized when the main lighting circuit is functioning normally and holding contacts I2, I3 and I6, I! closed.
In operation, let it be assumed that the selective control switch 20 is closed for automatic operation and. the parts are in the position as illustrated, the main circuit functioning normally to light the lights I4. Now, in the event switch 8 is thrown accidentally or nefariously, or one of the fuses in the fuse blocks 6, I blow, or the main lighting circuit be interrupted or broken in any other manner; then coil II will be de-energized and the main line current will be shunted through lines I8, IBa, I81); and simultaneously contacts 22, 25 and 24, 26 will close and I2, I3 and I6, I! separate, thereby immediately connecting line Ilic with line Ifib and [56 with 23b. If the system includes the audible signal or buzzer, as where it is used in an alarm system, then this signal will also sound. The action is instantaneous, and outside of a slight flicker of the lights, is not noticeable.
In Fig. 2 the circuit is shown hooked up with double relays or contactors indicated at Rl and R2. In this instance the panel board or switch boX is indicated at 21 and is provided with the conventional switch 28. The respective circuits are provided with fuse blocks 28 and 38. The main lighting circuit is through lines 32, 32a, 32b, the latter connecting through relay contacts 33 and 34 with one side 35 of the load. Line 32a also connects through lines 32c, 32d with coils 36 and 36a. The return side of the line is indicated at 31. and connects with contact 38 through 35a, contact 38 coacting with contact 39 which has connected thereto line 3711 which in turn connects with line 37'.
The emergency or safety circuit is illustrated as tapped into the main circuit adjacent the meter 42 and comprises line 43 which leads through fuse block 44 to line 43a thence through line 43b to contact 46. Contact 4'6 is adapted to engage contact 41, and when these contacts are .closed, the circuit is completed through line 430. The return side of the line is indicated at 48, 48a and 43 and has therein contacts 48 and 50 which when closed complete the circuit. The emergency circuit also includes an audible signal such as a buzzer 5| which is connected up through line 51a with contacts Mb, 510 and through the latter with line 430; also through line 51d with return line 48'. Selective control switch is provided as in Fig. 1.
In this instance, in the event some occurrence disrupts the main lighting circuit, assuming the switch 45 is closed, then the relay coil Rl will be tie-energized, permitting contacts 33, 34 and 38, 38 to separate and simultaneously the relay coil of R2 will also be de-energized, permitting contacts 46, 47; 49, and EH), 510 to close, whereupon the load will function without interruption; also audible signal will sound, or if the signal is a red light or other visible lighting unit, same will be illuminated.
In both Figs. 1 and 2 the audible signal may or may not be included, depending upon the system with which the improved circuit is utilized. tions, the improved emergency circuit permits a double fuse installation and consequently gives added insurance against interruption of the load circuit. The switch 20 in Fig. 1 or 45 in Fig. 2 may be used to advantage in a burglar alarm system or the like, in that it may be installed at a convenient point in a bed chamber, or within reach of a watchman, so that in the event the lights should suddenly go .out, the switch can be turned on and normal lighting result. Thus, where an intruder should throw the main switch of the lighting circuit and the lights suddenly go out, the switch may be thrown and the lights turned on irrespective of the intentions of the intruder. This switch may be placed at a hidden or secret position and made known only to certain persons in authority.
In Fig. 3 the improved emergency control is shown connected into an automobile lighting circuit. The main lighting circuit is illustrated as of the grounded type and comprises line 52, shown connected with the positive side of the battery 53, this line leading through the con- In addition to its numerous other funcventional car lighting switch 54, thence through fuse block 55 and line 52a to contact 5219. C0- acting with contact 5222 is contact 520 having connected thereto line 52d which connects through line 56 with head lights 56a and 5%. Connected to line 56 is line 5'! leading back to line 57a which connects with tail or rear end lights 51b and 5'lc.
The emergency circuit leads from the battery through line 59, switch 60, contacts GI, 62 and line 63 to headlight line 56. Line 63 also connects with rear tail light line 57a through lines 64 and 65.
In operation, assuming the main lighting circuit, particularly that part subjected to heat and vibration in the region of the motors, should be disrupted for any reason whatsoever, the circuit will be broken through coil 58, permitting contacts 52b, 520 to open and 6|, 62 to close,
thereby shunting the main line current through lines 53, 63, E4 and 65 into the main lighting circuit.
The drawing and foregoing description illustrate examples of how the improved emergency circuit may be adapted to certain installations. Obviously, there are circuits other than those herein illustrated with which the improved emergency circuit can be used, it being understood that the illustration and description is not to be construed as a limitation but that the invention is permitted a range of equivalents within the scope of the claims appended hereto.
What is claimed is:
1. In combination, a main power supply or feeder circuit, a house, building or analogous circuit tapped into said main power supply to receive current therefrom and supply a load such as one or more lights or the like, said house circuit having therein one or more protective fuses, a normally open emergency circuit tapped into said house circuit in advance of said fuses and connected to the load to shunt the supply current around the house circuit to the load, and a relay connected into said house supply and emergency circuit including contacts which close the emergency circuit in the event of interruption to flow of current in the house circuit, the emergency circuit also having one or more fuses therein to thereby give double fuse protection to the system.
2. In combination, a main supply or feeder circuit, a house, building or analogous circuit tapped into said main power supply to receive current therefrom and supply a load such as a group of lights or the light, said house circuit including a panel board having thereon one or more fuses and a control switch, a normally open emergency circuit tapped into the house circuit in advance of said panel board and switch and connected to the load to shunt the power supply around the house circuit to the load, means including a relay unit operatively connected into the building circuit and emergency circuit to close the emergency circuit in the event flow of current is interrupted in the house or building circuit as by blowing of a fuse or throwing of said switch, and a switch located at a point remote from said panel board and operatively connected into said emergency circuit whereby the latter may be rendered operative or inoperative at will.
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I have raised this topic already in the kdenlive-devel mailing list. Hoping that someone reads this here, I would like to propose an effect that allows linear transformation of both videos and still images. The idea came from the famous Ken Burns effect used on some screen savers and commercial slide show and video editing software where you can animate a still image by zooming into it an panning inside of it.
I have tried several other OSS programs under Linux and failed for various reasons:
- Blender ruins image quality because it downsamples every image to video output size BEFORE performing the transformation.
- Cinelerra doesn't work and is badly supported
- Jahshaka doesn't work and is badly supported
The only tool that doesn't fail is DVD-Slideshow. The math is done perfectly right but it is slow because of some parts being inefficiently implemented and the slide show having to be coded in a text file instead of a GUI editor. There exists a GUI frontend for DVD-Slideshow which is however practically unusable (and also unmaintainable because of some Visual Basic lookalike being used as programming language instead of standard stuff like Perl, Python, TCL/TK etc.)
Now Kdenlive just falls short of providing a solution as it nicely and comfortably handles still images and transitions. The only way to achive zooming and panning are however PIP transitions which produce a horrible (jittering, flickering) output, probably due to low integer accuracy. The transition is also very counter-intuitive to use and handling it slows down the work.
My proposed effect would use a linear affine transformation which is a generalized mathematical term for
- zooming
- panning
- rotation
- shear
- change aspect ratio
- perspective
The mathematical operation would just consist of a matrix multiplication of the pixel coordinates and a re-sampling of the transformed image.
The previously proposed perspective effect could be easily made a part of this function.
The editor window for the effect would, besides the parameters for the transformation, show the first and the last image of the transformed sequence. All this is not difficult to implement, just two things need to be taken care of, very seriously:
- Use FLOAT, not integer; everything else creates a flickering, jittering, pixelated mess
- Make sure that the effect works on the ORIGINAL image, not on the image after having been downsampled to output resolution. Otherwise, we would end at the same problem that Blender has.
A few more remarks:
1. I would very much like to work on this myself if just someone could give me a hint where (probably in MLT) I can find the programming interface that enables me to
- retrieve the pixels from the frame
- write transformed pixels to the new frame
- retrieve keyframe parameters for controlling the effect
- attach the filter editor to the Kdenlive GUI
- tell the filter whether to perform a fast/ugly preview or a
precision (floating point) rendering.
2. I have given up looking elsewhere for a solution. Please no comments like "try tool xyz", I have tried too many and they didn't work. This was wasted time that I could have used for developing a solution by myself.
3. Just before someone points me at tools running under Windows: I know that there exist some free (as in beer) programs. I do not have Windows and hopefully never ever have to install it on my machine. I want something that runs under Linux or is cross-platform.
Fri, 01/11/2008 - 06:15
Agree that this is very important and agree with these experiences. Kdenlive i mos promising of all.
Ken Burns equivalents are the one thing missing from any mid-range (or any?) NLE in Linux.
I am a Windows-to-Linux convert and I must applaud the effort thus far. Excellent and well done. Keep up wonderful progress.
There was a program in Windows, of a similar level, called Video Studio by Ulead. Worth emulating at this level for the KBs.
Video Studio did a very nice job in the video effect process to overlay Ken Burns effects on a video. Simple and easier than Premiere, another routine I used in that other world.
Emulating even one effect would be great, 3 would be fantastic.
Best wishes.
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 16:44
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 04:00
Actually Cinelerra does the Ken Burns effect extremely well, in just about any resolution. I've done it in 720p and 1080p. It has a pretty powerful compositing engine based on a camera-projector model with keyframes, multi-image overlays, perspective etc. Results look quite good. Of course, you have to get it running and figure out how to format your footage and rendered so Cinelerra can cope, among other things . . . I had it running pretty well on Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit.
If you're just doing still images, you could just use Cinelerra for the still sequences and then render that and import it into Kdenlive.
I'm not using Cinelerra anymore for various reasons, but, hey, for what it's worth. :)
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:04
I remember seing some commits in MLT allowing this kind of effects, but I cannot be sure of it. I may be wrong.
Fri, 03/13/2009 - 08:31
I added static pan and zoom, but not yet animated, which is needed for Ken Burns effect. I need to do more work on the sub-pixel/interpolated rendering to give smooth animation of pan and zoom.
Wed, 10/07/2009 - 03:10
I was curious if there was any progress on this effect?
Wed, 10/07/2009 - 15:23
You can utilize the Composite transition to get a Ken-Burns style effect.
Keyframeable zoom, pan and opacity is available.
But your milage will vary due to a nasty downside:
Interpolation between keyframes is linear (no splines!)
Consequently, multi-keyframe motion is pretty jerky and the overall result poor, sometimes unacceptable.
This is one of the key issue causing me switching between cinelerra and kdenlive on a project by project base.
Wed, 10/07/2009 - 16:34
Wed, 10/07/2009 - 16:49
Yes. Works well in 0.7.5.
You just have to keep in mind to select "black" for the second track to get it work.
The default "Auto" didn't work for me (there's no second track to overlay).
Wed, 10/07/2009 - 22:19
en blender si se puede hacer Burns effect
Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:36
Hopefully Kdenlive's ability to do a Ken Burns effect of pan and zoom on still images will improve soon. Until then, you can get high quality and smooth pan and zoom with a FOSS app. The latest Cinelerra packages I've tried on Ubuntu Jaunty 64 bit pretty much 'just work' and are stable enough in my experience for this usage. The concepts and procedure are a little unfamiliar in Cinelerra but are easy enough once you figure them out.
1) Open up Cinelerra and set the project parameters through Settings | Parameters or by opening a new project. For instance, I will be doing a 1080p video at 1920x1080 with a frame rate of 29.9700.
2) Under Settings | Preferences | Recording Tab - at the bottom, set import of still images to desired length for your clip. You can easily adjust the clip length by dragging its begin or end frame on the timeline - but if you don't check off this box and set a time you will get a still image of only one frame or something tiny that will be hard to even locate on the timeline. I start out with a clip of 10 sec.
3) File | Load - select the still image (hotkey is 'O'). Cinelerra will do common files like PNG, JPG, and even some Raw files, I have used Canon raw occasionally. The added images will appear in the Resources window in the Media folder.
4) Paste image to a video track on timeline: select it and position the timeline cursor to the desired frame insertion point and hit 'V'; or right click on it and hit paste. Drag it to where you want it and set its duration to exactly how long you want your clip to be.
5) Make sure the Compositor window is shown. Adjust it's viewer zoom level so you can see the entire frame shown by the green rectangle with an x from corner to corner. Try a 50% zoom on HD material or a 100% zoom on DV. The zoom control is on the bottom control bar to the right of the transport control arrows. Make sure you can see the controls, which is an icon bar on the left edge. If not, right click in the viewer area and hit 'show controls'.
6) Now you need to see the camera controls that control the zoom and pan position. The icon for this is a crossed arrow with a tiny right angle in the upper right corner, 4th from the top. Hover over it, it says "Adjust camera automation" I wont go into it, but Cinelerra works with neat model for projecting and positioning images using the concepts of 'camera' and 'projector'. We will just be using the 'camera'.
6) The camera automation is a smallish window with values for x and y - 'pan' positioning of image - and z which is the zoom or size of the image.
7) Keyframes will control the pan and zoom effect. You need at least two. Position the cursor on the timeline at your first keyframe. Plan ahead and make sure you figure out exactly where you want your keyframes because it's cumbersome to move all the keyframes later. The important thing to remember is that you need to always set a keyframe for ALL 3 AXES, X, Y, and Z, or things probably won't look right.
8) To set a keyframe move to the keyframe frame and turn on the 'key' icon to activate keyframing. There is one on the compositor window and one on the timeline window. Either one will do. It glows when it's on. Now adjust the image by altering the X Y and Z values. You must set each value - even if you don't want to change it from the existing value, move it's arrow up and then back or something. The only way to make sure it is set is by moving it. You can drag the image around manually but I find that it's completely reversed dragging down moves the image up, left is right. This is because in the 'camera' model, you are moving the camera or pointing it. It's weird, so I usually end up just changing the numeric values or hitting the up-down arrows to change the values.
9) When the first zoom and pan position is set, move on to the next keyframe. Again, the keyframing mode must be on. If you are only panning, remember to joggle the zoom Z key anyway to make sure the zoom keyframe is also set, or it will go back to the default of 1. Likewise, if you are only zooming, joggle the X and Y keys to set their values. Etc.
10) You can do multipoint camera movements, like slowly zoom in one area, pause there, then pan to the right quickly and zoom back slightly at the same time, pause there, then zoom back out centered on yet another area. There is no limit to the combinations you can get. Just add more keyframes. Again, it's good to plan this out carefully including total clip length etc. Moving keyframes can be a pain because it's hard to move their position in time without screwing up their exact +/- values as well.
11) To actually see the keyframe nodes on the time line, in the multitrack window hit View | Camera X etc. You will see colored lines with squares denoting the nodes.
12) Now render the finished clip. Unfortunately Cinelerra does not have the greatest output formats. I find that the MOV format Quicktime for Linux is the most dependable. I also tend to use MJPEG as the codec, though mpeg4 also works. MJPEG looks pretty good to me and is easily imported and edited by Kdenlive. Oddly, if I play these clips straight in Movie Player or Mplayer, the aspect ratio is stretched way out as are their thumbnails. But they play and edit fine in Kdenlive or Cinelerra.
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Until Kdenlive proposes a feature to perform the Ken Burns effect, here is a nice software that does the job pretty nicely:
It's also open-source, and the result can easily be imported into Kdenlive. The interface is particularly nice, maybe the Kdenlive developers will want to take some inspiration there.


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Jean-Yves Thibaudet was incredible! It was one of the most engaging classical concerts I have ever been to. He played with such passionate and intensity. I would highly recommend seeing him in concert.
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Published: November 3, 2001
NEWARK, Nov. 2 — A long-running federal investigation into the activities of Senator Robert G. Torricelli of New Jersey has reached a critical phase, with prosecutors close to a decision about whether to seek his indictment on evidence that he took thousands of dollars in gifts and cash from a political donor, people involved in the inquiry said.
The office of the United States attorney in Manhattan, which took over the investigation from Justice Department prosecutors in February, has largely put aside earlier questions of possible campaign-financing violations by Mr. Torricelli, a Democrat, in the 1996 Senate race.
Instead, people involved in the investigation said, the New York prosecutors have prepared a case based primarily on evidence that Mr. Torricelli accepted lavish gifts and envelopes of cash from a New Jersey businessman, David Chang, and interceded to help him with business deals abroad.
Mr. Torricelli has denied doing anything illegal and said he believed the federal inquiry would be wrapped up soon. But he has never denied taking gifts from the businessman, who has been cooperating with the government since pleading guilty last year to obstructing justice and making $53,700 in illegal contributions to Mr. Torricelli's 1996 campaign.
The United States attorney in charge of the matter, Mary Jo White, has not made a final decision about whether to ask for the senator's indictment by a federal grand jury, which has been hearing testimony in Newark, people involved in the case said. But they said that a decision was likely to be made fairly soon, and that it was also possible that Ms. White's office might turn the matter over to yet another set of federal prosecutors to conclude.
People involved in the inquiry offered different reasons why Ms. White might now give away the case or decide not to prosecute it.
Some noted that it had always been a difficult case. They cited exacting standards of evidence in cases involving high-profile public officials, and the particular difficulty that prosecutors have often had in recent years of proving charges of bribery or illegal gifts. They also emphasized the uncertain credibility of Mr. Chang, who, before he agreed to a plea bargain, was called a liar by the prosecutors themselves.
Two people involved in the matter said the prosecutors were also struggling with limited resources and shifting priorities. One said that Ms. White, whose office has dominated federal terrorism prosecutions in recent years, has continued to negotiate with the Justice Department for a role in new terrorism cases, and might hand the Torricelli matter off to another United States attorney or to the department itself in order to concentrate on terrorism.
But others said Ms. White also appeared to have grown more uneasy with the Torricelli case in recent weeks. She lost one politically charged trial last month when a former president of the Teamsters, Ron Carey, was acquitted of lying about the illegal financing of his own election campaign in 1996.
The lead prosecutor on the Torricelli inquiry, George S. Canellos, was badly injured in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 20 and may be out of work for weeks, colleagues said. And with the nation still grappling with a spate of new threats, one person said, the threshold for Mr. Torricelli's indictment may have subtly risen.
"This case was a very big deal for the office, but of course it pales now compared to what happened," this person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. "And Torricelli has played the situation masterfully."
Mr. Torricelli kept an unusually low profile following news reports last spring that he had received expensive, unreported gifts from Mr. Chang. Since Sept. 11, however, he has been everywhere — a statesman on television news shows, the host of town meetings across New Jersey, the avenging legislator rushing to ensure that postal workers exposed to anthrax were supplied with antibiotics. His approval ratings have risen sharply.
"I am hopeful and optimistic that the case will soon be formally closed, and that Senator Torricelli can return to doing the nation's business as New Jersey's U.S. senator," one of Mr. Torricelli's lawyers, Ted Wells, said tonight.
Yet what specific evidence the prosecutors have uncovered against Mr. Torricelli remains to be seen.
People involved in the investigation have said that because of Mr. Chang's questionable mettle as a witness, it was always taken for granted that any evidence that came from him would have to be amply corroborated elsewhere.
They said investigators had found store owners and other witnesses who confirmed that at least several large gifts paid for by Mr. Chang were either intended for the senator or delivered to his home in Englewood, N.J. Those gifts included about 10 Italian-made suits that were fitted for Mr. Torricelli by Mr. Chang's tailor, a $1,600 Oriental rug and a large-screen Toshiba television set.
In private conversations with friends, Mr. Torricelli has said that Mr. Chang lied to the authorities, claiming to have given the senator items that Mr. Chang had seen during visits to the senator's home, two people who know him said.
Mr. Chang's lawyer, Bradley D. Simon, said he could not discuss his client's statements to the authorities.
The assertions by Mr. Chang that he gave envelopes full of cash to Mr. Torricelli may be especially difficult to prove.


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The old market town of Moreton-in- Marsh is set on the Fosse Way in the northern Cotswolds, a beautiful part of the country for a cottage break that's set amongst the pretty villages that make up the tranquil rural landscapes of the area.
The town''s market, which takes place every Tuesday and has been running since the 13th century. Today around 200 stalls sell everything from local produce to clothes and handcrafted gifts; if you''re looking for something, you''re sure to find it here.
Moreton-in-Marsh has links to the author J.R.R. Tolkien, and fans will may be aware that The Bell Inn in the town is said to have been the inspiration for ''The Prancing Pony'', the most famous pub in Middle Earth, featured in his book ''Lord of the Rings''. It is also said that King Charles I briefly sheltered in the White Hart Hotel (formerly a manor house) during the English Civil War.
If you''re travelling with the family, head for the Cotswold Falconry Centre for a great family day out. You''ll get the chance to see hawks, eagles, owls and other birds of prey as well as some pretty spectacular demonstrations.
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Soak up some local history at Chastleton House and Gardens, which was built in 1612; the house is one of England''s finest Jacobean buildings. Take a stroll around the stunning topiary and gardens or take a guided tour of the house itself.
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This traditional holiday cottage wing of the owners home, set in 8 acres, is furnished and equipped to a good standard. Situated in the hamlet of Lower Lemington, about 11/2 miles from Moreton-in-Marsh with shops, restaurants and main line station. Peaceful but convenient location with many popular Cotswolds villages within easy reach including Bourton-on-the-Water, Broadway, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stratford 20 miles. Shops & pubs 11/2 miles.
Ground floor: Living room. Dining room/kitchen. Conservatory. Separate toilet. First floor: 2 bedrooms: 1 double, 1 twin. Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet.
Oil central heating, electricity and bed linen included. Towel hire. Cot and high chair available. Video. Electric cooker. Microwave. Washer/dryer. Dishwasher. Fridge/freezer. Payphone. Use of owner's extensive gardens and furniture. Parking (2 cars). No smoking.
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This detached holiday cottage lies in the Cotswold village of Todenham, near Moreton-in-Marsh. Situated within the owner's grounds, it offers accommodation all on one level in a peaceful location. Many Cotswold villages are within easy reach including Bourton-on-the-Water with its model village, Birdland, perfumery and motor museum, the pretty villages of The Slaughters, Broadway, Stow-on-the-Wold and Stratford-upon-Avon with its connections with William Shakespeare. Oxford is also worth a visit. Shop 3 miles, pub and restaurant ½ mile.
All on ground floor: Living room with French doors. Two steps to dining room/kitchen with tiled floor. 2 bedrooms: 1 double, 1 twin. Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet.
Oil central heating, electricity, bed linen and towels included. Freesat TV. DVD. Electric cooker. Microwave. Dishwasher. Wi-fi. Small garden with patio and furniture. Parking (2 cars). Welcome pack. No smoking.
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This stylish detached holiday cottage with garden is located within the Moreton conservation area. An ideal base to explore Chipping Campden, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold, all an easy drive, as well as Cheltenham with its famous racecourse and Gold Cup week in March. There are several renowned gardens such as Hidcote Manor, Kiftsgate Court, Sezincote and Batsford Arboretum. Shops, pub and restaurant 100 yards.
Ground floor: Living/dining room with French doors. Kitchen with stone floor. Separate toilet. First floor: 3 bedrooms: 1 double with en-suite shower room and toilet, 2 single, one (4ft). Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet.
Gas coal effect fire included. Gas central heating, gas, electricity, bed linen and towels included. Travel cot. High chair. Freeview TV. DVD and small library. Gas hob. Electric oven. Microwave. Wmachine. Dishwasher. Fridge/freezer. Wi-fi. Enclosed garden with patio and furniture. Barbecue. Parking (1 car). No smoking.
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Stepping Stones is a superbly equipped, modern holiday cottage (one of a small row) situated in an idyllically peaceful development of converted barns in the unspoilt village of Blockley. Only 17 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon and 36 miles from Oxford, Blockley is a very charming village with a mill brook winding its way through the valley. Its attractive village green overlooks the bowling green and beautiful Norman church and is a pleasant place to enjoy a picnic on sunny days. Cheltenham is 40 minutes away by car, and Blenheim Palace is only half an hour away. Shops and pub 600 yards.
Living room. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen/dining room with patio doors. First floor: Double bedroom with 6ft bed and TV. Twin bedroom. Bathroom with over-bath shower, toilet and ceramic-tiled floor.
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This delightful Cotswold-stone, mid-terrace holiday cottage is located in the village of Blockley. It boasts many character features throughout including exposed stone walls and a feature fireplace. There are plenty of walks across marvellous countryside, including the Monarch's Way and the Heart of England Way. Blockley lies between Moreton-in-Marsh and Chipping Campden, which have quality shops, pubs and restaurants. Visit Sezincote Gardens, the Cotswold Farm Park, Batsford Arboretum and Falconry Centre and Sudeley Castle. Shop, pub and restaurant ¼ mile.
Ground floor: Living/dining room with oak floor. 4 steps down to kitchen. Utility room. First floor: 2 bedrooms: 1 double (accessed via 4 steps down), 1 twin with en-suite shower room and toilet. Bathroom with roll-top bath, shower cubicle and toilet.
Woodburner in living room (initial fuel included). Gas central heating, electricity, bed linen and towels included. Freeview TV. DVD. Stereo/CD. iPod dock. Rayburn. Electric cooker. Washing machine. Tumble dryer. Dishwasher. Fridge/freezer. Wi-fi.Telephone-honesty box. Garden with patio, sitting-out area and furniture. On road parking. Welcome pack. No smoking. NB: 2 steps in garden.
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The Red House is an ideal choice for those seeking high quality, stylish and spacious holiday accommodation in a most convenient location. Accessed through a well-stocked garden with sunny patio area, it forms the first and second floors of one of the Georgian shops which line the wide and beautiful High Street of Moreton-in-Marsh. Enjoy a pleasant meal in the conservatory, preceded by an aperitif in the charming courtyard – a peaceful retreat from the light bustle of this market town – or try out one of the fine inns and restaurants which lie just a stroll away. All of the Cotswolds is close to hand, with Shakespeare's Stratford and the castles of Warwick and Kenilworth within easy reach. Shops 100 yards.
External staircase to first floor: Spacious living room with electric fire. Conservatory/dining room with French doors to garden (via steps). Modern Shaker-style kitchen. Double bedroom. Shower room and toilet. Second floor: Double bedroom with 5ft bed. Twin bedroom. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.
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The Carpenters Arms Accommodation & Rooms
- Free full breakfast
Main amenities
- 10 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and 2 bars/lounges
- WiFi in the lobby
- Picnic area
- Barbecue grills
- Wedding services
- Luggage storage
- Tour/ticket assistance
What's around
- Thirsk Museum (3.3 mi / 5.3 km)
- World of James Herriot (3.3 mi / 5.3 km)
- Sutton Bank National Park Centre (4.4 mi / 7.1 km)
- Kilburn White Horse (6 mi / 9.7 km)
- Shandy Hall (7.2 mi / 11.7 km)
For families
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Private bathroom
- Iron/ironing board
- Hair dryer
- Coffee/tea maker
- Minibar
Wonderful room above excellent pub and restaurant. Food was amazing at both breakfast and…
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The Carpenters Arms Accommodation & Roomsfrom ZAR 1,560
- Twin Room, Ensuite, Garden Area
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Ensuite, Garden Area
- Super king En-suite - House Room
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 10 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-10 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed (dogs only)
- Specific rooms only *
- WiFi in public areas *
- WiFi in rooms *
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- Smoke-free property
Nearby Five Star North Yorkshire (county) hotels
In the hotel
- Free full breakfast daily
- 2 bars/lounges
- Restaurant
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Barbeque grills
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Picnic area
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
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"What would be the perspective of a person hearing the proposition of most silly unicorn hunter people like myself? What makes it particularly undesirable to consider? I'm still a total newbie so I don't have a very good perspective of how someone else would feel in that situation -- I do get parts of it, but I don't understand why it's as unrealistic as it's stated to beifthecouple was reasonable. That said, please don't insult my retirement plans."
Fair warning, I haven't read most of the responses, mainly just the OP.
I'm a bi female who's not in a primary relationship. A former aspring unicorn myself, actually (couples are hot!). I've been poly since I was a teenager, and have read a TON of individual accounts of poly escapades. And I would run, not walk, away from your proposition. I'll explain.
You don't want to date separately. So, if I'm involved with one of you I must be involved with the other. Yet, many new relationships don't work out in the long run. Some do, of course! If I started a new relationship with both of you, maybe we'd get lucky and one of those relationships would turn into an incredibly important love affair. Something that's imprints itself powerfully on my heart and soul.
But wait -- that doesn't happen often. So the chances that it would happen with both of you are very low. Maybe I wouldn't end up feeling much chemistry with the other one of you at all actually. Maybe I feel downright uncomfortable saying lovey things, or being physical, with the other one of you. But you don't want to date separately.
So now, in order to be with the new love of my life, I also have to try to force a connection with this other person who may be perfectly fine as a friend but isn't my cup of tea as a partner. What a weird, painful, and downright terrible situation I'm now in! If I try to break up with the person I'm not into, our triad is now broken in your eyes. It's not your ideal any more. You're disillusioned with it, or maybe just with me, because you had a goal, a vision, and it "failed". Am I allowed to date anyone new, now that I'm only with one of you? Can the other half of the couple even stand me being around, or is their heart too broken to be able to deal with my presence in the life of their partner? Am I now alone, without either of you, just for being honest, just for the sin of not falling in love twice over? At the very least, if I've moved in, I probably now have to move out. My life, on an emotional level and perhaps a practical level, is now in shambles.
Of course, it could easily happen the other way around. Maybe I DO fall head over heels for both of you... and for a while you think you're both in love with me too! Bliss! But one of you realizes you're not in love after all... you were in love with the idea of me, with the role I was going to play, the niche I was going to fill... but in reality we just don't click. And now we're in just as bad of a pickle. Do you give up your triad-ideal? Or do you kick me to the curb and go looking for the next hot bi babe? Will that possibility be looming over my head the entire time we're together?
The above scenarios are just touching on the main problem with the triad-or-nothing approach. There are a legion of other issues, mainly having to do with power imbalance. For instance, this is supposed to be a closed triad. Let's say the three of us get together, but then an old flame wants to come back into my life, or a new friend wants to be more. You two have the wonderful reassurance and security of the settled comfortable love of your preexisting relationship, plus the terribly exciting, if scary, new love with me. You two got the choice to open up to adding another relationship to your lives when you felt ready. I only get the scary, exciting, new love. I'm not allowed to have a pre-existing partner, and I'm not allowed to follow up on any new opportunities, not allowed to make that choice for myself the way you two did for you.
You have a life together already. It wasn't built for me, for my preferences, habits or hobbies. It was built for the two of you, and you've probably already done a great deal of compromising to make things work where you two differ. Now, on top of that, you're trying to fit me into that carefully-balanced dyad life, trying to wedge me into a space that you are opening up (let's not even get into the fact that there's no option here for YOU to enter a space I've made in MY life, it's instead all about me joining you). It will almost certainly take a LONG time to make the adjustments that will make it truly work for me. It will probably take a very long time for it to feel like my life equally, it may well never. I may never "catch up" to the relationship you two have. It will all feel ideal and equal and perfect, because it was built for you. It won't feel that way to me, I will feel distinctly like the newcomer, the outsider, for a long time. But I'm not allowed to have anyone else. Not allowed to love just one of you either. Is this a scenario where I'm likely to feel natural and comfortable, or where I'm likely to feel trapped?
I could go on, but maybe that's enough for you to see why this wouldn't be attractive to me, and why I would warn any potential unicorn not to consider your offer? NOT because you're bad people. But because I think the structure you're trying to form is an inherently fragile, flawed, and disaster-prone one. Not because triads can't work! But because if a closed triad is your ONLY acceptable outcome, I am the one who is going to suffer, almost inevitably.
You may find a woman who takes you up on your offer. Chances are good she'll be younger, a bit naive, maybe not too independent, because that's the sort of person who is more likely not to see the disadvantages for them that are inherent in this. And, alas, her naivety and emotional immaturity will only make this MORE likely to end in disaster.
Dating with a triad as your end goal is a very bad idea. It puts so much pressure on things, it ruins what could be otherwise beautiful connections. Date separately if you want to be poly. If a triad ends up forming after all, great! But don't be gunning for it. A relationship is like a child. A triad is like the profession of being a lawyer -- it has some good points and some bad points and is very specific. Insisting that your new relationship become a triad is like insisting your child become a lawyer. Why not just let it become whatever it most wants to be?
Does any of that make sense?
Me, 30ish bi female, been doing solo poly for roughly 5 years. Gia, Clay, and Pike, my partners. Davis, ex/friend/"it's complicated." Eric, Gia's husband. Bee, Gia and Eric's toddler.
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Skip to comments.Rep. Maxine Waters charged with three violations
Posted on 08/09/2010 4:40:59 PM PDT by Justaham
The House ethics committee released its formal charges against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Monday, accusing her of three counts of violating the letter and spirit of House rules and federal regulations by assisting a bank in which her husband owned stock.
The 10-page "Statement of Alleged Violation" focuses on the actions of Waters and Mikael Moore, who is the congresswoman's chief of staff and her grandson, and tracks very closely with the year-old findings of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics.
Waters is accused of improperly intervening on behalf of OneUnited, a minority-owned bank in which her husband held stock worth roughly $350,000. The federal government's Sept. 7, 2008, takeover of mortgage-lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac threatened to sink the bank, which was heavily invested in the twin titans of the secondary home-mortgage market.
Waters has denied any wrongdoing and notes her decades of work on behalf of minority-owned businesses. As the highest-ranking black lawmaker on either the House or Senate banking committees, Waters is a natural recipient of requests for help.
But the ethics committee insists she should have stayed away from the matter entirely, given her husband's stake in the company.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Lucky for her she's a Democrat or she might have seen some jail time.
I seem to recall that either Diane Feinstein or Nancy Pelosi's husband also benefited with some government contracts. What happened about that? Does anyone know?
You are right. Especially about Feinstein. I don't remember the details either, but it was totally ignored by the lame stream media and the "watchdogs" in Congress. I do remember at the time I thought she should have been kicked out of the Senate, if not in jail.
And if Piglosi's crimes were delved into it would probably blow your mind. Starting with the queen demanding her own private 757 to fly back and forth. "So the b1tch wouldn't have to waste her valuable time refueling".
And God only knows what else the MSM has been covering up for this waste of oxygen.
So when do they censure her and the BCC screams racism and nothing changes?
We now have "COAST TO COAST" Democrap corruption.
Thank you for remembering this....that's what I love about FR.
We cannot have this thread go one post longer without adding this video.
Kerosene Maxine not be likin' bein' charged with three violations!!!
LOL. Insightful, clever observation. ;-)
I think it was the guy from Red-eye on Fox that said that old Maxine is like the crazy lady on the bus...everyone just tries not to make eye contact. And THIS is what is running the government. Wow.
That's a pretty mental picture to paint, eh? "Maxine Waters, three violations". Ow.
Pelosi got companies located in Samoa tax exemption so her husband's tuna canning factories there wouldn't have to pay tax.
I second the notion.
I thought the story was that when they passed the last minimum pay act, she got the overseas tuna company employees exempted.
Maxine Waters: 'I don't know nuttin' bout no bank, ain't dat right Charlie?'
Was it? I can't remember the details. I do remember for certain that the laws are for the little people.
I'm not gonna check the thread for pics.
I got my eyes blackened by all the Republican bashing when I went to snopes to read about Pelousi, so alas, I couldn't.
When Rep Maxine Waters (D-Cali), called then-Treasury Secy Henry M. Paulson Jr. in late 2008 to ask him to host a special meeting that would feature a California bank executive she knew well, was the request on behalf of a trade association, or a bank in which her husband owned stock? That question will be among those raised at an ethics trial expected to unfold this fall, House officials predicted, after Ms. Waters became the second House member to indicate last week that she would challenge an allegation of violating House ethics rules.
The specific charges to be filed against Ms. Waters have not been made public. But House officials confirmed that the case involved communications Ms. Waters had in fall 2008 with federal officials that at least indirectly touched on the fate of OneUnited, a Boston-based bank with branches in Massachusetts, Florida and California. At the time of Ms. Waterss phone calls, her husband, Sidney Williams, had recently resigned as a board member of OneUnited but still owned stock in it.
OneUnited, like many banks at the time, was in a desperate position after losing $50 million worth of stock it had held in the housing finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, following their federal takeover.
Ms. Waterss lawyers have argued that her appeals to the Treasury Dept were on behalf of the National Bankers Association, a decades-old industry group that represents dozens of banks owned by minorities and women. The associations membership includes OneUnited, and the banks top executive, Robert P. Cooper, was then the chairman-elect of the group. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com
ANALYSIS----CONG WATERS AND HUSBAND HAVE TIES TO BANK THAT RECEIVED FEDERAL BAILOUT FUNDS---M/M Waters oen stock in bank; he is bank board member. Authorities need to determine whether Mr Waters colluded to engage in money-laundering activities which may have involved (1) violating state and federal RICO statutes; (2) securities fraud, (3) mail fraud (4) electronic fraud, (5) corporate theft (6) failing to report wrongdoing (7) breach of fiduciary duty (8) running a non-profit as an illegal racketeering enterprise, (9) accounting fraud, (10) using and creating slush funds.
ACTION NEEDED An external audit might uncover millions missing through government fraud.
Investigators might find that charges could be filed, into embezzlement schemes. Prosecutors might use RICO as a lever to pry open the massive cover-up of government corruption that is available through discovery within the named entities. The RICO device might refresh the memories of recalcitrant wrongdoers, and might expose primary evidence.
L/E might prosecute individuals along with their co-conspirators, and subsets of them, on RICO charges, on grounds that they conspired to keep taxpayers from learning of the scope and dimension of government fraud, and schemes designed to cheat taxpayers.
Phony official financial reports may have hidden theft; bank accountants and bookkeepers may have been employed in order to keep thievery secret.
Taxpayers demand to know if the Waters' received money from banks and other financial institutions in the form of loans, bonuses, equity positions in business entities doing business with the bank. Investigations may find that others signed off on paperwork and financial forms prepared or verified as true by the Waters.
ANALYSIS Did the Waters file false bank loan applications to take equity positions in companies doing business with his bank, then conspire to payoff the bank loans by rigging and inflating bids for government contracts, then paid off bank loans when the tax monies rolled in? In raids of the suspects' homes and offices, law enforcement might find evidence of the financial trail that linked government fraud and monies to personal payments for cars, trips, luxury items. The FBI should interrogate the Waters to determine if the bank received anything else of value ---such as political cover, and whether collusion to misuse Congessional influence was involved.
FBI TIP PAGE http://tips.fbi.gov/ (you may remain anonymous)
Tax returns also tell a tale, particularly entries for "interest payments."
IRS TOLL-FREE 1-800-829-0433 (you may remain anonymous when reporting tax fraud)
POSSIBLE CHARGES FACED BY CONG WATERS Official acts prohibited, misuse of Congressional funds, abuse of public office, violating oath of office, misuse of government position, abuse of government power; conflict of interest; influence buying; conspiracy to deceive; misuse of elective office, collusion, conspiracy to collude. Waters' official campaign finance records filed with the FEC, and state election commission, should be scrutinized for possible violations. Determine if names of Waters' contributors are legit and whether Waters illegally used campaign funds, and/or whether Waters received campaign contributions to influence Congressional votes. Waters may have colluded to give something of value, a govt gratuity, a job, etc, in exchange for getting govt monies to her husband.
OK, I hadn't seen that one before. Hilarious!!
The real clip
Here is Babs Boxer GET POPCORN and eat pudding
Throw her in jail, and lose the key. What a piece of work.
Some wierd dynamics at work here.
She's black and a democrat, so corruption is usually overlooked.
But, she and Rangel supported Hillary against the Chicago Thug Politician, so they have that working against them.
This particular item is in sync with what I remember about the story at the time.
Instead of investigations just put a law into effect that every 2 years 40% of the congress goes to prison for four years and can't run for office again. More efficient.
Correction: Pelosi committed her crime when W was president. So the blame started there and continues up through today.
Pelosi: Del Monte (StarKist -> Mr. Pelosi's a major stockholder) and American Samoa's exemption from the Federal Minimum Wage increase back in 2007.
This was allegedly overturned. However, at my daughter's ballet academy the other day, I saw a Fed document posted on the wall that still listed Samoa as some kind of exempted something. I'll take a pic of the doc when fall classes start in a couple of weeks, unless someone else can find what I'm talking about sooner.
Only if the senate is included, and they go for six years.
Of course.
Write your people in WDC to remind them of these ignored infractions! Write letters to the editor questioning, as I did, does anyone remember? These gals deserve closer scrutiny!
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SALT LAKE CITY — The LDS Church is moving its missionaries out of the areas of devastation and radiation threat in Japan and has taken the first steps to initiate humanitarian aid aid to Japan following Friday's magnitude-9.0 earthquake, aftershocks and destructive tsunami waves as well as the subsequent damage to nuclear power plants in the affected areas.
"We express our sympathy and support for all of the people of Japan," said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in a media conference Tuesday afternoon at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
"These are solemn times, these are sobering times for the world as we watch," he said, adding a plea for prayer of faith, assistance and gratitude. "We want the faith and support and prayerful interest of people from all over the globe."
Joining Elder Holland in providing remarks and perspective was Elder David F. Evans of the First Quorum of Seventy and an assistant executive director of the church's Missionary Department; he had served previously in Japan as a mission president and area president.
The powerful quakes and tsunamis resulted in massive destruction themselves. "But no one counted on the radiation issues," he said, adding that in terms of emergency response, "it does introduce a new element that we've never dealt with before."
It took more than 24 hours after the initial quake to do so, but by Saturday morning Utah time, LDS leaders were able to account for all 638 missionaries serving in the church's six missions in Japan. That count includes some 220 local Japanese missionaries, another 342 from the United States and the rest from other countries.
Elder Holland said the church will be moving as a precaution most — if not all — of the nearly 200 missionaries comprising its Sendai and Tokyo missions to other parts of Japan, where missions there will absorb them into their accommodations and operations.
All in the affected areas will be relocated well out of radiation-risk zones. "Whatever the government says, we're doubling or tripling that distance," Elder Holland said. "They will not want to leave. They will be determined to stay if we were to allow it — and I can tell you that we won't."
Another reason to move the missionaries is for the welfare of the local Japanese LDS members. "We don't want anybody to worry about the missionaries," he added, explaining the Japanese members should care for themselves and their own families first while food, water and fuel supplies are limited.
Elder Evans said that soon after quake and tsunami, missionaries were gathered in evacuation areas well beyond risk zones even before nuclear reactors began having troubles And Elder Holland said called radiation projections "unclear, unscientific" and added "we don't think the levels are that high."
Missionaries destined for those missions will temporarily be put on hold — kept either at the Provo Missionary Training Center for a time or distributed to other missions where they can be productive, Elder Evans said.
While missionary safety is of upmost concern, sending missionaries home from Japan is a last resort that isn't being considered now, Elder Holland said.
The LDS Church has nearly 125,000 members in Japan, and local church leaders have been able to assess the status of members of all units except one ward and two branches in the Sendai area.
"We know of no loss of life of a member — yet," he said, adding that despite limited communications, the church will try to keep local members information of what relief becomes available and where..
Elder Holland's voice choked with emotion as he praised church leaders and members in Japan who had worked days and nights without sleep or rest
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Today, I had a date with a guy I've had a crush on for 6 years. Things got heated when we got back to his place, but he had trouble getting the condom on. As soon he got it on, he came. I told him it was ok, I'd help him get hard again. He said, "No thanks. I'm good." FML
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Today, my boyfriend suggested we imagine each other as someone else when we had sex. I imagined he was Tom Cruise. He imagined I was my best friend. FML
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Today, I found out that the only way to get my boyfriend to last more than one minute in the sack is to let him watch cartoons while we do it. FML
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Today, I found out my boyfriend watches porn. Specifically, today, while I was in the shower. In the next room. We were alone in the house and he still chose porn. FML
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