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Murtha, Estancia run past Calvary Chapel
COSTA MESA - Powered by senior running back Robert Murtha, Estancia defeated Calvary Chapel, 51-17, in an Orange Coast League game Friday night at Estancia High.
Estancia (7-3, 4-1) entered the game having clinched the league's second playoff spot.
Murtha rushed for 240 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries. His 83-yard dash early in the first quarter gave Estancia a 14-0 lead, and it came on the heels of senior quarterback Brad Wilson's 62-yard touchdown pass to Ben Beck on the third play from scrimmage.
Murtha added runs of 62 and 22 yards before sitting out the majority of the second half. His replacement, senior Deion'Te Haywood ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns on just three carries.
Chris Turner scored twice on short runs for Calvary Chapel (3-7, 0-5), which also got a 72-yard kickoff return and a 32-yard field goal from Billy Wagner.
Quarterback Colin Kearon was 17 of 35 passing for 254 yards in the final game of his Calvary Chapel career. Seven of his completions went to Luke Kaeser for 125 yards.
Kilian Headington added an interception.

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Infection or inflammation of the male reproductive tract often lead to permanent infertility. Yet, one of the most understudied aspects of male reproductive physiology is the ability of the excurrent duct to protect maturing spermatozoa against an autoimmune response, while initiating very efficient immune activation against pathogens. The present application is based on our new discovery that a dense dendritic cell network populates the epididymis. We showed that epididymal dendritic cells (eDCs) establish intimate interactions with the epididymal mucosa and can send dendritic projections between epithelial cells toward the lumen. eDCs have the ability to present antigens to CD4+ and CD8+ T cels in vitro. We hypothesize that eDCs can interact with the luminal content, including spermatozoa, and regulate the balance between immune tolerance and inflammation.
Aim 1 a wil characterize eDCs using high resolution imaging in CD11c-EYFP and CX3CR1-GFP transgenic mice, comparative flow cytometry analysis and antigen-presenting assays before, during and after puberty. We postulate that the eDC network is reorganized during puberty, when sperm begin populating the excurrent duct.
Aim 1 b wil examine the regional specificities of eDC subsets in the context of the dual function of the epididymis. eDCs will be isolated from the proximal epididymal region (primarily involved in sperm maturation and protection against an autoimmune response), and distal region (more susceptible to infections by ascending pathogens). Comparative flow cytometry analysis and antigen-presenting capability will be determined in proximal and distal eDC populations.
Aim 2 wil determine the role of eDCs in the homeostatic and inflamed mouse epididymis, using conventional fluorescence and intravital multiphoton microscopy, and flow cytometry analysis.
Aim 2 a wil test the hypothesis that eDCs have the ability to sample and process luminal antigens including those present in sperm.
Aim 2 b will analyze the behavior of eDCs in the epididymis after injection with LPS (to mimic infections), vasectomy (downstream blockade of luminal flow) or efferent duct ligation (upstream blockade of luminal flow). The goal of this application is to characterize the nature and functions of the eDC network to provide new frameworks for the treatment of male immunological infertility (which is a major public health issue) and, ultimately, for the control of male fertility.
Spermatozoa acquire their fertilizing capacity during their transit through the epididymis, a long tube located downstream of the testis. Our laboratory studies how dendritic cells, which are among the most potent regulators of the immune system, work together with other cells lining the epididymal tube to protect spermatozoa against pathogens and autoimmunity. These results will provide new frameworks for the treatment of immunological male infertility.
Smith, T B; Cortez-Retamozo, V; Grigoryeva, L S et al. (2014) Mononuclear phagocytes rapidly clear apoptotic epithelial cells in the proximal epididymis. Andrology 2:755-62 |
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Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Блок Юлії Тимошенко |
Leader | Yulia Tymoshenko |
First Deputy | Oleksandr Turchynov[1] |
Parliamentary leader | Andriy Kozhemiakin[1] |
Founded | 9 February 2001 |
Dissolved | 15 December 2012[2] |
Preceded by | National Salvation Committee |
Succeeded by | Dictatorship Resistance Committee |
Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
Ideology | Solidarism,[3] Pro-Europeanism, social democracy,[4] liberal nationalism[5] However, parties in the Tymoshenko Bloc can have stances on some issues that vary considerably from other member parties. |
Political position | Centre-right |
European affiliation | None |
International affiliation | None |
Colours | Red heart on a white background |
Website | |
http://www.byut.com.ua | |
1The alliance contained different political groups with diverging ideological outlooks[6] |
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc[7] (Ukrainian: Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was since 2001 the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko. In November 2011 the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections was banned.[8] The core party of the alliance Fatherland stayed a major force in Ukrainian politics.[9][10]
Founded for the 2002 parliamentary elections the alliance attracted most of its voters from Western Ukrainian (Ukrainian speaking) provinces (Oblasts) and from central Ukraine.[11] The alliance had low support in the east and the south of Ukraine (where the Russian language is dominant).[11] They did recruited several politicians from these Russian speaking provinces like Crimea (Lyudmyla Denisova[12]) and Luhansk Oblast (Natalia Korolevska[13]). The alliance was often associated with the 2004 Orange Revolution (the alliance's leader Yulia Tymoshenko was one of the leaders of the Orange Revolution) and thus named an Orange Party in media publications.[14] The alliance had some prominent members who used to be associated with the opponents of the Orange Revolutions (the Blue camp) like the former[15] faction leader of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) faction in the Ukrainian Parliament Ivan Kyrylenko.[16] Other noticeable (former) BYuT deputies are Soviet dissident Levko Lukyanenko[17][18] and former UNA-UNSO leader Andriy Shkil.[19][20]
BYuT was intending to include more representatives from the education sector into voting for its lists. According to the party's leader Tymoshenko: "Certain branches and sectors have powerful lobbies. And there are only three to four lobbyists who represent the spheres of education and health care in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament). Therefore some sectors lack financing, while others have excessive funding".[21]
According to party-leader Tymoshenko representatives of business had no dominant influence on decision making in her political force. "Business is represented in the parliament, but it doesn't shape politics this is what distinguishes my political force from the Party of Regions for instance."[22] Several billionaires have been member of the BYuT faction in the Verkhovna Rada.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
After her dismissal by President Leonid Kuchma in January 2001 as Deputy Prime Minister for fuel and energy sector in the cabinet of Viktor Yushchenko and during the Ukraine without Kuchma-protests Yulia Tymoshenko initiated the loose organization the National Salvation Committee[30] on 9 February 2001.[31] This organisation later merged into the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in November 2001.[30][31]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe noted at the time that there were physical assaults and harassment of candidates and campaign workers associated with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc as well as other opposition political parties prior to the March election.[32] The Bloc itself complained of campaign related violations including "an informal 'media blackout,' [and] negatively slanted coverage".[32]
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002 the alliance comprised the following liberal and nationalist member parties:[33][34]
- Fatherland Party (Partiya Bat'kivshchyna ), also rendered as All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Vseukrajins'ke Ob'ednannja Bat'kivščyna)
- Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" (Ukrajins'ka Respublikanska Partija Sobor)
- Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (Ukrajins'ka Social-Demokratyčna Partija)
- Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija)
- Top 10 members
The bloc won 7.2%[35] of the popular vote and 22 out of 450 seats. This result was better than expected,[36] because BYuT had limited access to the media and limited support from local authorities.[37][38]
The alliance supported Viktor Yushchenko during the Ukrainian presidential election of 2004, and played an active role in the widespread acts of civil non-violent protest that became known as the Ukrainian Orange Revolution.
In January 2005 Tymoshenko became Prime Minister of Ukraine under Yushchenko's presidency.[39][40]
After a it had lost a few seats in the years 2002 and 2003; in September 2005 the parliamentary faction of the alliance had grown to 40 members.[41]
Electoral breakthrough[edit]
To the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006 the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko went only with Fatherland and Ukrainian Social Democratic Party after both republican parties left the alliance. Nonetheless the elections saw BYuT move into second place with 22,27%[35] of the vote behind Party of Regions which had 33% and ahead of Our Ukraine which received less than 14% support. They won 129 seats out of 450. Note after the merger of the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" and the Ukrainian Republican Party, the party went through a schism which led the majority party led by Anatoliy Mativienko to switch to Our Ukraine Bloc. The rest left the party and stayed with Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. After the elections in 2006 Levko Lukyanenko managed to reinstate the original Ukrainian Republican Party.
- Top 10 members
It was widely expected that a coalition between supporters of the orange movement would form Ukraine's next government, but after 3 months of negotiations and a failure to reach an agreement the proposed coalition collapsed following the decision of the Socialist Party of Ukraine to support the formation of the "anti-crisis coalition" with Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine.
During the 2007 parliamentary elections, the bloc consisted of:
The Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc this time[42] (the Ukrainian Republican Party had merged with this party in April 2002).[43]
- Top 10 members
In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the bloc won 156 out of 450 seats (and thus 30.71% of the total votes[35]), securing an additional 1.5 million votes (8.24%) in comparison with the 2006 election.[35][44] In 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko received a swing of 8.24% in comparison their 2006 vote. Most of the swing came as a result of consolidation of the vote in regions in which BYuT already was the leading party. Statistics published by Ukraine's Central Electoral Commission[45] indicate that most of the swing came from minor parties and a swing away from the Socialist Party and to a lesser extent Our Ukraine.
On 15 October 2007, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc agreed to form a majority coalition in the new parliament of the 6th convocation.[46] On 29 November, a coalition was signed between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (representing 45% of the national vote[45]). On 18 December 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko, with a margin of two votes, was elected Prime Minister.[47]
During the 2008 Ukrainian political crisis the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (OU-PSD) coalition was haltered and among the negations with a.o. OU-PSD there were negotiations between BYuT and Party of Regions to form a coalition[48] but after Volodymyr Lytvyn was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) 9 December 2008 he announced the creation of a coalition between his Lytvyn Bloc, BYuT and OU-PSD.[49] After negotiations[50][51] the three party's officially signed the coalition agreement on 16 December.[52] It was unsure if this coalition would stop the snap election[53][54][55] although Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn predicts the Verkhovna Rada will work until the (then scheduled) next elections in 2012.[56] President Viktor Yushchenko's decree to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) made during the 2008 Ukrainian political crisis was never put into action.[57]
On 3 July 2009 the Verkhovna Rada terminated the mandate of BYuT deputy Viktor Lozinskyi. At the time there was a criminal proceedings against Lozinskyi instituted on suspicion of deliberately inflicting grave bodily harm causing death; the Prosecutor-General's Office had applied to the Verkhovna Rada for permission to arrest Viktor Lozinskyi. 416 out of 444 deputies registered in Parliament, including 133 deputies of the Tymoshenko Bloc, voted for removal of the Lozinskyi's parliamentary immunity.[58][59]
Return to opposition[edit]
In October 2009 Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko endorsed Yulia Tymoshenko, then incumbent Prime Minister, as their candidate for the 2010 Presidential election.[60][61] She was not elected.[57]
After the fall of the second Tymoshenko Government on 3 March 2010 (seven BYuT lawmakers had supported the motion of no confidence[62][63]) BYuT moved into opposition.[64][65] On 11 March 2010 BYuT appealed to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine to terminate the parliamentary mandates of six parliamentarians who had joined a the new parliamentary coalition.[66] Ten representative of BYuT joined the coalition supporting the Azarov Government as an independent MP in April 2010.[67]
On 16 March a shadow government including BYuT was established.[68]
Late May 2010 BYuT deputies had to submit new applications for faction membership.[69] On 26 June 2010 The Political Council Presidium of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" expelled Oleksandr Feldman, a Verkhovna Rada deputy of the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc faction, from the party because he had joined the coalition supporting the Azarov Government the previous month.[70] 28 members of the faction where officially expelled from it, because they had joined the majority coalition, on 21 September 2010.[71]
On 16 November 2010 the ByuT faction was officially renamed "Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna".[72]
By late 2010 the BYuT faction consisted of 113 lawmakers of the original 156 elected in September 2007. Most BYuT leavers became members of the "Stability and Reforms" coalition supporting the Azarov Government (17 of these became founding members of Reforms for the Future in February 2011[73][74]).[75] Four joined the Party of Regions faction in October 2010 (followed by five others in March 2011).[76][77][78] Early February 2011 seven more deputies where expelled from the faction.[79] On 2 February 2011 party-leader Tymoshenko claimed members of the "Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna"-faction had been offered money and places in the election list of the Party of Regions and have been blackmailed into voting for laws introduced by the Azarov Government.[80] In 2011 the faction of BYuT lost 11 more deputies.[81] On 29 December 2011 it consisted of 102 deputies.[81] Alliance leader Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in jail in October 2011 on abuse of power charges.[82][83]
Ukrainian President Yanukovych and the Party of Regions have been accused of trying to create a "controlled democracy" in Ukraine and as a means to this tried to "destroy" main opposition party BYuT, but both have denied this charges.[84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93]
In November 2011 the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections was banned.[8] The People's Self-Defense Political Party merged with All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland".[94][95]
"Fatherland" and Reforms and Order Party (with People's Movement of Ukraine) announced to compete one single party list during the parliamentary elections in 2012 in March 2012.[96] On 7 April 2012 Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his party Front of Changes will join them on this (single) party list.[97]
On 15 March 2012 the Ukrainian Social-Democratic Party was expelled from the bloc for alleged "cooperation with the presidential administration and the ruling regime"; the day before the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party party-leader Natalia Korolevska had been expelled from the "Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna"-faction (formerly BYuT faction) in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).[98][99] The Ukrainian Social Democratic Party had stated in December 2011 "that we are doing nothing that can harm the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko… Our task is to collect the most votes in parliament at the 2012 parliamentary elections".[100] On 22 March 2012 party congress the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!".[101][102]
Eventually "Fatherland" became the "umbrella" party which election list included members of Reforms and Order Party, People's Movement of Ukraine, Front of Changes, For Ukraine, People's Self-Defense, Civil Position and Social Christian Party.[103][104][105][106] In July 2012 members of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People joined this list.[107] This list named themselves: United Opposition "Fatherland".[107] During the election the list won 62 seats and 25.55% of the votes under the proportional party-list system (falling from 30.71% in 2007 for Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko[35]) and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies (this sum gave them a total of 101 seats and 22.67% of the 450 seats in the Ukrainian Parliament).[108] The party lost about 2 million voters compared with the results of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko in the previous election.[9]
By late November 2012 the BYuT faction consisted of 97 lawmakers of the original 156 elected in September 2007.[35][75]
On 15 June 2013 Reforms and Order Party and Front for Change merged into "Fatherland".[109]
The ideology of BYuT[edit]
The official ideology of the block is solidarism.[110] But in the block includes parties with different ideology:[6] pro-Europe,[4] liberal nationalistic and social democratic.[111][112] The hostile parties claim that the ideology of BYuT is populism.[112][113]
Bloc's electoral results[edit]
Parliamentary since 2002[35] (year links to election page) |
Year | Votes | % | Mandates | |||||
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2006 |
2007 |
Presidential since 1999 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
Year | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
2004 | Viktor Yushchenko (not a member of BYuT but supported by BYuT during the election[114]) |
2010 | Yulia Tymoshenko |
Issue stances[edit]
BYuT proposes a national referendum on the system of governance (Presidential or Parliamentary) and the adoption a new Constitution. On 15 February 2010 BYuT faction leader Ivan Kyrylenko stated "We think that that there is a post that is unnecessary in the state" (without mentioning which post he meant).[115]
Raise salaries for judges and abolish the requirement for them to hear specific cases. Legal aid schemes for poor citizens so that income is not the final determinant of judicial representation and consideration.
The creation of public broadcast television, greater transparency and disclosure of ownership of media interests, the establishment of agreements between owners of media outlets and journalists in order to facilitate open and honest editorial policy, and increased internet availability.
The implementation of a systematic program to combat corruption.
Social reform[edit]
Provide improved social welfare services while encouraging an expansion of the population. Specific plans include obligatory medical insurance, free state medical services for those in need, affordable medication, a rural doctor program, and increased payments for each newborn child. In addition, there are proposals for increased baby care allowances and long-term low interest loans for young families.
Stop the brain drain by restoring the status and raising the standards of the education system. Measures include incentives for investment in professional and higher education, and, most importantly, research and development.
Building new oil and gas pipelines and expanding public-private partnership investments to improve roads, railways and airports. Liberalization of the current regime for the transit of passengers and goods.
Address the imbalance between large enterprises, which dominate the business sector, and small by encouraging the growth of wealth-creating small- and medium-sized enterprises. Reduce the tax burden through the adoption of a new tax code while expanding assessment, minimizing tax remissions, and abolishing VAT. Simplify the process to set up and administer businesses and establishing lower business lending rates in line with European levels. Also proposed are measures to liberalize banking and insurance services and to encourage longer-term lending. Shareholder rights will be protected, the permit system reformed, and the governmental bureaucracy reduced.
Overturn the nation's dependence on monopolies for importing energy while strengthening collaboration and coordination of energy policy with the EU. Specific policies include integration with the European market for the supply and consumption of electricity, measures to reduce oil and gas consumption, an increase in utilization of brown coal and the production of synthetic fuel. Complete the Odessa-Brody-Plotsk (Gdańsk) transit pipeline and build a gas transit pipeline linking the Caspian Sea (running through Azerbaijan and Georgia) and the Black Sea. Encourage domestic production both onshore and offshore in the Black and Azov Seas.
Encouragement of domestic and foreign investment. Changing and eliminating legislation and legal contradictions that currently hinder investment. Procedures must be streamlined to allocate land under long-term leases to investors who will build new facilities in Ukraine, especially in the technology sector. Other proposals include transparent and open privatization and tender processes and the establishment of a network of regional ombudsman to simplify processes for obtaining import certificates. Special emphasis will be made to attract investment in the power sector and all new legislation enacted will be in accordance with WTO practices.
BYuT proposes a system of mortgage lending with lower interest rates for house purchases along with governmental targets designed for public housing projects. Decentralization to the regional level will be implemented to facilitate these targets for both housing and commercial facilities. Special tax incentives are also envisioned for industrial projects to complement planning for investment described above.
A program aimed at establishing a stronger, more profitable and environmentally responsible agricultural sector will be implemented. Crucial measures include the availability of development funds, agricultural exchanges, insurance funds and land-banks. Other initiatives involve the promotion of agricultural products to overseas markets. To facilitate a functioning land market, agricultural producers will have access to low interest loans, with incentives put in place for the development of cooperative banks and credit unions in rural areas.
Relationships with other parties[edit]
Late May was marked with another story on a boring subject – betrayal, conspiracy, coup d'état, the usurpation of power and other terrible things. This has already become a political characteristic of Ukraine.
Our Ukraine has been the main ally of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) during the Orange Revolution and in its aftermath.
Although unrelated to these developments, American analyst Ryan Renicker has maintained his assertion that allegations of her alleged wrongdoings are unsubstantiated and misguided. In fact, official documents from both the European Union and the United States suggest Tymoshenko's prosecution and imprisonment were politically motivated.[117][118][119][120][121] Relations with archrival Party of Regions (PoR)[122][123][124] has always been sour but at times seemed to improve. In 2009 a coalition government between these two seemed to become a reality.[125][126][127][128][129] But early June talks to build a broad coalition to address the economic crisis collapsed; Yulia Tymoshenko accused PoR leader Viktor Yanukovych of betrayal.[130] Then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko at the time showed little enthusiasm for a BYuT-PoR coalition.[131]
See also[edit]
References and Footnotes[edit]
- ^ a b BYT-Batkivschyna replaces its leader, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)
- ^ You Scratch My Back, and I'll Scratch Yours, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
- ^ (Russian language) Tymoshenko bloc elected (at the Party Congress) as its ideology solidarism. 8 December 2005.
- ^ a b "Political blog profile: The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (02/26/06)". Ukrweekly.com. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ Haran, Olexiy; Burkovsky, Petro (2009), "In the Aftermath of the Revolution: From Orange Victory to Sharing Power with Opponents", Ukraine on Its Meandering Path Between East and West, Peter Lang, p. 96
- ^ a b Against All Odds:Aiding Political Parties in Georgia and Ukraine by Max Bader, Vossiuspers UvA, 2010, ISBN 978-90-5629-631-5 (page 82)
- ^ It may refer to one or several of the following:
- the "Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc" which fought the 2002 parliamentary election
- the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" which fought the 2006 parliamentary election.
- the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" which fought the 2007 parliamentary election.
- the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" parliamentary faction formed by the above-mentioned bloc
- ^ a b Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)
- ^ a b After the parliamentary elections in Ukraine: a tough victory for the Party of Regions Archived 17 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine., Centre for Eastern Studies (7 November 2012)
- ^ Who will meet with Yanukovych in the second round. American Sociological Service Gallup measured the mood of the Ukrainians. 11 October 2013.
- ^ a b Poll: Political forces of Tigipko, Yatseniuk, Communist Party in Top 5 of April rating of parties, Kyiv Post (12 May 2010)
- ^ Новый состав Кабмина принят единогласно, news.mediaport.ua(Russian)
- ^ (Ukrainian)Народна депутатка з Луганська від БЮТу раніше підтримувала Віктора Януковича, Gazeta.ua (23 March 2007)
- ^ Q&A: Ukrainian parliamentary poll, BBC News (1 October 2007)
- ^ Tymoshenko aware of change in leadership of BYT-Batkivschyna faction, Kyiv Post (7 December 2011)
- ^ Yulia Tymoshenko's orbits, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 March 2006)
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- ^ Levko Lukyanenko, Verkhovna Rada
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- ^ Andriy Shkil, Verkhovna Rada
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- ^ No. 50 Richest: Tariel Vasadze, 63, Kyiv Post (17 December 2010)
- ^ No. 40 Richest: Serhiy and Oleksandr Buryak, 44 and 40, Kyiv Post (17 December 2010)
- ^ No. 43 Richest: Oleksandr Feldman, 50, Kyiv Post (17 December 2010)
- ^ No. 26 Richest: Yevhen Sihal, 55, Kyiv Post (17 December 2010)
- ^ Kostyantin Valentynovych Zhevago, Bloomberg L.P. (2009)
- ^ No. 11 Richest: Andriy Verevsky, 36, Kyiv Post (17 December 2010)
- ^ Eight Ukrainians make Forbes magazine's list of world billionaires, Kyiv Post (8 March 2012)
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- ^ Tymoshenko says cabinet won't stay on as caretaker, Kyiv Post (3 March 2010)
- ^ Tymoshenko: Government members will immediately leave offices after Rada's decision on cabinet dismissal, Kyiv Post (3 March 2010)
- ^ Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc wants its members joining coalition to be stripped of mandates, Kyiv Post (11 March 2010)
- ^ Another MP from BYT joins coalition, Kyiv Post (13 April 2010)
- ^ Eight parties sign agreement on creation of united opposition, Kyiv Post (16 March 2010)
- ^ Tymoshenko urges BYuT deputies to submit new applications for faction membership, Kyiv Post (29 May 2010)
- ^ Batkivschyna Expels Feldman From Party, Kyiv Post (26 June 2010)
- ^ BYuT-Batkivschyna parliament faction expels 28 members, Kyiv Post (21 September 2010)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Фракція БЮТ змінила свою назву, STB (16 November 2010)
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- ^ a b (Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції Archived 15 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine., Verkhovna Rada
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- ^ "Former BYUT members Feldman, Yatsenko and Glus joined PR faction". Ukrainian Independent Information Agency. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
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- ^ Seven BYT deputies who voted for constitutional amendments expelled from faction, Kyiv Post (1 February 2011)
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- ^ a b (Ukrainian) 2011 року фракція БЮТ втратила 11 депутатів, The Ukrainian Week (6 January 2012)
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- ^ Ukraine right-wing politics: is the genie out of the bottle?, openDemocracy.net (3 January 2011)
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- ^ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
- ^ (Ukrainian) "ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ В РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ", 'Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)
Yatseniuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition, 'Kyiv Post (7 April 2012) - ^ (Ukrainian) Королевську викинули ще й з блоку Тимошенко, 'Ukrayinska Pravda (15 March 2012)
- ^ Korolevska expelled from Batkivschyna faction, Kyiv Post (14 March 2012)
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- ^ (Ukrainian) Королевська перейменувалася та обіцяє звинувачувати лідерів БЮТ, 'Ukrayinska Pravda (22 March 2012)
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- ^ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections, 'Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
(Ukrainian) "ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ В РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ", 'Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)
Yatseniuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition, 'Kyiv Post (7 April 2012) - ^ (Ukrainian) Tymoshenko and Yatsenyuk united ("Тимошенко та Яценюк об'єдналися"), 'Ukrayinska Pravda (23 April 2012)
- ^ Civil Position party joins Ukraine's united opposition, Kyiv Post (20 June 2012)
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External links[edit]
- (Ukrainian) (English) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Official site
- (English) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc website
- (English) Yulia Tymoshenko personal site Official personal site of Yulia Tymoshenko


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PANYC State represents a new age in fashion. The brand was created in December 2007 by four friends set to change the clothing industry. Influenced by New York and Philadelphia urban culture and political, social and cultural issues, PANYC State's clothing hold a deeper meaning. Bryce E. Stewart, CEO of PANYC State shares with us the history of the brand and their accomplishments.
TM: I find it refreshing that your tees offer an outlook to worldly issues. What inspired you to step outside of the norm and create a line of tees with impactful messages?
Bryce E. Stewart: The initial event that sparked the creation of the clothing line was a shopping trip to a local mall. My brothers, PANYC State Co-Founders, and I were looking for new school clothes and quickly realized that no store had anything that we wanted. The market was flooded with meaningless logo tees and skull tees at the time. After the trip we sat down and joked that we would have been better off if we just made our own clothes. That joke immediately turned into our first "business meeting" as we realized that we had all the pieces necessary to start a clothing company. My brothers and I have always been drawn to things that blend the intellectual and the creative, and we saw these lacking in the abundant streetwear options. We decided to create PANYC State to create designs that had aesthetic appeal as well as deeper, sometimes hidden, meanings and messages that our customers would be drawn to. It was a later thought that we could use our line for philanthropic gains to aid causes around the world, and this is the part of our mission for which we are most proud.
TM: Describe the meaning behind your brands name.
B.E.S: PANYC State (pronounced "panic state") was actually the second name we came up with at the inception of the company. Our first choice was Pins and Needles, but we found that several companies were using this name, and we wanted something more unique to go along with the style of our brand. The name PANYC State was created to pay tribute to the original creators of the brand's concept who hailed from Philadelphia (PA) and New York (NYC). PANYC State was founded at the end of 2007 when the country was embroiled in war and an impending financial crisis. It seemed that everything that was being spread through every media outlet was sending the public into hysteria, a state of panic. The name PANYC State just fit perfectly in every way.
TM: Who are your target customers?
B.E.S: PANYC State is for young, intelligent, and unique trendsetters. We believe that everyone is unique, and it is crucial to express yourself in any way possible. Why not in your clothes? We at PANYC State design apparel with messages that we believe should be important to youth worldwide. The majority of our customers and fans are between the ages of 15 and 28.
TM: What risks did you take in order to get your brand to where it is today?
B.E.S: Other than the obvious financial risks we haven't done anything crazy. We have just put ourselves out there to stores, sites, and customers. We have been extremely grateful for such an astounding show of support for our vision and our designs.
TM: How did you go about marketing your brand?
B.E.S: Up until this point the vast majority of our marketing is through word of mouth. This method has helped us gain a cult following which is growing daily. Oh, and it's free! We have also recently joined forces with Google in Philadelphia at an event featuring local fashion businesses and food vendors. We also market extensively through our Facebook and Twitter pages and have built partnerships with local fashion bloggers.
TM: Do you think that with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter advertising is now simpler and easier?
B.E.S: With the emergence of social media, especially Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it has become extremely easy to market our brand and spread our brand beyond our immediate circles. The best thing about social media is that, for the most part, advertising on these platforms is free which is crucial for a small, up and coming brand like PANYC State. We have definitely taken advantage of our social networks, and we are looking for new and exciting ways to use these platforms to engage our fans, build business relationships, and spread our messages. Check us out at our homes around the web for breaking news and exclusive offers. Facebook: PANYC STATE. Twitter: @PANYC_STATE. Google+: PANYC State.
TM: PLNDR.com is an exclusive member's only online site offering sells from the hottest streetwear brands. What was your initial reaction when you found out that you ranked second in the PLNDR Brand Battle Contest?
B.E.S: Obviously we were super excited and encouraged by all the support we had received from our old and new fans. I actually happened to come upon the contest by chance one day when I was shopping at PLNDR, and I knew that I had to enter PANYC State. To be honest, we weren't expecting such a great showing because we had recently re-branded the company, and our style and mission is so different from most other streetwear brands. We pushed extremely hard with marketing blasts to everyone we could reach. Our fans were amazing, they were sending text messages, emails, phone calls and everything possible literally around the world to help us get votes. We are so glad about our placement, and that our hard work paid off. Reaching second place was only the beginning. It earned us the right to present PLNDR with our line sheet for a chance to be featured on their site. We are currently playing the waiting game with our fingers crossed.
TM: After being in the t-shirt industry for about 5 years and watching new brands emerge, how important is competition to you?
B.E.S: We honestly don't pay a ton of attention to our competition because the independent tee shirt industry has grown so much and become so saturated in recent years. We really focus on staying unique and offering streetwear customers something new, something they won't see at other brands. The only time we really focus on competition is when we are deciding pricing and determining seasonal trends.
TM: Being that PANYC State tees highlight environmental and social issues, are there any organizations in particular that you hope to partner with in the future?
B.E.S: We really want to focus on building partnerships with organizations that advocate for educational equality in the US and abroad as well as for a sustainable future for our environment. We are in the process of building a relationship with 12+ a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia dedicated to empowering students from underserved communities to achieve college access and completion. We continue to discover new philanthropic opportunities and gorge new partnerships. Eventually, our goal is to work with large and established organizations such as WWF as well as organizations advocating for social equality.
TM: If you could hand pick one "celebrity" or famous figure to represent your brand, who would it be?
B.E.S: One of our favorite celebrities for a while has been Lupe Fiasco. In fact, the initial inspiration of a few upcoming PANYC State designs has come from Lupe Fiasco songs. He is just honest in his personal life and in his music. Lupe's music embodies conscious hip hop, and I guess you could say PANYC State designs "conscious apparel." Lupe advocates for the greater good, and that is what we are about at PANYC State.
TM: Great choice. What do you hope to get accomplished in the next few years?
B.E.S: We want to continue to spread the PANYC State movement and build our audience around the world. In addition we are looking to sell in domestic and international brick and mortar boutiques as well as more online marketplaces featuring up and coming and established independent streetwear brands. We are already selling at soletron.com, dropcent.com, dopehut.com, ustrendy.com, and wardrobeave.com.
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Even though rugby is over and we didn't make it to Nationals like the men's team did, water polo just started up and I am super excited to finally get back in the water! This will be my 6th year playing, and each year I get even more excited to begin a new season. Our team looks really strong this year with about two to three strings of starters that have played the game before. There are also a number of new girls that have come out to play, so being able to see a team develop from vets and newbies is an enjoyment to watch and even more fun to be a part of!
Presidents' Day Weekend and Spring Break are the next two events that the corps is looking forward to. It is going to be nice to be able to go back home to sunny San Diego for a week before I have to come back to single digit weather! I am really excited to get through the first part of the second semester and to keep on chugging through until we hit the summer!
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The Perseid Meteor shower occurs for a few days every August and will peak this year on the 13th. Edward Gleason, professor at the University of Southern Maine and manager of the Southworth Planetarium, will be on hand to guide us through this event. Professor Gleason will have a telescope to look at planets, stars and other celestial objects. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through an area of dense interplanetary debris. According to the American Meteor Society's website, "Meteor showers are generally named after the constellation in which they appear to originate; thus the Perseids appear to originate in the constellation Perseus…"
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To all cz75/85 owners: what did you do to enhance your pistol for ipsc prod competition? how about the costs? waiting period? all replies will be deeply appreciated. thanks!
I just installed an LPA fully adjustable sights (P2600), and a nice trigger job from TP (P1500, 3days). ^c Batangueno: Di yata puwede ang may engraving sa production ;f
Batangueno: That's my kind of CZ!!! nabuhay na naman si Cheska Zubumoko!!!! glck17: eto litanya ko for the CZ...treat this as doctrine and you'll save a lot of time, effort and money setting up your CZ-75/85 for ipsc production division! 1. Get a good trigger job. My 85B has 7lb DA and 2.5lb SA pull. Si Churchill, yung dating gunsmith ng PB ang gumawa. Yung triggers ng CZ nila Judge at Casmot si TP ang gumawa. Yung kay Allegra saka mga Team Armscor PD players si Jun Tuason ang current favorite when it comes to trigger jobs but I don't know where his shop is. I think it's in Pasig. 2. The original 75B mags have the solid black/gray followers and hold only 15rds. Use CZ-85B 16rd mags with the red/black hollow followers with legs. You can get 17 rds in when the springs break-in. Aftermarket mags are allowed in PD so you can opt to buy the Mecgar 17rd magazines specifically made for the CZ at Twin Pines. 18rds will fit when the springs break-in. You can also use 17rd Jericho/Tanfoglio magazine as your no. 1 magazine, but it has a square lip. The CZ has a round lip profile. The jericho/tanfoglio 17rd magazine will snag during mag change. 18rds will also fit when the springs break-in. Use only original CZ thin wire mag springs and don't ever cut any coils. 3. Remove tha magazine brake inside the grip and straighten it out using 2 pliers so the mags fall free when you push the mag catch. Be very careful, the mag brake is made of spring wire and is very brittle. 4. If you have small hands, get the original CZ thin rubber grips. This is what I prefer. Others like the orig. plastic grips. Some don't like the rubber grips because they're too sticky, mahirap mag adjust ng grip. 5. The polymer and nickel plating finishes are very slick. Put skateboard tape on the front strap, slide and frame. 6. you can replace the fixed rear sights with LPA adjustable rear sights. You can paint your sights however you like it. Some prefer plain black or 3-dots with the same or different colors on the dots. I prefer plain black rear and an orange front sight. Since magkakalaban tayo sa PD, tama na muna mga tips na ito para meron pa akong maitatagong ibang secrets! hehehe. enjoy your new toy!!! ;K
forgot to add: Excessive dry firing without a dummy round or cushion bet. the hammer and firing pin will break the roll pin and/or the tip of the firing pin. Get a spare slide stop and keep it in your range bag. A quick fix is to use a cut to size drill bit. ;K
thanks again guys! Eye Cutter: what do you mean by "a quick fix is to use a cut to size drill bit"? and yung trigger job na 7lb DA, 2.5lb SA hine ba nag "hammer down"?
naputulan ng slide stop sa Toot's Cup in Rosales yung brother ko. when he ordered the slide stop from PB, out of stock. So he got a broken drill bit with the same diameter as the slide stop and pina-putol sa gunsmith ng PB. yun muna ginamit until dumating piyesa. hanggang ngayon, yun ang spare slide stop niya. regarding the trigger pull, wala akong nagiging problema. Yung 75B ni JuDGe mas maganda pa nga trigger pull!
We just follow the VV reloading specs. sa PB. Iba-iba gamit naming heads. Plain lead, copper plated, fmj, etc. and of different weights. Basta ang target PF namin for the CZ bet 132-135. More than that and the handling becomes too flippy. I usually use N320 or N340 powder. Yung iba ADI AP-70, but it has a wide spread in velocity bec. of the dispensing quality of flake powder. Saan ba kayo nagpapaload sa DPSA? Pumunta nga pala mga kasama ko sa level 1 shoot ninyo kahapon.
ok sir. how about yung OAL? yes nagpunta mga Team PB nung sunday. Adong just whop my A** in prod to take 1st place.(2nd ako)
Congrats! parati nga kami pinapagalitan ni Coach Adong kasi matigas daw ulo namin. Di kasi kami sumusunod sa turo niya! iba diskarte namin sa kanya! hehehe. Ayos na ayos ang CZ panglaro! Regarding the OAL, we use the VV recommended of 1.142in.
Jun T shop sa bahay nya sa pasig Dulo ng shaw yun eh, alam ko malapit sa Victoria court CZnayr why do you need to change springs?
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a bad thing? What are the negative effects of an undersprung CZ? Thanks to the group.
pmma97, potential damage to the pistol from frame battering, specially sa slide stop... felt recoil would also improve pag medyo ok na yung recoil spring mo... pag sobrang lapit naman ng tapon ng brass, malang masyadong heavy ang recoil spring mo....


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Reviews - The Atherstone Red Lion Hotel
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Staff were very nice and friendly. Room was nice. Bed was comfy but bathroom very small and there was no hot water in the morning. I found out later I was charged twice for my booking and it took a while to find my reservation.
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What a great hotel an outdoor indoor feel great courtyard enclosed in a conservatory with a cobbled floor.
When we arrived early they were just starting the Christmas dinners I would recommend you to have one great food at a great price. The room was so warm and cosy which is a bonus in December. A good all round hotel with great staff always ready to help thank you all.
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Location of this hotel was ideal for a wedding we were attending nearby.
The hotel has a small car park but there is public parking nearby. Rooms were clean and tidy with tea/coffee facilities in the room. The hotel ordered us taxis and these seemed to be readily available.
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This proved to be a bit of a problem as myself and another colleague were stopping for an extra two nights and the hotel was fully booked for those two nights. We were told to come down in the morning to speak to the manager which we did but the manager wans't there. The lady behind the bar said someone would call us as she couldn't help and we had to leave to attend a trade show. Unfortunately, no one called so we had to call the hotel to ensure we had a room for the night!. All was well in the end but it's not the best feeling when you're away on business and you don't know whether the hotel you have booked is going to have a room for you at the end of a long day. On a positive note, the food was very nice.
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This hotel is a lovely building but we were so disappointed by the service we received, and the general cleanliness of the hotel.
When we arrived, the receptionist decided to answer the phone while we were standing there waiting to check in, she did not apologise but spent five minutes taking a booking. Our room was average, we were not aware that there was tea, coffee facilities hidden in bottom drawer until we left.. This should have been labelled. The shower was awful, just like a watering can. The noise during the night was horrendous and made it impossible for my husband and I to get any sleep. When we asked the receptionist for two safety pins as we had a wardrobe problem, they were not interested and wouldn't help us. I then asked for a plaster as I had cut my finger, once again they were not interested and just said they would have a look, an hour later my husband had to ask again and I was eventually given a plaster. The hotel seemed very short staffed and the staff who served us to lunch and drinks on Friday afternoon and evening, seemed disinterested, stressed and bordering on rude. The carpet area where we sat opposite the bar was filthy, the chairs were covered in crumbs and I'm surprised there weren't rats running around. It was also impossible to connect to wifi, the staff weren't interested and kept fobbing us off. In this day and age it is important for some people with work commitments etc. to have Internet access and this can affect whether a booking is made. However, staff once again were not interested when my husband queried it for the fifth time and then gave up. We paid for breakfast which was not worth the money. Tea was cold, our table was not laid out for us and we had to borrow butter from another table. By this point, we weren't surprised at the appalling service and couldn't wait to leave the hotel. On checking out, it was no surprise that the receptionist was unprofessional, not even asking us how our stay was etc, wish I had read trip advisor beforehand, it appears others have had exactly the same awful experiences.
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Colorado budget-writers are nearing a decision on how new marijuana taxes should be spent.
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A House debate last week over police officer training slowed when some Republicans argued that marijuana taxes should be used to pay for the training, while others want to see more money saved in case marijuana revenues dip.


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Compuware Corporation
One Campus Martius
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Date and Time
June 17, 2009 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (?)
If you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to limit the number of presenters and time of each demo.
Overview (45 minutes)
- Eclipse - More than just an IDE
- Speaker - Dennis O'Flynn, Compuware Corporation
- Abstract - Eclipse is commonly know as a Java IDE. However, it is much more than that. This session will present an overview of the Eclipse Foundation and its nearly 100 open source software projects.
- Eclipse v3.5 - Galileo
- Speaker - Dennis O'Flynn, Compuware Corporation
- Abstract - Galilo is the 4th release train from the Eclipse Foundation. This session will highlight the over 30 Eclipse projects that will be simultaneously released with Galileo
Product Demos (15-20 minutes each)
- Compuware Fault Manager
- Speaker - Chris Hart, Software Developer
- Abstract - Fault Manager is a reporting solutions based upon the Eclipse BIRT project. This demo will show how Fault Manager leverages BIRT to design and customize reports that can be viewed either in a rich client or with a browser accessing web application.
- Eclipse as a Server-Side Platform
- Speaker - Dennis O'Flynn, Compuware Corporation
- Abstract - The Eclipse Rich Client Platform is popular for client-side applications. But Eclipse can also be used to host server-side solutions as well. Eclipse is based upon Equinox, an implementation of the OSGi specification. This demo will show how Eclipse can be leveraged to deploy plug-ins into a server-side environment that utilize OSGi Service Applications and Service Components.
- Compuware Vantage Service Manager v11
- Speaker - Rick Schultz, Development Lead and Jon Goering, Software Developer
- Abstract - Vantage Service Manager in version 11 has gone through a transformation from purely a Java Swing application into Eclipse RCP. This demo will go through the product in terms of lessons learned and technologies leveraged to successfully merry Java Swing and the SWT of Eclipse RCP. You don't need to re-write it all, as they can co-exist!
- L33t Labs Game Engine
- Speaker - Tony McCrary, L33t Labs - Software Developer / Architect
- Abstract - Eclipse as game development platform: Using Eclipse's extensible architecture to create tightly integrated game development tools and bridging the gap between programmers and designers/artists.
Time permitting after our talks, we will also host BoF's. Please define any Eclipse topic of special interest you would like to discuss.
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- Facilitator - <your name, your company>
- Abstract - <brief description of BoF>
Who Is Attending
If you plan on attending please add your name and company to the list below. We'd like to see as many people show up as possible.
- Dennis O'Flynn, Compuware
- Abdel Belkasri, PhD, Compuware
- Joe Sadler, SaTech Logistics
- Chris Hart
- Rick Schultz, Compuware
- Jon Goering, Compuware
- Tony McCrary, L33t Labs
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For His Was The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory … Briefly
On a green island in the cold waters of Lake Michigan, James Jesse Strang became the crowned, polygamous ruler of a Mormon "empire"
June 1970 | Volume 21, Issue 4
Upon swearing to the oath, the initiate into the Illuminati knelt before the king, who anointed his head with oil. And miraculously, according to the testimony of more than one member of the order, the initiate's head would thereupon radiate with a glowing halo. Even given his deep yearning for power—kingly power—it is remarkable enough that James Strang finally would find himself on a throne. But it is perhaps even more remarkable that on their knees before that throne were rugged American pioneers imperturbably forfeiting both their souls and their American citizenship.
But before the top nobility of the order had been initiated, the summer of 1846 had arrived and Strang had gone East on business. The blueprint of the kingdom of God on earth had been sketched out; now the prophet needed to round up the Saints and march them to Voree. Accompanied by Bennett, Adams, and some of his other apostles, Strang began in earnest to woo the Mormon Church of the martyred Joseph Smith. Brigham Young's followers had already started their long trek from Nauvoo to the West when James Jesse Strang headed for Ohio. His objective: to capture the first Mormon Church established by Smith, the Kirtland Stake.
When Strang appeared in Kirtland, he was no mere upstart. He had three of Joseph Smith's twelve apostles in his Primitive Church of Latter-day Saints. He had the support of Smith's mother and brother William. Moreover, the Brighamites were in disarray as they fled westward from the ruins of Nauvoo. As he rose to speak to the Kirtland Saints assembled for their morning worship one Sunday in the summer of 1846, James Jesse Strang must have realized that this could be a decisive day in his life. Even though he was small and thoroughly unprepossessing in appearance, Strang could galvanize an audience. On that Sunday he preached for eight hours in what one of his followers described as his "most rapid manner." It was a superb performance. The Kirtland Saints were dazzled and won over. The new prophet took possession of the first Mormon temple; then with George J. Adams and others, he headed for Philadelphia, New York, and Boston with the plan of setting the Mormon churches there "in order," that is, winning them over from the Brighamite faction to the Strangite.
Although Kirtland was the most heartening victory that summer, Strang made many converts throughout the East. His attack was two-pronged. First, he denounced Brigham Young and his apostles for teaching that "polygamy, fornication, and adultery are required by the command of God in the upbuilding of his kingdom." He climaxed his denunciation of them with what must be one of the most revolting curses uttered by a nineteenth-century clergyman: "may their bones rot in the living tomb of their flesh; may their flesh generate from its own corruptions a loathesome life for others; may their blood swarm with a leprous life of motelike, ghastly corruption feeding on flowing life, generating chilling agues and burning fevers. May peace and home be names forgotten to them; and the beauty they have betrayed to infamy, may it be to their eyes a crawling mass of putridity and battening corruption. …"
The second prong of Strang's attack was an appeal to his listeners to gather into the fold at Voree planned for them by God and revealed by God to his two prophets, Joseph and James. That fall and winter Voree harvested the fruits of the prophet's eastern swing, and the village nearly doubled in size. But it was also gathering the bitter harvest of Bennett's secret Order of the Illuminati. Somehow the covenant of the order leaked out and by January, 1847, two thousand copies had been printed along with a handbill denouncing it as an undemocratic cabal whose members were banded together for purposes of iniquity. Perhaps the handbill's most telling thrust was at the initiation ceremony. It did not deny that the heads of the initiates glowed, but pointed out that this was a hoax engineered by Strang, who rubbed their heads with a mixture of olive oil and phosphorus. One apostate even found the bottle and repeated the "miracle."
The attack on the Illuminati was only the first of a series of harassments by local non-Mormons, or "Gentiles," as the Latter-day Saints dubbed everyone else. As Strang's converts made their way toward Voree from the East, it became a common Gentile practice to stop their wagons a few miles outside of town and try to convince them they had made a terrible mistake. Shrewd Gentile farmers also curbed the growth of the community by early buying up much of the land in and around it and offering it for sale to the Saints at prohibitive prices.
In spite of his blunders in the selection of some of his lieutenants, Strang was capable of decisive leadership. By the winter of 1846–47 he saw that Voree was doomed and that a new site needed to be found that possessed an abundance of fertile land and isolation from hostile Gentiles. And he had a prophetic hunch that he had seen the New Jerusalem from the deck of a Great Lakes steamer on his way from Buffalo to Chicago. After moving through the Straits of Mackinac, the steamer had passed among some lush, green islands fifty miles southwest of the straits. It occurred to Strang at the time that these islands would offer the land as well as the safety that his kingdom needed. The events of the following winter greatly increased the appeal of those remote islands. Soon the garden of peace reverberated with the rumble of excommunications. William Smith, Joseph's brother, was charged with being one of the most lascivious libertines ever to prey upon American womanhood and was consigned to the buffetings of Satan. His lengthy defense contains little of interest except for one minor point: he claimed to have discovered the bottle of olive oil and phosphorus used at initiations.


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Vox Satanae - Episode #212 - The Scherzo
Vox Satanae - Episode 212 - 145 Minutes - Week of 27 October 2014
This is a very special episode curated by our own Magus Peter H. Gilmore.
In this journey highlighting the scherzo, we feature works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonín Dvořák, Sergei Prokofiev, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jean Sibelius, Aram Khachaturian, Sir Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Aaron Copland, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Don Gillis, Anton Bruckner, Dmitri Shostakovich, Gustav Mahler, and John Corigliano with performances by L'Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal, The USSR State Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, George Hurst, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, E. Power Biggs, The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, The National Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, The Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller, The Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolph Barshai, The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, and Leonard Slatkin.
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For a while it was a popular trend for women to keep their maiden names following a walk down the aisle. I mean, can we really blame Maria Shriver for not wanting to be a Schwarzenegger when Shriver takes up so much less space on book jackets and charity documents? Or Drew Barrymore's character in "The Wedding Singer" for not really wanting to be known as Julia Guglia after marrying Glenn?
The phenomenon of women not taking the last name of their new husbands actually peaked in the '90s, when close to 23 percent of women strayed from tradition. But the tides have turned according to a 35-year-study published in 2009 in the journal Social Behavior and Personality. The research showed only about 18 percent of women elected to keep their names in the 2000s.
Related Video: Why do more women want out of long-term relationships?
Wall Street Journal blogger Sue Shellenbarger pointed out that well-educated women in high-earning occupations are significantly more likely to keep their maiden names and raised some thought-provoking questions, like: How have you handled this decision in your marriage? What kind of reactions to your decision have you received from other people? Has keeping your maiden name or changing your name been a hassle for you?
According to the 2010 study, "Names: A Journal of Onomastics," women who married when they were 35 to 39 years old were 6.4 times more likely to keep their names than women who married between the ages of 20 and 24.
"The Name Change Dilemma" certainly seems to be a hot topic. Since Sue Shellenbarger posted her blog on May 8 over 200 people have commented with their thoughts and frustrations.
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Philadelphia's chief real estate assessor says that large-scale annual reassessments will become the norm in years to come now that the Actual Value Initiative for property taxes is fully implemented.
Council candidate withdraws
The fifties aren't turning out so nifty for the owners of a popular Philadelphia-area 1950s-themed hamburger chain.
Taylor's take on the Philadelphia land bank.
City tax revenues rose $200 million during the fiscal year that just ended, the city controller said Monday.
Ready or not, Philadelphia is going to get a complete property tax overhaul, so homeowners should prepare themselves to fight for affordable tax bills, according to City Councilman Brian O'Neill.
Councilman Brian O'Neill lost one big City Hall battle last month when his fellow Council members passed a second real-estate tax increase in as many years at the urging of Mayor Michael Nutter.


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All-Over Wash: Water (Aqua), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Lauryl Glucoside, Fragrance, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Extract*, Punica Granatum Extract*, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Extract*, Macrocystis Pyrifera Extract*, Morinda Citrifolia Extract*, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract*, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Ascorbic Acid, Phospholipids, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Glycerin, PEG-150 Distearate Tetrasodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-7, Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Glycol Stearate. *Certified Organic
Beard Lube Conditioning Shave: Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Macadamia Ternifolia Nut Oil, Behenetrimonium Methosulfate, Dimethicone, Jojoba (Simmondsia Chinensis) Oil, Glycerin, Heather (Calluna Vulgaris) Extract, Peppermint (Mentha Piperita) Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Oil, Menthol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Cyclomethicone, Phospholipids, Dimethiconol, Chitosan Adipate, Dimethicone Copolyol, Myristamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Lauramidopropyl Dimethylamine, Behenamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin, Methylparaben, Benzoic Acid
Double-Duty Face Moisturizer: Active Ingredients: Octinoxate 7.5%, Avobenzone 2%. Other Ingredients: Water, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Cyclomethicone, Hydroxy-Propyl Starch Phosphate, PEG-8, Phenyl Trimethicone, Phospholipids, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Melissa Officinalis (Balm Mint) Leaf Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Geranium Maculatum Oil, Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile) Flower Oil, Lavendula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Oil, Calluna Vulgaris Extract, Algae Extract, Palmaria Palmata (Sea Parsley) Extract, Bisabolol, Butylene Glycol, Sodium PCA, Urea, Trehalose, Sodium Hyaluronate, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Dimethiconol, Acrylates C10-30 Acrylate Crosspolymer, Acrylates/Vinyl Isodecanoate Crosspolymer, Ceratonia Silqua Gum, Cyamopsis Tetragenoloba (Guar Gum), Polyquaternium-51, Polyphosphorylcholine Glycol Acrylate, Hydrogenated Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Hydrogenated Ethylene/Propoylene/Styrene, Chlorophensin, Methylparaben, Benzoic Acid
Eye Balm: Water (Aqua), Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glycerin, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate (vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate (vitamin A), Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Grape (Vitis Vinifera) Seed Extract, Cornflower (Centaurea Cyanus) Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract, Calendula Officinalis (Calendula) Flower Extract*, Plantago Lanceolata (Plantago) Leaf Extract*, Leontopodium Alöinum (Edelweiss) Extract*, Guaiazulene, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate. *Certified Organic
Intense Therapy Lip Balm: Natural Mint & Shea Butter: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Octinoxate 7.5%, Avobenzone 3.0%, Petrolatum 40.2%, Lanolin 13.5%. OTHER INGREDIENTS: Avocado (Persea Gratissima) Oil, Beeswax, Butylparaben, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cocoa Butter (Theodroma Cacao), Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Isobutylparaben, Isopropylparaben, Kester Wax K-82P (Hydroxy Polyester), Lanolin, Microcrystalline Wax, Natural Mint Flavor, Ozokerite, Petrolatum, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Shea (Butyrospermum Parkii) Butter, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E). Shea Butter & Vitamin E: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Octinoxate 7.5%, Avobenzone 3.0%, Petrolatum 40.2%, Lanolin 13.5%. OTHER INGREDIENTS: Avocado (Persea Gratissima) Oil, Beeswax, Butylparaben, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cocoa Butter (Theodroma Cacao), Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Isobutylparaben, Isopropylparaben, Kester Wax K-82P (Hydroxy Polyester), Lanolin, Microcrystalline Wax, Ozokerite, Petrolatum, Polyglyceryl -3 Beeswax, Shea (Butyrospermum Parkii) Butter, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)


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