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While man-made contributions of carbon gas emissions are an ever-increasing factor due to global population growth and industrialization, the effects of ongoing volcanic activity as relate to carbon gas releases into the atmosphere must not be overlooked.
" Gas emissions from volcanoes are a natural contributor. Volcanic activity releases about 130 to 230 teragrams (145 million to 255 million short tons) of carbon dioxide each year. " according to USGS data.
Posted in: Evidence for man-made climate change getting stronger - U.N.
Pretty sure the menu didn't include fried catfish, hushpuppies and fried ocra, though those are all good down-home cookin, real soulfood.
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She's a wreck, but what she needs is help not incarceration.
Posted in: Lindsay Lohan charged with assault, reckless driving
Madverts, what's your beef? Don't like it when others don't toe your party's line? Dissent is not tinfoil hattery as you presume. Conjuring money out of thin air is, though.
Posted in: Obama, Romney to have lunch at White House on Thursday
More info! What was the menu? Did they dine al fresco?
Posted in: Obama meets Romney for private lunch at White House
Dumb and Dumber! Is Noda Lloyd Christmas? No, that must be Abe, because Noda's the one taking real money from the suitcase, spending foolishly, and stuffing the case with IOUs saying "it's all there!"
Look! Straight ahead! Is that a fiscal cliff? Let's spend our way over the edge! Hurry, hurry, hurry!
What's the difference between now and 40 years ago in Vietnam?
Today's drones are yesteryear's napalm.
Posted in: Al-Qaida No. 2 killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
As marriage is a very personal, private issue, the government should have nothing to do with it. Throughout human history, marriage has generally been defined by the social norm of that society which typically means some kind of religion. In one tribal area in Africa, the women have multiple husbands. The will of the people determines what is socially acceptable.
"The vast majority of U.S. states limit marriage to opposite-sex couples, and popular votes have consistently approved bans on widening those rights."
That sounds like the will of the general populace. And it's part of how a democratic republic functions. The US is not a democracy.
Posted in: California gay marriage case looks headed to Supreme Court
In the future, maybe she should travel by ship since that's much more pleasant anyway.
Posted in: Air rage granny fined for punching passenger on Qantas flight
Yet another No.2. assassinated. Now No.3 becomes No.2.
And the beat goes on...
Posted in: Al-Qaida No. 2 killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
Very likely from the same victim. Really sick
Posted in: Human body parts sent to 2 Vancouver schools
The sheeple have spoken, just as directed by the Media Masters. For those who think Obama is charismatic, please lay off the Kool-Aid; it's spiked with arsenic. Romney can't rally solid support(even with his very deep pockets) because there's just something not right about him, so mechanical. Newt is Newt, forget about it. And Santorum is scary with his religious assertions and warmongering. Paul is the only one with ideas to actually make positive change, back to the rule of law, but the people are like drug addicts looking for their next bigger fix from the Big Dealer. The future looks bleaker for Amerika.
Posted in: Long slog ahead in divisive Republican race
Or how about if everyone goes about with some sort of face covering? If muslims don't like the laws of the land, there's the option of returning to their home of origin. When in Rome, do as the Romans! If that's not acceptable, don't go to Rome.
Yet another case of the US "Pot calling the Kettle Black". As other posters noted about the Bush Jr election, and the current GOP debacle, voting fraud is as serious in the US as elsewhere(not picking on Russia). Putin may indeed be Stalinesque, but Obama and his policies are similarly totalitarian in nature.
Posted in: U.S. urges probe into Putin's victory
Big Brother finds new ways to flex his totalitarian muscles. It's only the beginning. The Great Emancipator, "Honest" Abe Lincoln, did much worse against freedom of speech, shutting down thousands of newspapers, charging editors and writers with treason, many of whom were executed, many more jailed. Abe even suspended habeas corpus. The other lawyer-come-president hailing from Illinois is just following in Abe 's footprints but with a bigger goal in mind, "liberating" the people of the world(Doublespeak ). Enjoy your freedom while you still have some.
The EU/UK/US/ETC economic problems are largely due to the welfare programs. Like opiates, after a little taste the masses become reliant on the handouts, to the point of demanding more. The politicians, of course, buy votes by promising more "help", feeding the addictions. But the individual welfare is compounded by corporate welfare in the form of various subsidies, easy credit lines(via absurdly low interest loans), and endless bailouts. It's digging a hole with a power shovel, thanks to the brilliance of economists and bankers, led by senseless politicians. This is all financed by the thievery called taxation. What percentage of collected taxes actually goes to the purported objectives? It's like bailing out a rowboat with a pasta strainer. If one donates to a charity, there is a reasonable expectation that most of the donated funds will go to the cause. Not so with governments of men. Most of the folks presently at Davos essentially advocate more of the same failed Keynesian policies. Conducting the same experiment while expecting different results.
Posted in: Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy, Noda tells Davos forum
TPP may be a modern Trojan Horse. Given the US imperialistic actions globally, joining such a pact is likely to be akin to opening the Gate for the horse to enter. Obama's words, "our ultimate goal which is a seamless regional economy" ring odd. "We consider it a top priority. And we consider it a top priority because we're not going to be able to put OUR folks back to work and grow OUR economy and expand opportunity unless the Asia-Pacific region is also successful." One problem with Obama's logic, is that somehow TPP will reduce unemployment In US and improve the US economy. NAFTA accelerated the hollowing of the US manufacturing, and caused massive bleeding out of jobs. Total nonsense. Any manufacturer will opt to pay the factory workers as little as possible to improve the profit margin. Manufacturing jobs in developed nations will continue to migrate to developing nations. TPP, NAFTA, and the like have the exact opposite effect of creating jobs in developed countries. Seems to me that it's more like setting the groundwork for furthering Manifest Destiny across the Pacific. Shall we name it OCEANIA?
Posted in: Obama outlines Pacific vision at APEC summit
Sailwind, You are absolutely correct. But the statists would likely never understand that. The state is to be the servant, not the master of the people as it has become, especially in the past 80+ years.
HumanTarget, Before accusing others of not being well-read, perhaps you should take a look in the mirror. What's happening in DC is a mess, for sure. It's called Democratic Process. And both parties play the same game, smoke and mirrors. What I believe Wolfpack is pointing out is the socialistic policies wealth redistribution, the welfare state. FDR initiated many of the programs. The Romans went down the same road. Back to MLK, he rightly pointed back to the Founding Fathers. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution are what need to be emphasized in the discussion of Civil Liberty. Until the people wake up and rise up against the oppression of the current regime, that liberty will continue in decline. As MLK said, I have a dream...
Commenteer is right. Mr Obama labels anyone who disagrees with him an Obstructionist. Hogwash. That's the democratic process at work. I personally think MLK would be disgusted with how Mr Obama has performed as national leader, cowtowing to the establishment and renegging on most of his campaign promises. I had hoped there actually would have been some change I could believe in with Mr Obama, but rather he has not only continued the Bush-era overgrown government policies, but expanded them beyond belief. MLK said it best, that he had a dream. But MLK's son and the others mentioned have lost sight of what MLK fought for . Today, at the hands of both Demopublicans an Repocrats, that dream lies shattered in the streets of places like Detroit and New Orleans. Say NO to more Mr Obama's failed policies. The Occupy Wall St et. al. really need to shift to Occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and take back control of the country from the politically corrupt and give it back to the people.


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From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Jefferson owned mockingbirds for most of his life and they really were his only pet. They gave him company as he worked alone. The first birds were purchased in the 1770s, but more documentation began during his presidency. As President, Jefferson's weather memorandum book states he owned at least four mockingbirds one of which he called a "New Orleans mockingbird."[1]
One of these birds was named Dick and it was considered his favorite. Margaret Bayard Smith states that Dick's cage was suspended among the roses and geraniums in the window recesses of the presidential cabinet.[2] It was not unusual to open the cage and let the bird fly around the room while he worked. Dick was known to even sit on Jefferson's shoulder and hop up stairs with him. When he retired, he still had a bird although we don't know the length of Dick's life.
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1772 November 2. "Pd. Martin at Forest for mocking bird 5/."[3]
1773 July 9. "Pd. Jame for two mockg. birds 11/6."[4]
1781 April 5. "Pd. Jame for mocking bird L18."[5]
1803 May 31. "Gave Joseph Daugherty ord. on J. Barnes for 10. D. to buy a mockg. bird & cage."[6]
1803 November 17. "Pd. Steele for a mocking bird 15.D."[7]
- ↑ Weather Book. January 22, 1806, February 19, 1806, February 25, 1806, January 23, 1808, January 31, 1808, March 2, 1808, and March 3, 1808. Thomas Jefferson Papers, MHi
- ↑ Smith, Margaret Bayard. The First Forty Years of Washington Society. (New York: Scribner, 1906), 385.
- ↑ Ibid, 1:343.
- ↑ Ibid, 1:508.
- ↑ Ibid, 2:1101.
- ↑ Ibid, 2:1112.
Further Sources
- Stanton, Lucia. Monticello Keepsake. Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1988.


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UCL tops the RAE Biomedical & Life Sciences gold medal table
18 December 2008
UCL's Biomedical & Life Sciences departments have significantly outstripped their closest competitors in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). A comparison between UCL's RAE results for the 16 Units of Assessment (UoA) relating to research in the two faculties and those obtained by King's, Imperial, Oxford, Manchester and Cambridge demonstrates that UCL can justly claim to be the UK's main 'research powerhouse' in this area.
UCL heads the UK's table, with 226 full-time staff-member research outputs (FTEs) having obtained a 4* rating, some 25% ahead of its closest colleague, Oxford with 170.52. UCL's average point score is high, at 2.86, but beaten by Oxford (2.99), Cambridge (2.92) and Imperial (2.88) which probably reflects varying policies on the numbers of staff submitted in each UoA. However, when quality and volume are combined in what the Times Higher has called 'research power' (by multiplying the average point score by total FTEs), UCL moves back into a clear first place with a score of 2,337.06, some 24% ahead of the next university (King's with 1,784.51).
UCL Biomedical & Life Sciences RAE Results – Summary
Institution | 4* rating x no. of FTEs assessed | Sum of 4* and 3* rating x no. of FTEs assessed |
Average point score x no. of FTEs assessed |
King's College London | 114.42 |
392.57 |
1,784.51 |
Imperial College London | 140.69 | 398.81 | 1,650.48 |
Oxford | 170.52 | 396.95 | 1,612.69 |
Manchester |
123.82 | 359.56 | 1,529.53 |
Cambridge |
142.27 |
346.06 |
1,407.8 |
Professor Ed Byrne, Dean of the UCL faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Vice-Provost (Health), says: "The new RAE results confirm that UCL is the strongest medical research university in the United Kingdom. This is evidenced by the number of 4* research outputs and the total number of 4* and 3* research outputs, as well as by its research power (the average research score multiplied by the volume of staff submitted for the assessment), for which it was ranked significantly higher in the Biomedical and Life Sciences categories than any other UK university. This reaffirms both the depth and breadth of biomedical research at UCL as certainly the strongest in the UK."


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Rockslide Blocks Part Of Road In Shaler TownshipVehicles have been forced to veer around a large chunk of rock that fell onto a road in Shaler.
Hampton Twp. Fitness Enthusiast Sets Weightlifting RecordA Hampton Township fitness fan set a speed record for lifting... a million pounds.
Man Pleads No Contest To Murder Of GirlfriendA man accused of killing his girlfriend and putting her body in a freezer has pleaded no contest to the crime.
Winning Cash 5 Ticket Sold In Allegheny Co.One of two Cash-5 tickets worth $1 million dollars was sold in Allegheny County.
Bikers Call For End To Violence During Annual Peace RideSaturday's beautiful weather brought out about 60 bikers for the sixth annual Ride 4 Peace Unity Ride.
Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Boy At Glenshaw HomeA 21-year-old man is charged with molesting a young boy in Shaler Township.
Suspended Teen Must Finish Suspension Over Hunting Knife A teenager caught in a firestorm over a knife, will have to finish serving a 10-day suspension before he can return to school, but will not be expelled.
Suspended Teen Caught In Firestorm After Turning In Hunting KnifeHe's a young man caught in a firestorm, but is standing by what his father always taught him.
3 Charged In McKnight Road Dragging IncidentThree people are facing charges after a man was dragged by a vehicle on McKnight Road in Ross Township last month. Investigators say the incident began as a drug deal.
2 Local Men Rescued From Atlantic OceanTwo men from the Pittsburgh area were rescued from a sinking fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean. John Wargofchik, of Greensburg, and Albert Kristoff, of Glenshaw, were on "Southern Comfort," a $400,000 38-foot fishing boat near Barnegat Light, N.J.
7 Students, 2 Teachers Injured When Ductwork Falls From School CeilingNine people, including seven children, have been injured after officials say some ductwork fell from the ceiling in the cafeteria of the Shaler Area Elementary School.
Troy Polamalu Wax Sculpture Touring LocallyPittsburghers aren't the only ones impressed by Troy Polamalu and his notorious curls. A wax figure of the Steelers player is one of Madame Tussauds newest sculptures in New York, and is now making several local stops around Pittsburgh in the next few days.


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Michael and Judy Fenwick of Campbellsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Fenwick of Shelbyville, to Wesley Long of Shelbyville. He is the son of Glenn and Orissa Long of Shelbyville.
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Well, it's a sad love story coming out of Alaska. Earlier in the week, the tabloid magazine Star reported that the daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Bristol, had broken up with her fiancé, Levi Johnston. As you probably remember, Bristol and Levi had a little boy recently, and they named him Tripp.
The Star reported the following as coming from Levi Johnston's sister, Mercede:
"Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash'!" Bristol won't even allow him to watch the baby for a few hours — unless he's babysitting!
The worst part, Mercede continues, is that the former vice presidential candidate supports Bristol's treatment of Levi, 19. "I used to love Sarah," Mercede says sadly. "But I've lost lots of respect for her."
According to Star, Mercede also said, "Bristol's just crazy. That's the nicest way I can put it. She and Levi actually broke up a while ago!"
Bristol then released the following statement through her mom's political action committee, SarahPAC: "Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do things to 'cash in' on the Palin name. Sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth."
The only quote that we have from Levi is that they mutually decided to end their relationship "a while ago." That was said outside of his home in Wasilla, Alaska.
As I said when I learned of the pregnancy, I wish both Bristol and Levi the best. Teenage pregnancy isn't an easy thing to go through. I will say that this all could have been avoided through abstinence. Sure, Bristol said she thinks that it is "not realistic at all," but I know plenty of people who are doing it (or rather not "doing it") just fine, including myself (then again, I am single at the moment, so that does make it a tad easier).
Again though, I wish Levi and Bristol, and especially Tripp the best.
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A draft ordinance for constructing tall structures in Pamlico County has provisions that require builders to get written approval from Cherry Point on projects.
BAYBORO � A draft ordinance for constructing tall structures in Pamlico County has provisions that require builders to get written approval from Cherry Point on projects.
The need for an ordinance was fueled by requests from at least one wind energy company to build 500-foot tall wind turbines in the county, which covers 350 square miles. Most of Pamlico County is under flight patterns for the nearby Marine base.
In an earlier presentation to the county commissioners, military representatives said some training flights across the county go as low as 200 feet. The military spokesmen from Marine Corps Installations East said tall structures such as wind turbines present problems for aviation radar and pose potential collision dangers.
Nick Santoro, the planning board first vice chairman, said military concerns were among the key issues.
�Basically, there is a clause that they (builders) will have to get the blessing of the military in order to place them anywhere in the county,� he said. �The military has their own requirements of where their flight paths are, and we didn�t want to get in the middle between the military and the applicant with our ordinance.�
Planning board member Carl Ollison, also a county commissioner, said military approval would be the starting point for tall structure developers.
�Whoever does a windmill is going to have to get it cleared through the military,� he said. �That�s the first hoop they have to jump through. If the military says no, then there is no need for them to come to us.�
Ollison cautioned against reading too much into the draft.
�This is the very beginning of it. It is very preliminary,� he said. �It might be nothing like it is now or exactly like it is. But, we had to start somewhere.�
The rough draft came from a Tuesday county planning board meeting. The planning board recessed its meeting until next Tuesday, when a final ordinance document could be approved.
The nine-page draft addresses wind energy facilities and communication towers, both topped at a maximum height of 500 feet.
Two key county issues are setbacks and assigning responsibility if tall structure projects are abandoned.
Setbacks address public safety and the rights of adjacent property owners who are not participating in any projects.
�You want to allow the landowner to maximize the benefit of his land,� Santoro said. �On the other hand, you want to minimize any negative impacts on neighboring properties. We don�t have a zoning ordinance in Pamlico County, so we have to do this piecemeal.�
The draft proposal puts setbacks at 2,640 feet from public right of ways and adjacent non-participating landowners. That distance is reduced to 1,320 feet with a written waiver by the neighboring property owner.
There are also provisions for sound levels; and the rotor blades on wind turbines must be at least 24 feet above the ground.
The draft also calls for a bond or cash deposit amounting to 150 percent of the cost to remove any abandoned wind energy facilities.
The planning board reconvenes Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the commissioners� room on the second floor of the Pamlico County Courthouse.


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Full Title: | Workshop on Negation: Meillet's Spiral (Jespersen's Cycle) and Beyond |
Location: | Split, Croatia |
Start Date: | 18-Sep-2013 - 21-Sep-2013 |
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Meeting Description: | Workshop on Negation: Meillet's Spiral (Jespersen's Cycle) and Beyond Split 2013, 46th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea 100 years ago, Antoine Meillet described the diachrony of clausal negation of the type ne ... pas in terms of a 'spiral', antedating Jespersen (1917)'s account of the same phenomenon and also Dahl (1979)'s coining of the term 'Jespersen cycle', which at least for this centennial anniversary workshop should cede place for the term 'Meillet's spiral'. Despite the fact that the last 10 to 15 years have seen a strong upsurge of interest in the study of the diachrony of negation (e.g. van der Auwera 2009), in a variety of frameworks, many issues remain unsolved. These include the following: - What are the conditions that favor the spiral development of negation? Why is it the case, for instance, that the Germanic languages or - to step outside outside of Europe - the Bantu languages show the Meillet spiral and that Slavic or Altaic languages do not? - Attested origins of new (second) negatives are partitives/mimimizers/emphasizers, irrealis markers, answer particles, loanwords, and durative markers. Doubling is also attested. What other elements in languages are there that can develop into a real negation marker and what is their grammaticalization path? - In recent work - though not in the classical accounts of Meillet and Jespersen - the Meillet spiral is strongly associated with particular word order constellations. Is word order change constitutive of the process, of a subtype of the process or is it just an interfering process? - In recent work - though, again, not in the classical accounts of Meillet and Jespersen - the Meillet spiral has also been described as being responsible for the appearance of negative pronouns (e.g. French personne 'nobody') out of negatively polar pronouns (with French personne earlier meaning 'anybody'), via a negative concord stage (ne personne 'not nobody'). What exactly is the relation between the double exponence seen in ne ... pas 'not' and that seen in ne ... personne 'nobody'? - Whereas many languages use morphologically non-negative indefinites in negation, e.g. Eng. anybody, others use morphologically negative indefinites formed by means of univerbation with a negative element, be it a negator or a negative scalar focus marker, e.g. Dutch and German niemand (ne 'not' + iemand 'someone') or Hungarian senki (sem 'not even' + ki 'who'). This, just like negative concord, seems to be a phenomenon areally restricted to Europe and to languages influenced by negative concord languages. What are the conditions favoring this univerbation? Which negative elements can be easily attracted by indefinite pronouns or which indefinites easily attract negative elements? Focus and word order as well as formal properties of the negative element may play a role. - What is the role of language contact in starting a Meillet spiral? If language contact is important, why do languages borrow negatives or negative expressions? Are focus and emphasis taking part in the transmission? Unrelated Southern Amerindian languages present common elements in their negative systems. If this is due to contact, how and why were they transferred? The workshop invites answers to these and related questions and particularly welcomes studies on (groups of) languages that have not hitherto been described with reference to the Meillet spiral / Jespersen cycle literature. |
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Initiate of Valor [Exalted][edit]
You grant yourself and others more valor.
Prerequisite: Must be of Good alignment, Diplomacy 6 ranks or higher
Benefit: Grants +4 on saves against fear, otherwise identical to the Aura of Courage ability of the paladin class with the exception that allies receive a +2 morale bonus on the saving throws against fear. A paladin that takes this feat adds 5 feet to the range of her Aura of Courage and adds +2 morale bonus on the saving throws of her allies against fear.
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Obama and McCain -- We've Got Ourselves a Pissing Match, Folks
After Barack Obama opposed the recently-approved war funding bill that replaces timelines for withdrawal with toothless benchmarks, John McCain said the position was "the equivalent of waving a white flag to al Qaeda." Mitt Romney also had harsh words.
Obama responded:
"This country is united in our support for our troops, but we also owe them a plan to relieve them of the burden of policing someone else's civil war. Governor Romney and Senator McCain clearly believe the course we are on in Iraq is working, but I do not.
"And if there ever was a reflection of that it's the fact that Senator McCain required a flack jacket, ten armored Humvees, two Apache attack helicopters, and 100 soldiers with rifles by his side to stroll through a market in Baghdad just a few weeks ago."
(For background on what Obama is referring to, see these blog posts.) McCain shot back less than two hours later:
"While Senator Obama's two years in the U.S. Senate certainly entitle him to vote against funding our troops, my service and experience combined with conversations with military leaders on the ground in Iraq lead me to believe that we must give this new strategy a chance to succeed because the consequences of failure would be catastrophic to our nation's security.
"By the way, Senator Obama, it's a 'flak' jacket, not a 'flack' jacket."
Who needs policy analysis, right? We've got eighteen months of petty sniping to look forward to!
Actually, this should take the humor out of this whole situation -- the insurgents made an example out of that bazaar McCain visited in a flak jacket, ambushing, binding, and murdereding 23 workers shortly after the Senator's visit.


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The Bombay high court on Wednesday stayed criminal proceedings against a man from Kalwa for being in a physical relationship with his male partner, in view of the Delhi high court's landmark ruling in 2009 decriminalising consensual gay sex.
John had moved high court after his plea to be cleared of charges under section 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code was rejected by Girgaum magistrate court and later by a Mumbai sessions court.
Proceedings were initiated by Gamdevi police against John (name changed) after his partner's wife lodged a complaint on February 26, 2009. His partner is an entrepreneur who stays on Peddar Road and has an 11-year-old daughter. The partner's wife has also accused him of domestic violence.
According to her statement, her husband met John sometime in 2007 at a gay party. After that, he neglected her and started staying out of the house for several days on some pretext or the other. Sometime in January 2008, she found a CD with a recording of her husband having sex with John. Her husband had filmed them together, so that he could watch it whenever he missed John.
She had also submitted the CD to the Gamdevi police when she filed the domestic violence complaint. The police then booked her husband and John under sections 498 (A) (cruelty at matrimonial home), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 34 (common intention) and 377 of the Indian Penal Code. In February 2010, the police completed investigations and filed a charge sheet against the duo in the magistrate court. Three months later acting on a plea filed by John, the magistrate court cleared him of charges under section 498(A) – as he has not part of the woman's family, but his plea to discharge him from other sections was turned down.
He had then appealed before a sessions court contending the magistrate should have cleared him of charges under section 377, in view of the Delhi high court's ruling.


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About cws6196
I provide a weather email service for people in MD. I am a storm chaser & Skywarn spotter. For daily weather tidbits follow me on Twitter: @wxmanMD.
By: cws6196, 5:03 PM GMT on April 24, 2010
update 9:00pm
Current radar image shows many storm cells in the area capable of producing hail and strong winds. Rotation is indicated in many of these cells, so stay tuned to local reports. This system will stay in the area for another couple hours and is stronger and longer-lived then expected.
Looks like we are in for some severe weather on Sunday. The components for this weather is a warm front stalling and a low pressure system moving in. Wind shear will be strong.
Here's how I see things shaping up later today into Sunday. For most of us we will see rain beginning after 6:00 today, remaining steady throughout the evening and into the morning hours. Heavier rains will be felt after 10:00 or so tonight. Come Sunday morning the rain will continue through the day, but no real threat of flooding is expected.
The severe weather will begin in the later morning hours, first in Southern MD. Actually, it appears Southern MD will experience the worst of the storms with strong winds, lightning and hail all possible. I do not expect to see tornadic activity, but at the same time, if a small one were to form it would not surprise me either. Those in Central MD and Southern PA will see storm activity in the afternoon hours. Storms will not be as severe as in Southern MD, but you can still expect to see strong wind and lightning. As the sun sets the storm activity will diminish. After Sunday the temps will cool and it will rain through Tuesday, but no storms.
I have no doubt there will be watches and warnings issued Sunday. Expect these to be for wind and thunderstorms.
It is about time for us to have storms, for a comparison to last Spring up until April 24, 2009, reveals we had 8 severe weather days.
***NOTE: unfortunately, during this stormy activity I will not have access to technology, therefore I will not be able to update you on conditions. This includes no updates to my blog or weather phone. I apologize for the inconvenience and poor timing of the storms, but it cannot be helped. Please monitor the conditions of the skies in your area tomorrow to be aware of your surroundings and thus safe. I will be back online Sunday night.
Updated: 1:06 AM GMT on April 26, 2010
By: cws6196, 12:33 PM GMT on April 16, 2010
Today and the weekend will be typical Spring days in that if you blink the weather will change. By this afternoon expect the temps to be in the 80's as a High pressure system moves off the coast. Then comes the cold front from the NW which will drop temps over the weekend into the low 60's or upper 50's.
The advancement of the cold front into the warm air will be the trigger for any storms later today. To be honest, I do not see this as a major event for us. Those in Western and Northern MD have a better chance for some thunder, but for the rest of us, any storms will be scattered. Those that experience storms could have some strong winds associated with them. For everyone though, expect rain this evening, beginning around 6:00 or so and lasting past Midnight.
If there are any watches or warnings issued I will keep you posted and will keep the weather phone updated.
By: cws6196, 3:29 AM GMT on April 06, 2010
Thursday Midnight update
Looks like today will be the first chance for some good Spring thunderstorms. The current radar image is quite impressive, showing a long line of storms well to the West of us. By the time they reach us though they will not have the same intensity as was seen in other locales on Wednesday.
For us, we can expect the rains to begin after 5:00 pm, closer to 7:00. The bulk of the rains and the intensity of the storms will be closer to 10:00pm and Midnight into the overnight hours. For us, the greatest threat is wind and possibly hail. Tornadic activity should not occur, although some isolated severe storms could pop up.
I do anticipate at least "watches" to be issued later in the day, but "warnings" will not surprise me.
The Weather Phone (443-470-9804) is updated and I will update the blog as best I can.
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It appears the week could get quite interesting come Thursday and Friday. Enjoy the warm weather while we have it, for on Thursday a cold front moves through the area. Not only will it cool things down, but it could trigger some severe storms with strong winds and hail. As cold air moves into a warm environment, it is the perfect set up for storms.
It is early in the week and I will keep monitoring the situation. The Weather Phone will be updated as conditions warrant.
Historically speaking, last year MD experienced 10 tornadoes! Go to this site for details on those storms:
MD tornadoes 2009
Updated: 4:36 AM GMT on April 08, 2010
By: cws6196, 1:55 PM GMT on April 04, 2010
A very Blessed and Happy Easter to all!! Enjoy the fabulous weather, perfect for the spirit of the day!
The end of the week could see some storms; will keep you posted!
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Elevation: | 393 ft |
Temperature: | 35.0 °F |
Dew Point: | 8.0 °F |
Humidity: | 31% |
Wind: | 12.0 mph from the NNE |
Wind Gust: | 21.0 mph |
Updated: 7:35 PM AKDT on March 21, 2017


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delayed implementation of its Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Plymouth County for at least a year.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delayed implementation of its Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Plymouth County for at least a year.
The maps, redrawn last year, added thousands of homes to flood zones, requiring them to obtain flood insurance, and drastically increased premiums for homes already required to carry flood insurance.
FEMA put the brakes on its new maps in the face of a challenge by UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology, which concluded that new flood plain levels were based on flawed science. The SMAST analysis, commissioned by U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., showed that FEMA scientists had used wave models for the Pacific Ocean to predict flood damage along the East Coast.
Plymouth County was granted the reprieve largely because of the technical nature of appeals by the towns of Marshfield, Duxbury and Plymouth, said Dennis Pinkham, external affairs director for FEMA's Region 1.
"It's not so much a delay as it is an adjustment to ensure that we have all the information accurate," Pinkham said. "It takes us time to review that scientific evidence and make adjustments to the maps."
The additional review will take 30 to 60 days, Pinkham said, but "The towns have to vote on these at their town meetings. "They were supposed to go into effect in June of 2014 but, because of these delays, it will be August," missing the 2014 town meeting cycle, and FEMA didn't want to force a rash of special town meetings, Pinkham said.
"During this delay, I will continue to work with my colleagues in the Massachusetts delegation to apply pressure to FEMA to ensure that they will use the best available science in implementing Flood Insurance Rate Maps here in Massachusetts," Keating said.
He called the new maps requiring more property owners to pay higher insurance rates "the equivalent of a government taking of the value of property."
"Incorrect maps for our state will lead homeowners and small business owners to have to pay exorbitant flood insurance premiums. The cost of faulty maps are high and FEMA must understand that our community, our housing market and our country's economy can't afford for them to be wrong."
While FEMA's decision affects only Plymouth County right now, broader and longer-term relief could come in the form of legislation that received bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate last week. The bill, which would delay implementation nationwide for up to four years, cleared the Senate on a 67 to 32 vote, but it faces an uncertain future in the House and President Obama has expressed his opposition.


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Taxpayer Group Wants Controversial S.D. County Program Suspended
Friday, March 5, 2010
SAN DIEGO A local taxpayer advocacy group is taking aim at a controversial pool of money controlled by the San Diego County Supervisors.
Every year, the supervisors each get $2 million of tax-payer money to spend on arts organizations, non-profits and community programs. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Funds have been protected while the county has cut money from other departments. Lani Lutar is president of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. She's asking that the program be suspended. Lutar wants the money to instead be spent on health services and other core county programs that have been cut.
"Our concern is that this program has strayed from its initial intent of funding bricks and mortar projects," Lutar says. "It is now funding programs that I would say are lesser priority relative to other core county services."
But county officials say the program supports local businesses and projects that benefit the community.
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OK. Let's be clear: I never said I hadn't heard of the show, or the novels, or even the comics for that matter. Of course I had, but I hadn't gotten around to watching the TV series. When I did I was blown away. Highly recommended.
For those of you who have never heard of this landmark series, let me fill you in on the basic plot: Georgia Deputy Rick Grimes was shot in the line of duty and fell into a coma, only to wake up in an abandoned hospital. Stumbling on weakened legs, he discovers that it's not just a case of nurses falling asleep on the job. The hospital, and the surrounding area have been overrun by zombies. Making his way back to his home, he finds it equally empty and his family gone, with no idea what happened to them. Eventually, he meets a fellow survivor and his son, who tell him what he's missed. A zombie plague has wiped out human civilization and what remains is a day-to-day existence where you have to hide or fight to stay alive. This is a world where human comfort no longer exists; no television, no computers, and no cellphones. After arming himself, Rick sets out to find his missing family, or die trying.
There is more to the story than that brief synopsis of course, but if I said more, I'd be blowing some of the surprises. The Walking Dead isn't just another zombie tale, it's also an analysis of what makes us human; of how far we are willing to go, not only to survive, but to simply retain our humanity in the face of an inhuman world. What Rick faces will force him to confront his darkest fears and nightmares, and in the end, will what he encounters change him? If you've seen the series up to this point, then you already know some of the answers to those questions, and if you're smart enough to have read the comic up to now, you'll see how much Rick has changed, and it's not all for the better.
Although the television show is first-rate, the comic book is by far and away, superior. It kind of makes the show seem watered down, in my opinion. I don't read the single issues- I read the trade editions that come out every six months or so. Whenever one comes out, I buy it, race home, and mind-gobble it up like a fat kid with a gift card at 31 Flavors. Sorry, I know that's a horrible and insensitive analogy, but that doesn't make it any less true.
The advantage to reading the series is that it takes place far in advance of where the show is, and though there are a few differences, such as (SPOILER ALERT!) Dale dying earlier than he was supposed to. But that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. Being a life-long comic book geek, there are few series that I have enjoyed as much as The Walking Dead. If you're not watching the show, you should be slapped. If you're not reading the comic book, you need a good ass-kicking.
That being the case, Mike said that he 'didn't have the time to read the comic.' I guess that means I need to fly down to Georgia and give him a good, swift kick in the rear. You think?
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Click here for reuse options!I'm not a zombie fan normally but when I checked this series out, on a lark, I couldn't stop watching and before I knew series one and two and half of three were behind me. This show is different from what you would think, and I recommend it as well. Good review man but screw the comics. I want live action…. 🙂
Anonymous- reading actually makes you smarter. Watching all that tv will rot you brain! =P
I don't understand the obsession with zombies. There are people who seriously believe they are real and prepare for the zombie apocalypse.
This must be a symptom of something in the American psyche, escapism or something darker.
I have to remember the words of Albert Einstein though, "Never attribute evil intent to that which can be accounted for by simple stupidity."
Not necessarily you, Mike and Greg, regarding it as entertainment or a medium for another message is not the same as being a zombie-fearing wacko.
James- what makes you think I don't have a machete in my closet? Besides, I live across the street from a cemetery. I'm at ground zero for the zombie apocalypse!
Great review Greg, and I can't believe Mike hadn't watched it earlier. I've been yapping about it for a couple of years now. The Walking Dead is the best man.
It's just fun entertainment, but it does actually carry some important messages, but like Mike I want to be entertained so I try to ignore the social redeeming value stuff 🙂
Did anyone see the last episode of season 3, at least the last one so far? Unbelievable cliff hanger! Now I can't wait until mid February when they return.
The Walking Dead was something I found on a whim when season 1 was going to start. I had missed episode 1, but thanks to on demand, was able to watch it. I was hooked from the first scene on. To me, it is the single best show on tv. (I want to give a swift kick in the ass to the people who run the golden globes for not giving a nomination to the walking dead, that really has me pissed). I don't have cable anymore, but I am hoping a for a miracle in February that maybe we get it back….at least for 3-4 months so I can see the second half of season 3. I hate to admit, I have never read the comic. When I first saw the show, I wanted too, still do. The problem, my local store can't keep it in stock. I am on a budget, I can't go get everything the day it comes out, that screws me over with the comic. I would prefer to get the anthology books myself, as the comics do tend to get tore up really easilly if you don't have the boards and plastic covers. If I were to have one thing that has vaulted to the top of my bucket list, it is that I really want to play a walker on the show. I would be tempted to give my right arm up for that…..lol. I agree with your review, and I find it very interesting that of the 10+ million viewers, 4+ million…..are women. So, if you are a woman, this show has much to offer for you as well as men. (a critically acclaimed sitcom, modern family, has less viewers than The Walking Dead, another little factoid.)
I think I will simply trust the judgement of you and Mike on this Greg. I am not into the zombie thing or the whole zombie virus phenom. For the most part I am trying to cut back on my TV time and increase my time with my grand kids and outside with my dog. As it is I spend so much time tethered to my computer working for two schools or running up and down the road on my consulting gig that the only TV time I want to spend has to be mindless drivel that requires no brain activity at all. American Dad, Family Guy, and South Park all get recorded along with such drivel as Mega Shark, Sharktapus, and Piranha.No real plot, no characters to keep up with, just silliness to let my mind unwind before falling asleep.
Bill, if Alabama football had zombies, I'd probably be watching that, too! =)
lol Greg. I'll keep you up with Alabama football and you keep me up with the zombies. Deal?
What a great thread and great review Greg. Love your stuff dude….and LOVE The Walking Dead!
AnonymousNot- Aww…. shucks! You're making me blush with all this praise! Now just because I'm the shiny new toy here at MMA, don't forget that we have a stable of great writers to read from! And yeah, I LOVE THE WALKING DEAD, too!


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Lets Make it Mom Monday with some fun Valentines themed play dough.
Play dough is always good for open-ended exploration and imagination-building. And,it's great for hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skill development.
Credit to the Tinker Lab for this great idea
THE INGREDIENTS for Home made play doughs ~
- 2.5 cups water
- 1 1/4 c. salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp. cream of tartar
- 5 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 2.5 cups flour
- Food coloring or liquid watercolors. I really like Wilton Icing Colors or Liquid Watercolors (from Discount School Supply), which make gorgeous shades of play dough to match any occasion, mood, or toddler request.
For a Valentine Play Dough Station, I made a batch of white dough and a batch of dark pink, and then the kids helped me loosely mix them together to make this fun, mottled Valentine concoction. Oh, and we added peppermint oil to the mix to give it a nice, fresh smell. This would be perfect for other holiday's too…something to keep in mind for later.
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