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Residencia Oliveira is located right in the centre of Lisbon and is typical portuguese building with old tyles on the wall and a fabulous roof garden full of flowers.
We are located very close to Santa Apolnia trains station, in the Portuguese old town; 'Alfama' close to the military, water and tile museum.
The famous Feira da Ladra market is nearby and you can view the whole of Lisbon from S. Jorge Castle.
Our backpacker place is like a family house it is very homely place and we have everything you need. Groups or individuals are welcome.
We offer double, single, triple and dormitory accommodation.
Most of rooms have private showers among our facilities are a cable tv, a kitchen (cooking is not allowed) and charcoal barbeque.
The guesthouse offer you utensils to eat and heat up food, like kettle,microwave,refrigerator,spoons,knifes,forks,glasses,cups,bowls and plates.
We also offer tea and coffe free of charge.
You have free wi-fi in twin, triple room and also in 2 bed mixed dorm,4bed mixed dorm.
The toilets are colectives
Check in after 13.00
Check out 11.00
Minimum 2 nights
If you come early you can leave the luggage free.
Our policies
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-Sorry, we dont accept cancelation by telephone or cell phone.
-If you no show we charge 1st night.
-Deposit paid are non refundable.
-For payment: only cash.
-Minimum stay of 2 nights
-Confirmation of arrival time
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If you go…
What: Little Snake River Valley School (Baggs, Wyo.) six-man varsity football vs. Dubois High School
When: 3 p.m. today
Where: Dubois High School, 314 Helmer St., Dubois, Wyo.
— There is no cost for admission.
The toughest test the Little Snake River Valley School's six-man varsity football team may have in repeating as state champions could come in today's game against Dubois High School.
The Rattlers, 1-0 this season after mauling Ten Sleep High School last week, 45-6, are riding an 11-game winning streak.
But, the team from Baggs, Wyo., has never faced Dubois, also 1-0, and which finished last season at 10-2 as an 11-man team.
The Rams switched to six-man football for this season.
"Dubois is definitely a team that if you don't have all your ducks in a row, the game could go either way," LSRV head coach Mike Bates said. "Their players have a good understanding of the game and they are well coached, so we can't handle them lightly."
When the game kicks off at 3 p.m., the Rattlers will see something they don't often come across in 1A six-man football — the option.
Dubois' running back was the leading rusher in 1A 11-man football a season ago and rushed for 210 yards last week in a 49-20 victory against Midwest School.
The Rams' second back is no slouch, either — he rushed for 195 yards against Midwest.
"It has been a while since we have faced a premiere running back," Bates said. "They have two good backs and our kids know they are going to come out and punch it."
To defend against the option, Bates said he worked with his defense on assignments and trust between players this week.
"Each guy is going to have to do their job, stay disciplined and trust that his teammates will do their job as well," he said. "When you face an option team, too many players will go after the quarterback leaving the pitch man all alone. Guys are going to have to stay home or we will get burned."
The Rattlers will also have to watch the Rams' 6-foot-4-inch receiver.
Bates said if his players can stop the run, Dubois might start passing the ball to a wideout who can catch the ball "very well."
"We have watched film from their game last week, but you can only get so much from one game," he said. "Our defense is going to be very important in this game."
Bates is looking to his two defensive linemen — Jake Ready and Garrett Grieve — as well as linebacker Cole Gourlay to make things happen against Dubois.
One of the determining factors, the coach said, should be turnovers.
"Last week against Midwest, Dubois was tied 20-20 in the third quarter, but caused a turnover in the end zone for a touchdown and ran an interception back for another touchdown," Bates said. "If Gourlay, Grieve and Ready can control the run and we can win the turnover battle, I think that is where the game will be won."
Offensively, Bates said he hopes to keep improving in both the run and the pass.
"Last week, I don't think we played to where we should be, but toward the end we turned it up a notch," he said. "We used a new formation for no huddle and scored a touchdown with it, so I hope to build on the success of that."
Junior Zach Filip will be starting in his second game as quarterback for the Rattlers.
Bates said nerves affected Filip in his first game, but the coach expects a more composed field general against Dubois.
"I definitely want to pass more this week," he said. "Zach had a good week of practice and I think he feels better going into this game, so he should be poised for a breakout performance."
Still, Bates said every player will have to give it their all today against Dubois in one of the week's premiere games in the state.
"A lot of people wouldn't be surprised to see Dubois reach the state championship," he said. "Our second week match-up could be who we end up playing for it all at the end of the season."
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Forum:Domain names
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Let's say, purely hypothetically, something were to happen, either to us or to Wikia, that would force us to find new hosting. And let's suppose we have hosting options, and that money isn't an issue and we have backups (or can get them) of most of the stuff, and actually putting the site somewhere else isn't a technical problem (even if it is, any specifics would depend entirely upon whatever happened).
Hopefully it won't come to that, but one thing we can sort out ahead of time, perhaps, is what to do about a domain name. Not only would it make things a little easier should the time come to have that already decided and enable users to actually know where to all go, but it could also be kind of fun for the doomsday-lovers among us. So what domain would identify the site?
This being Uncyclopedia, and all, the bulk of the domain would probably be that, or possibly uncyc like simple uses. I've comprised a table of the ones I could think of[1][2]:
Domain | Holder | Ours? | Usable? | Description of current use |
en.uncyc.net | Uncyclopedia | ✓ | ✓ | Container for various bot scripts, IRC statistics, short urls |
en.uncyc.org | Carl Bennett | ✗ | ?[3] | Forwards to Vandalism-ridden mirror site |
en.uncyc.com | Carl Bennett | ✗ | ?[3] | Forwards to Multilanguage landing page |
uncyc.org.uk | Uncyclopedia | ✓ | ✓ | |
uncyc.co | Uncyclopedia | ✓ | ✓ | |
uncyclopedia.co | Uncyclopedia | ✓ | ✓ | Forwards to Wikia-hosted Uncyclopedia |
uncyclopedia.biz | Uncyclopedia | ✓ | ✓ | Forwards to Wikia-hosted Uncyclopedia |
en.uncyclopedia.info | Carl Bennett | ✗ | ?[3] | Forwards to Vandalism-ridden mirror site |
en.uncyclopedia.org | Wikia | ✗ | ✗ | Forwards to Wikia-hosted Uncyclopedia |
uncyclopedia.com | Unaffiliated third-party | ✗ | ✗ | |
uncyclopedia.net | Unaffiliated third-party | ✗ | ✗ |
- ↑ If any of you happen to have or know of others, please add them.
- ↑ The subdomains are included if the main domain is used for something else or more general (a multilingual thing, say); we could use an en subdomain with any of the other ones we have access to if we wanted as well.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carlb's would probably be usable, or at very least I don't see why he wouldn't redirect them to whatever we would wind up using; he may be kind of slow when it comes to actually doing stuff, but he's been good to many of the other uncyclopedias he also happens to not like wikia, so...
And there are a whole lot of random other language/country ones floating around, but never mind those. Shall we have a vote for what to use should everything go terribly wrong (or right, depending on how you see this)? Note that this is a question of what we would use as our main; most of the others would still all point to that. Besides the uncyclopedia.org one, that is... probably. Unless we really do wind up in this situation because of the entire company flomping, in which case who knows... ~ 05:39, 22 January 2012
- uncyclopedia.xxx – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • SU&W) 05:42 Jan 22, 2012
- Those are expensive. ~ 05:45, 22 January 2012
- If we absolutely have to move then I'd suggest uncyc.co. uncyclopedia.something is likely to have people going to uncyclopedia.com by accident. The other issue is of course if we get a domain name mentioned here there is always the possibility that some prick will come along and buy it while we're still deciding and then charge is a scad-load more for it. Pup 11:43 22 Jan '12
- Although if we point out here how broke we are, maybe it'll sink into them that that would be utterly pointless. We can always use something else. >.> ~ 19:04, 22 January 2012
- Another minor point. GoDaddy suck! Pup 11:45 22 Jan '12
- There's also PuppyOnTheRadio.com still available. Pup 12:01 22 Jan '12
- And well it should be. Uncy is the shortest letter combo which brings up the site on google and bing, so I always use that nickname for uncyclopedia. I'm surprised uncy.com is still available, although maybe it isn't. Aleister 12:05 22-1-'12
- I'm sticking with uncyclopedia.edu. 00:28, 26 January 2012
Is www.asexuality.org/wiki/ available? Pup 12:56 26 Jan '12
- We shouldn't insult our users too much, man. Some of them are very sensitive. ~ 01:49, 26 January 2012


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Hi, I'm lazy but since I wrote a program called filexer to sync uploads I'll just make a couple of nitpicking suggestions.
If you are dealing with remote mounting of windows shares do a lot of testing. In particular permissions and you-can't-get-there-from-here took a lot of my time. I used a cygwin binary at one point to solve a problem windows wasn't helping me with. It was a while ago and I don't have the code online right now, but I'm pretty sure I used cygwin's touch command. Granularity < 1 second might flub it. Illegal characters esp. colons, questionmarks, non-western encodings, filename lengths, etc. if you are actually copying across net like I did. Likewise if so, then security issues possibly. maybe loading interpreter and scanning program are going to take a while too. Consider running under mod_perl (even if just under cgi emulation) and calling once evvery 10 seconds via a crontab? I don't want to think of any perl program being launched on my system from scratch every 10 seconds.. that is, can you just keep the thing running all the time instead of quitting it after 10 seconds. Much better then I think. Have fun! In reply to Re^2: Finding oldest file in directory
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High Dose Rituximab for Initial Treatment of Indolent B-Cell Lymphomas
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Genentech, Inc.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jeremy Abramson, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: May 6, 2009
Last updated: December 17, 2016
Last verified: December 2016
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The purpose of this clinical trial is to see if increased doses of rituximab are safe and effective for the initial treatment of indolent B-cell lymphomas. Rituximab (Rituxan) is a type of drug called an "antibody" that specifically targets B-cell lymphoma cells, and is approved by the FDA for the treatment of indolent B-cell non-hodgkin lymphomas and certain other types of non-hodgkin lymphomas. Standard doses currently used may not be achieving maximal efficacy. Higher doses have been shown to be safe in other clinical trials, and may offer superior efficacy to the current standard dose. This trial also employs intermittent maintenance doses of rituximab at the standard dose, which has been shown to prolong remissions and survival in patients with relapsed indolent B-cell lymphomas. This trial is designed to show that higher dose rituximab plus maintenance rituximab can achieve similarly good results to chemotherapy approaches, but without chemotherapy-related toxicity.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
B-cell Lymphoma Indolent B-cell Lymphoma |
Drug: rituximab |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase II Trial of Increased Dose Rituximab Plus Maintenance Rituximab for Initial Systemic Treatment of Indolent B-Cell Lymphomas |
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics:
Drug Information available for:
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources:
B-cell Lymphoma
Indolent B Cell Lymphoma
U.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Determine complete response rate of increased dose rituximab in indolent B-cell lymphomas [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Overall response rate [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Pharmacokinetics of increased dose rituximab [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Pharmacodynamics of B cell depletion [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Incidence of severity of infusion reactions, infections and neutropenia [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Duration of hypogammaglobulinemia [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
Enrollment: | 40 |
Study Start Date: | July 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | January 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Intervention Details:
Detailed Description:
Drug: rituximab
Increased dose (750 mg/m2) intravenously for 4 weekly doses followed by maintenance dosing once every three months for up to 2 years. Maintenance dose is standard (375 mg/m2).
- All participants will receive increased-dose rituximab through a vein in the arm once a week for 4 weeks (on Days 1, 8, 15, and 22 of the initial 28-day study cycle). This first cycle of study treatment is called the Induction Phase. If the participant responds well to the Induction Phase, they then may continue to the Maintenance Therapy Phase, where they will receive a lower dose of rituximab once every three months for up to 2 years.
- During the Induction Phase, the following procedures will take place before the participant receives each dose of rituximab: medical review, physical exam, performance status, and ECG. Blood tests will be drawn about 30-60 minutes after the first dose of rituximab on Day 1. Samples will be drawn immediately before each dose and again 30-60 minutes after each dose on Days 1, 8, 15 and 22.
- During the Maintenance Therapy Phase, the following procedures will take place before the participant receives each dose of rituximab: medical review, physical exam, performance status, ECG, blood tests and response assessments by CT scan.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Indolent B-Cell NHL of the following histologies:
- Follicular lymphoma (grades 1-3A);
marginal zone lymphoma (extranodal, nodal or splenic):
- Extranodal marginal zone lymphomas (MALT lymphomas) may not be candidates for cure with antibiotics or local radiotherapy. Patients who have failed antibiotics or local therapy are eligible for the protocol as long as they have measurable disease and are naive to chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody;
- splenic marginal zone lymphoma patients may have received prior splenectomy as long as they have measureable disease and are naive to chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy;
- Small lymphocytic lymphoma (must have less than 5000 circulating clonal B-lymphocytes);
- Indolent CD20+ B-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified with CD20+ expression
- Measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as 20mm or greater with conventional techniques or as 10mm or greater with spiral CT scan
- No previous chemotherapy, antibody therapy or radioimmunotherapy for NHL. Patients previously treated with external bean radiation alone, surgery, or with antibiotics are eligible
- 18 years of age or older
- Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
- ECOG performance status of 2 or less
- Adequate bone marrow function
- Use of adequate contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy or radioimmunotherapy for lymphoma
- Receiving any other investigational agent
- Known brain metastases
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to rituximab
- HIV positivity
- Active hepatitis B infection
- Candidate for curative radiotherapy, unless radiation therapy is considered too toxic (as in abdominal disease), or is refused by the patient
- NYHA Classification III or IV disease
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection that is not optimally treated with antibiotics, unstable angina pectoris, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women
Individuals with a history of a different malignancy except for the following circumstances:
- disease-free for at least 1 year and are deemed by the investigator to be at low risk for recurrence of that malignancy;
- localized prostate cancer, prostate cancer with elevated PSA but no measurable disease on CT scans or bone scan, cervical cancer in situ; and
- non-melanoma skin cancers
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.
For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00895661
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00895661
United States, Massachusetts | |
Massachusetts General Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114 | |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Genentech, Inc.
Principal Investigator: | Jeremy Abramson, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
More Information
Keywords provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 28, 2017
Responsible Party: | Jeremy Abramson, MD, Director, Lymphoma Program, Massachusetts General Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00895661 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
09-054 |
Study First Received: | May 6, 2009 |
Last Updated: | December 17, 2016 |
Keywords provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
rituximab |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphoma Lymphoma, B-Cell Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders |
Immune System Diseases Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Rituximab Antineoplastic Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 28, 2017


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Band Boosters'
Trivia Night
The Vandalia Band Boosters will hold its inaugural Trivia Night at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday in the Vandalia Junior High School gym.
Along with the trivia contest, the band parents will hold a live auction. Items to be auctioned off include St. Louis Symphony tickets, an overnight stay at a Drury Inn and a day at a spa. The cost is $15 per person or $120 for a table of eight.
Those interested in participating may contact Carla Huhn at 283-3181.
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This post is made from a Release 12.2 (Mantis) 64-bit/GNOME 3.4.0/Kernel Linux 3.3.0-2-desktop.(Live CD)/openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3. I am a GNOME user(probably for about 3 years) and i was curious about KDE. People always have been claiming that it is best "The Desktop Environment". I have never used KDE before and i wanted to try out KDE to find out what's so special about it and hence I downloaded the KDE live ISO which is available through Download openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 page and burned / wrote it onto a flash drive using SUSE Studio Image writer . As usual , I had to tweak my BIOS and make my flash drive the first boot device.
The boot process was smooth and the graphics were way cooler and much better than that of GNOME live CD and the KDE interface seems to be polished and refined. No wonder people feel that openSUSE is a KDE centric distribution. I only wish that they put in the same effort and dedication into GNOME too . Other GNOME based distributions like FEDORA , MINT seem to provide lot of applications for GNOME and the default installation provides lot of features and interface is heavily refined and cool. Alas GNOME appears to receive step motherly treatment from openSUSE.
I Always thought KDE was a desktop environment but no , it thinks that it is world wide network :-),LOL.The excerpt from About KDE is below:-
"KDE is a world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators and facilitators who are committed to Free Software development. This community has created hundreds of Free Software applications as part of the KDE Development Platform and KDE Software Distribution."
The things i missed being used to GNOME 3 desktop were:-
- By default all the windows couldn't be restored / moved / minimised / maximised using "Alt space menu". It might have been configured but I didn't bother to dig deep into the settings
- The application launcher was not mapped to the windows key on the keyboard.This added one more key on my keyboard to the useless list.
- Sorely missed the GNOME activities application / window switcher which could be activated using a simple mouse gesture.
- I couldn't capture screenshot of the current/active window using Alt+PrintScr key combination
- I usually use a note making tool on my desktop and when i tried to open the note making tool (KNotes),the default background colour light yellow was too bright to my liking.
- Default view/tab in YaST doesn't show any installed packages.Being used to gnome version of YaST, I was wondering as to how come the installed packages were missing.I then found the installed packages under repositories tab
Moving on to the niceties of the KDE desktop.KDE Desktop with clock,weather and CPU temperature widgets
- Unlike GNOME 3.X , KDE 4.X looks and feels more mature
- It seems to play very nicely and feels light weight compared to what i read elsewhere where they describe KDE as a resource hogging monster.
- Compared to Nautilus ,Dolphin is loaded to the brim with features and a never ending list of customisations.I understand that Nautilus does have Nautilus Actions,but since it is not packaged by default on openSUSE. Dolphin wins over nautilus hands down.
- Except for the GNOME Extensions ,GNOME currently doesn't offer any customisations whereas KDE offers a lot of inbuilt widgets like weather,CPU,clock etc:
- The calendar on KDE was loaded / pre populated with the holiday list which is a nice touch.
- The music player Amarok came with a default track which is very useful for testing sound on a new installation.Though there is always a alternative way of opening pulse on GNOME or KMIX on KDE and testing the sound from there.
- KDE experience felt closer to windows than GNOME.
- I would love something similar to My Computer/Sysinfo on KDE on GNOME
My Computer or sysinfo is ultra cool
The confusing KDE Activities menu .Can some one tell me the difference between Desktop and Desktop Icons activities :-)
The ultra large icons in the Alt+Tab switcher made me feel that i am visually challenged
Amarok with a preloaded track "Art of Nations"
Too bad it crashed whenever i opened and closed it.
Calendar with preloaded holiday list is cool
Dolphin ,loaded with features.I liked the copy to list which is missing in Nautilus 3.X series
Infamous "K" Juggernaut (kwrite,Kcalc,Konsole,Kaffeine)
Though openSUSE offers only one browser(removes Epiphany) on GNOME ,it offers two default browsers namely Konqueror and Firefox on KDE
KMIX is a classic case of bad design on an otherwise wonderful desktop
Nice Application Launcher
YaST installer(QT version) should display all the installed package by default like the GTK version


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UK and France urge EU reform post-election
27 May 2014 Last updated at 22:24 BST
Britain and France have called for EU reform as leaders arrived for a summit in Brussels on the elections which gave a boost to anti-EU parties.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Brussels was "too big, too bossy, too interfering".
French President Francois Hollande asked Europe to "pay attention" to what had happened in his country.
Europe editor Gavin Hewitt reports from Brussels.


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Computer Security:
Reported Appropriations and Obligations for Four Major Initiatives
AIMD-00-92R: Published: Feb 28, 2000. Publicly Released: Feb 28, 2000.
Additional Materials:
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on fiscal years 1998 through 2000 appropriations and obligations for four major computer security initiatives, including: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC); (2) the Department of Defense's (DOD) Joint Task Force on Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND); (3) the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Computer Incident Response Capability (FedCIRC); and (4) GSA's Federal Intrusion Detection Network (FIDNet).
GAO noted that: (1) more than any nation, the United States depends on interconnected computer systems--including the Internet--to support critical operations and services both in the public and private sectors; (2) while beneficial, this reliance has increased the risks of computer-based fraud, inappropriate disclosure of sensitive data, and disruption of critical computer-supported operations and services; (3) to better safeguard against computer disruptions within critical sectors of the nation's economy, in January 2000, the President issued the National Plan for Information Systems Protection; (4) the National Plan calls for the government and the private sector to work together in a partnership to achieve computer security objectives; (5) as specified in the plan: (a) NIPC is to serve as the focal point for gathering information on threats to the critical infrastructures as well as facilitating and coordinating the government's response to such incidents; (b) JTF-CND is to monitor incidents and threats relating to national security and coordinate its assessments both within the DOD and externally with appropriate agencies, counterintelligence organizations, law enforcement agencies, the private sector, and allies; (c) FedCIRC is to supplement these efforts by coordinating computer incident and response data and providing technical information, tools, and assistance, primarily to civilian agencies; and (d) FIDNet, through a network of intrusion detection devices, is to provide a centrally managed operational structure for processing and disseminating computer attack warnings to federal agencies; (6) the information GAO obtained presents only a partial picture of the total funding because most of the programs are supported by related activities whose appropriations and obligations were not captured by GAO's review; (7) also, in order to obtain needed expertise, NIPC, JTF-CND, and FIDNet rely on staff detailees from other federal agencies or Defense components; (8) the salaries for these individuals are not reflected in summary figures obtained; and (9) GAO did not compile data on appropriations and obligations for related activities or determine the salaries of detailees that were attributable to the programs GAO focused on because such information was not readily available and developing it was beyond the scope of this review.
Mar 28, 2017
Information Security:
DHS Needs to Continue to Advance Initiatives to Protect Federal SystemsGAO-17-518T: Published: Mar 28, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 28, 2017.
Feb 14, 2017
Actions Needed to Strengthen U.S. CapabilitiesGAO-17-440T: Published: Feb 14, 2017. Publicly Released: Feb 14, 2017.
Sep 29, 2016
Information Security:
FDA Needs to Rectify Control Weaknesses That Place Industry and Public Health Data at RiskGAO-16-513: Published: Aug 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2016.
Sep 20, 2016
Federal Information Security:
Actions Needed to Address ChallengesGAO-16-885T: Published: Sep 19, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 20, 2016.
Sep 15, 2016
Federal Chief Information Security Officers:
Opportunities Exist to Improve Roles and Address Challenges to AuthorityGAO-16-686: Published: Aug 26, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 2016.
Jun 29, 2016
Information Security:
FDIC Implemented Controls over Financial Systems, but Further Improvements are NeededGAO-16-605: Published: Jun 29, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 29, 2016.
Jun 21, 2016
Information Security:
Agencies Need to Improve Controls over Selected High-Impact SystemsGAO-16-501: Published: May 18, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 21, 2016.
Apr 28, 2016
Information Security:
Opportunities Exist for SEC to Improve Its Controls over Financial Systems and DataGAO-16-493: Published: Apr 28, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 2016.
Apr 14, 2016
Information Security:
IRS Needs to Further Enhance Controls over Taxpayer and Financial DataGAO-16-590T: Published: Apr 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 14, 2016.
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Significance of Northeast in Vaastu
Vaastu is a science which acts as a bridge between the inner space of the being and the outer space of the immediate environment. Many call it a "super science" or study of the cause and effect of your surroundings and its influence on the occupants. Its multidisciplinary approach is based on basic knowledge of Yogashastra (the science of Yoga), Astrology and Astronomical Science.
The five great holistic sciences, which are interconnected and in totality form a comprehensive remedial field to convert an individual's journey of pain and struggle into harmony and rhythm are Vaastu, Music, Astrology, Yoga and Ayurveda. You could compare this to Feng Shui, Chinese medicine (acupuncture), Taichi, Chinese Astrology, Chinese calligraphy and music.
Vaastu Shastra essentially deals with two important energy sources, the solar energy flux and the geomagnetic energy flux. The science of Vaastu aims at controlling the flow of these energies in a building by selecting proper directions and alignments. Starting with the location of doors, windows, colour scheme, flooring patterns, planting of trees and interior décor need to be looked into. All these essential parameters play an important role in enhancing the energy field for human beings to live in harmony with nature and in turn to achieve a balance.
To get the right balance of these nature's forces, cosmic and thermal imbalances, Vaastu offers a remedy in the form of the helix concept also known as the "Golden Ratio Helix". It finds reference in all the ancient scriptures as the centre of energy balance is located at the origin of a logarithmic helix fitted in a rectangle with sides having proportionate golden ratio of 1:1.618. The ill effects of a Vaastu defect diminishes automatically if this helix centre lies inside the building.
This center is known as the "nabhi" or the focal point of the plot and is the source of all cosmic energies and bio-energetic fields. Hence balancing the building within a given plot and tapping into the focal point is the key to achieving a good structure which enhances the flow of energy. However this may not be feasible at all times, as limitations in terms of plot size, shape, apartment dwellings etc exist, but one can adapt certain basic guidelines by paying attention to important sectors and compass directions in a plot or building.
The Northeast direction is regarded as highly surcharged with divine energies, hence heavy construction or having large structures in the Northeast portion of the plot of a home is taboo.
A structure contributes towards the prosperity of its occupants and most importantly, everything that happens in nature has a direct effect on human life. The cosmic rays from the sun, moon and other planets also have an effect on the human body and research has shown that we respond and react accordingly. It was also found by the ancients that time period changes through the day has an effect on the human mind and body, which in turn stimulates a corresponding activity.
Buildings are designed and oriented with various components to harmonize the movement of the sun and daily human cycle according to the rotation of the earth and the position of the sun through the days. The 24 hours in a day is divided into eight parts, representing the eight cardinal directions and the nature of each activity in a building reflects the quality of each compass direction. It was observed that Houses that were not properly aligned or had no sense of orientation gave rise to restlessness, misfortune and sickness.
Out of the eight compass directions, the Northeast known as "Ishanya" in Vaastu has a special importance. The sun rises from the East, moves towards the North and sets in the West, hence the early morning rays are very important and it is considered very auspicious if the building or land is able to receive this sunlight in the morning.
The early morning rays to a great extent are absorbed by water stored in the Northeast sector of a plot, hence from ancient times, underwater storage, open reservoirs for water storage and tanks were considered ideal at the Northeast corner of the plot, and in turn, this enhanced the positive benefits of good Vaastu design.
Keeping the Northeast completely clean, clutter free and light is a fundamental principle, and is mandatory in designing a home as per Vaastu tenets. Having the land at the Northeast portion of the plot lower or depressed naturally, or by creating garden space, is of great importance to activate the bio-cosmic energies in this sector to further enhance the good luck of the property.
The Northeast direction is also regarded as highly surcharged with divine energies, hence heavy construction or having large structures in the Northeast portion of the plot of a home is a taboo. The Northeast sector is also referred to as "Ishanya" (meaning God's corner) keeping in mind the highly positive and life force energy existing in this portion, and from the Vaastu perspective that this sector is considered very sacred. In many homes, this corner is used for the family altar or prayer area.
We can also activate spiritual pursuits, education and knowledge in the Northeast sector. The ancient Indian holy saints or monks (known as rishis) of the Vedic Age had mastered this knowledge and it is no surprise that the sacred places of worships, temples, monastery and ashrams of spiritual training were established in this direction near the holy rivers. Even today, one can still experience and feel the distinctly enchanting, energizing and enlightening ambience at such places, and a closer study reveals that temples and places of worship have a water reservoir or large opening at the Northeast, or a water body or river at this sector.
Certain basic guidelines to protect the Northeast sector while designing a building are:
Take care to design the house such that it allows ample sunlight and cross ventilation in the Northeast sectors to enhance the bio-cosmic fields.
Tall trees or plants should not exist in the North or Northeast sectors, although small plants are acceptable. Ensure that the plants do not block the sunlight or cast a shadow at the Northeast corners of the property and most importantly, ensure that the trees or plants do not cast their shadow on the house in these sectors.
Avoid keeping a mop, broomstick or trashcan in this sector as these would pollute the positive energy flowing through this sector.
Positioning toilets in the Northeast sector is a serious affliction, as this would deprive the building from positive bio-cosmic forces and cause immense ill effects to the occupants.
Apart from Northeast, if you can keep the following zones clutter free and clean, it could be of benefit to certain types of professions too:
North, as this sector relates to intellectuals who wish to pursue intellectual pursuits.
East helps those in armed forces and in the police.
South is beneficial to those in business and to traders.
West is for the working class and those employed in middle management.
Understanding the cause and effect of the environment, compass directions and benefits of each of the sectors in a property ensures that the house and its occupants are healthy, happy, prosperous and in harmony with nature's forces.
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In general, a misdemeanor is an offense which is punishable by a jail term of one year maximum. Offenses which require more than a year of incarceration are usually classified as felonies. Felony charges can result in a sentence in a federal prison, whereas misdemeanors usually result in sentencing to a local or county jail. However, Class A misdemeanors carry sentences that are very similar to some lesser felonies.
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Following his two hundreds and 6 for 70, George Hirst picked up 5 more wickets on August 29, 1906, at Bath. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at a unique feat achieved en route to another.
A trick question made rounds at the English pubs at the turn of the 20th century: "Who is the best all-rounder in the world?"
The answer was a bit complicated: "I don't know, but he bats right-handed, bowls left-handed, and comes from Kirkheaton." The definition, of course, was applicable to two legends of the sport, who remain the only ones (other than WG Grace) to have scored 25,000 runs and have taken 2,500 wickets in First-Class cricket.
In 1,110 First-Class matches, Wilfred Rhodes had scored 39,969 runs at 30.81 and had picked up 4,204 wickets at 16.72. Hirst, on the other hand, had scored 36,356 runs at 34.13 and had accounted for 2,742 wickets at 18.73. There was little to choose from the two men, who often batted and bowled in tandem, and when in action together, turned out to be a menace for the opposition.
Both champions played in that Championship match against Somerset at Bath. Despite an excellent all-round performance, Rhodes's display could come nowhere close to what Hirst managed to achieve over those three days at Bath.
Both captains had pulled out of the match. For Yorkshire, Lord Hawke had been taken ill while the Somerset captain Sammy Woods had injured his legs. Ernest Smith and Lionel Palairet, their respective deputies, had taken over.
Yorkshire were the defending champions, but had already lost the title to Kent in their previous match when they had gone down to Gloucestershire by one run at Bristol. It would be Kent's first Championship title.
The match at Bath was supposed to be their last match of the season. Smith won the toss and decided to take first strike.
Act One: The first hundred
Len Braund, that champion fast bowler, started with the new ball, and John Tunnicliffe hit one back to him almost immediately. David Denton joined Rhodes, and immediately the two settled down into a partnership. Soon they began to accelerate and added 102 in 55 minutes before both fell in quick succession, Rhodes for 64 and Denton for 67. Yorkshire were 161 for 3 when Hirst walked out to join Tom Taylor.
Runs came at a breakneck pace once the duo had settled down. Hirst added 64 with Taylor and 83 with Horace Rudston, of which the latter contributed only 21. Hirst was sixth out, scoring 111 in 155 minutes. He had scored these runs out of 157 scored during his stay at the wicket.
Once Hirst departed Braund, now bowling leg-breaks in tandem with the rather exotically named right-arm slow bowler Osbert Cautley Mordaunt reduced Yorkshire to 347 for 8 at stumps. 20 minutes into Day Two they were bowled out for 368, Braund picking up 6 for 125 and Moradaunt 3 for 71.
Act Two: The first five-for
William Ringrose gave Yorkshire the first breakthrough, clean bowling Henry Martyn. Hirst responded immediately, hitting the timber of Talbot Lewis. Somerset were 18 for 2 and in trouble.
Randall Johnson and Braund put up a resistance of sorts before they were bowled by Rhodes and Hirst in quick succession. Palairet was the only one to offer resistance of some sort, coming out at 62 for 3 and leaving at 103 for 7, scoring 31 runs before being bowled by Hirst, who had also accounted for Ernie Robson.
With Rhodes picking up wickets at the other end Hirst ran through the tail, clean bowling Mordaunt and Alfred Bailey in successive balls to finish things off. He finished with 6 for 70 and Rhodes with 3 for 28; Somerset were bowled out for 125 — 243 in arrears.
Act Three: The second hundred
With the weather being "extremely hot" Smith did not enforce the follow-on. With two hours left in the day Tunnicliffe and Rhodes began at a brisk pace, adding 78 in 45 minutes before Bailey had the former caught by Braund for 38. Smith promoted Hirst to three, possibly to help the great man reach the 2,000-mark in the season (he was on 1,948 before the innings), and all hell broke loose.
The Glasgow Herald called it "batting of a brilliant description without any serious blemishes." Hirst duly reached the coveted mark for the third consecutive season (he had scored 2,501 in 1904 and 2,266 in 1905). The pair hit out mercilessly at the Somerset bowlers — Braund included — and managed to add 202 runs by stumps in 75 minutes.
Hirst dominated the partnership, remaining unbeaten on 117 while Rhodes scored 115. In the process, Hirst had become only the second Yorkshireman to score 2 centuries in a match, the first being Denton, who had scored 107 and 109 not out against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge a shade over two months back.
"Towards the close the cricket became a little farcical," wrote The Glasgow Herald. With the lead well past 450 Palairet asked his wicketkeeper Martyn to bowl over while he himself kept wickets without putting his pad on. As Martyn finished his over, Palairet continued from the other end. Frank Phillips also bowled, and the two made merry, reaching to 280 for 1 in two hours before stumps.
Act Four: The second five-for
"There was a tame finish to the match at Bath yesterday, Somerset giving an inglorious display," began The Glasgow Herald the next morning. After Smith had declared overnight and set the hosts an impossible 524 to score in a single day the only point of interest was Hirst's performance.
The previous season Bernard Bosanquet had scored 103 and 100 not out and had taken 3 for 75 and 8 for 53, thus becoming the first player to score 2 hundreds and take 10 wickets in the same match. Could Hirst go a step ahead and take 2 five-fors?
Hirst was on track from the beginning, clean bowling Johnson and Lewis. Braund, opening the batting, was bowled by Ringrose soon afterwards, and when Hirst bowled Phillips to reduce Somerset to 40 for 4 even survival looked distant.
Palairet put up a resistance to match his first-innings effort: he top-scored with a 75-minute 42 and added 47 with Martyn for the fifth wicket. It was then that Hirst had Martyn caught by (rather fittingly) Rhodes to give him his ten-for, and then had Palairet caught by Hunter to get the much-anticipated second five-for.
Schofield Haigh, who had bowled a single over in the first innings, bowled Robson, and then, in the 39th over of the innings, finished things off by removing Hugh Poyntz, Mordaunt, and Bailey in the same over.
Somerset were bowled out for 134, nine more than their first-innings effort, and lost the match by a colossal 389 runs. They actually scored only 31 more than what Hirst had scored on his own, despite getting out only once in the match.
What followed?
- Yorkshire finished second in the Championship that season.
- Hirst became the first, and remains the only, player to score 2 hundreds and take 2 five-fors in the same First-Class match.
- Hirst also reached the 200-wicket mark against MCC at Scarborough. He finished the season with 2,385 runs at 45.86 with 6 hundreds and 208 wickets at 16.50 with 19 five-fors and 4 ten-fors. He remains the only person to have done the 2,000 run-200 wicket double in a single season. If anyone ever equalled the feat he will be "very tired", Hirst had remarked.
- Playing for Nottinghamshire, Franklyn Stephenson scored 111 and 117 and picked up 4 for 105 and 7 for 117 at Trent Bridge in 1988. Though his effort equalled Bosanquet's (2 hundreds and 10 wickets) Hirst's achievement remains unique.
Brief scores:
Yorkshire 368 (George Hirst 111, David Denton 67, Wilfred Rhodes 64, Tom Taylor 41; Len Braund 6 for 125, Osbert Mordaunt 3 for 71) and 280 for 1 decl. (George Hirst 117*, Wilfred Rhodes 115*) beat Somerset 125 (George Hirst 6 for 70, Wilfred Rhodes 3 for 28) and 134 (Lionel Palairet 42; George Hirst 5 for 45, Schofield Haigh 4 for 11) by 389 runs.
(Abhishek Mukherjee is a cricket historian and Senior Cricket Writer at CricketCountry. He generally looks upon life as a journey involving two components – cricket and literature – though not as disjoint elements. A passionate follower of the history of the sport with an insatiable appetite for trivia and anecdotes, he has also a steady love affair with the incredible assortment of numbers that cricket has to offer. He also thinks he can bowl decent leg-breaks in street cricket, and blogs at http://ovshake.blogspot.in. He can be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ovshake42)


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LITTLETON — It wasn't the heat so much as it was the sun in his eyes, but even that did little to slow down Jackson Sayler on Sept. 30 at the Dave Sanders Cross Country Invitational. The Evergreen runner scurried to a second-place finish in the Division 2 boys race in 16 minutes, 39 seconds. Only Evan Fortney of 3A Faith Christian was ahead of him, 10 seconds faster on the Clement Park course. "It was a good race. I just wasn't fast enough to get that first guy," Sayler said.
FOOTBALL Summit upsets Evergreen, sends Cougars to first defeat FRISCO — Andrew Ike's TD pass on fourth down to Tyler Nelson and Thomas DeBonville's extra point helped Summit upset 10th-ranked Evergreen, 13-12, at the Tigers' homecoming on Oct. 1. The loss for the Cougars, who got touchdowns from Noah Ansley and Braden Olson, dropped them to 5-1 overall, 1-1 in the 3A Metro South Conference. Summit improved to 3-3, 1-1. EHS plays Jefferson at EHS on Oct. 6. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
It's that time of year again when everyone is out looking at aspen leaves. Nothing makes Colorado's scenery more beautiful than the gold of aspen leaves. We have aspen bowls through mile upon mile of our mountain country, nestled among the dark green of pines, spruces and firs. They are golden treasure for everyone to admire and share.
I am amazed that Denver has not long since built and sponsored an Aspen Bowl where it could host and play major football games.
Braden Olson wakes up around 6 a.m., after six hours of sleep, and does his math homework. He watches film during lunch while doing more homework. He uses his free period during school hours to complete even more homework. But he has to in order to keep up with his assiduous schedule. After all, Olson, a 17-year-old Evergreen High School senior, is a member of the school's varsity football team. He's also a defender on the boys soccer team. Oh, and he's on the golf team as well.
ELIZABETH — Not four straight victories to open the season. Not a combined 94 points the past two weeks. Not even making the 3A state football playoffs the year before could get the Evergreen Cougars respect.
LAKEWOOD — Kyler Hamari had barely played in regulation. So when the Evergreen senior came on in the second overtime he was not only fresh physically, but mentally he was ready to make a difference as well. He did just that, and just in the nick of time, as his goal with 19 seconds left skirted past Golden backup goalkeeper Jack Nespor for a 2-1 Cougars victory on Sept. 21 at Lakewood Memorial Field.
LITTLETON — Sammy Skold couldn't believe it herself. The Evergreen junior had just crossed the finish line at the Liberty Bell Invitational in 18 minutes, 51 seconds. Flanked seconds later by her teammates Erin Dobey and Maura O'Brien realization was setting in. Skold had won. "I was not expecting that at all. I just went out there and ran as hard as I wanted. I did what I wanted to do. I'm pretty proud of myself right now," Skold said.
Sure Evergreen may have started the regular season off slow, winning just one of its first four games, but the Lady Cougars have been on fire as of late. Behind eight extra-base hits, including three home runs, and a complete-game effort from pitching ace Breeze Phillips, Evergreen toppled rival Conifer, 8-1, on Sept. 16, ending a two-year losing streak to the host Lady Lobos.
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Recently revised guidance issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (the Department or DEP) concerning use of community environmental projects (CEPs) in lieu of civil penalties warrant the attention and consideration of companies faced with potential enforcement actions.
DEP has the authority to assess civil penalties for violations of the Commonwealth's environmental protection laws, such as the Clean Streams Law,[1] Air Pollution Control Act,[2] or Solid Waste Management Act.[3] Depending on the level of harm created, the regulated entity's compliance history, and a number of other criteria, these civil penalties can range from a few hundred to millions of dollars.
Often the entity subject to DEP's civil penalty action will qualify for a program allowing it to work with DEP to develop an environmental project, known as a Community Environmental Project (CEP), which would satisfy a portion of its liability. While the CEP program has been in place for some time, the Department released new guidance on April 19, 2014 for DEP staff to use when considering proposals for a CEP in lieu of civil penalties.[4] DEP is likely signaling a renewed interest in the CEP program and its application to civil penalty actions. For significant civil penalty actions, the option of a CEP under these new guidelines is once again worth considering.
A CEP is defined by the Department as a "project which substantially improves, protects, restores or remediates the environment, or which improves, protects or reduces risks to the public health or safety." While the Department may inform the regulated entity that CEPs are an option, the policy states DEP "will not actively solicit or compel the person or regulated entity to perform a CEP. . . ." Thus, it falls upon the regulated entity to be creative in proposing projects as alternatives to the traditional fines.
Regardless of when the CEP is proposed, the Department will first calculate the amount of the proposed penalty without considering a CEP. In other words, the Department will determine the entire penalty in economic terms and then consider reducing that penalty by the "value" of the CEP.
Generally, DEP will not consider CEPs to supplant fines where the violations were intentional, willful, the result of gross negligence, where the harm to the environment or to public health was unusually extreme, or where the regulated entity has a poor compliance record. But, the policy does allow for exceptions where the environmental benefits are sufficient to outweigh these other concerns. Entities cannot get credit for actions already required by law or as a condition of a permit. While the CEP can supplant fines owed the Department, it cannot substitute for the obligation to become compliant with the violated regulations. The proposed project should be conducted in the same "geographic area, airshed, or watershed where the violation occurred unless the project is intended to have a regional or statewide benefit." When possible, the policy also encourages the improvement be to the environmental medium actually impacted by the harm, be it air, water, or land. These restrictions imply DEP is not looking to allow offenders to do less through the program to satisfy their obligation, but is simply redirecting those resources from the state coffers to tangible environmental improvements in the regions impacted by the violation.
Another theme of the policy is that the benefits of the project must "flow to a community or the general public rather than the person or regulated entity." Recognizing such projects may receive press coverage, the policy states a "CEP may provide the person or regulated entity with certain ancillary benefits, like media publicity, provided that the project primarily and substantially benefits the public health or environment." Also, if the entity actively publicizes the CEP, "it will state that the project is being undertaken as part of the settlement of an enforcement action." If DEP approves the CEP, as part of the agreement the entity must agree to verify "that no costs associated with the project have been deducted as a business expense or charitable deduction for the purpose of federal, state, or local taxes."
The themes mentioned above are also reflected in the list of examples provided by the Department of acceptable and unacceptable projects:
Acceptable projects include:
Unacceptable projects include:
In developing a CEP, the policy encourages regulated entities to "communicate and coordinate with members of the public, local non-profits (i.e. watershed groups) or governmental bodies (i.e. County Conservation Districts) to help identify 'shovel-ready' projects for consideration." While it is up to the regulated entity to quantify the expected benefits of their proposed CEP, they are permitted to "utilize available resources, such as consultation with DEP" in assessing the project.
The entity facing violations must submit a detailed description of the proposal to the appropriate regional office. The proposal must, at a minimum:
The Department's policy directs the program actually taking the enforcement action be the first to review the proposal for completeness and for the benefits it would provide. Following this initial review, the Department staff will provide their evaluation and recommendation to senior staff along with the following:
Finally, once the CEP is deemed acceptable to DEP staff, the "type, scope, and schedule" must be incorporated into a legally enforceable agreement, such as a Consent Order and Agreement. The guidance calls for the agreement to set forth requirements for regular reporting on the progress of the CEP, and contain stipulated penalties for failure to implement it. The Department may oversee the project, or arrange for third-party oversight.
DEP's guidance explicitly states that the CEP policy is not intended to alter existing mining or oil and gas programs that allow operators to reclaim abandoned mine land or plug abandoned wells. It also does not remove the statutory obligation created under the Air Pollution Control Act that when a fine assessed under the Act is at least $50,000, 25 percent of the fine will be returned to the municipality in which the violation occurred.[5]
The CEP program, and others like it, provides businesses operating in Pennsylvania some flexibility in satisfying penalties assessed by the Department. It is a creative program that gives industry the opportunity to utilize expertise and resources already at its disposal to conduct remediation projects that benefit the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, while satisfying its obligations to the Department. DEP's renewed interest in this program is encouraging, making the program worthy of industry's future consideration.
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Strip T's in Watertown has been garnering plenty of attention over the past few months, partially thanks to a five-month-old thread about the menu's "increasing funkiness." A new, young chef and some interesting menu changes prompted this lively discussion, and a few quotes have already been included in the "Overheard on the Boston Board" columns. But with the posts still coming in (well over 100 contributions as of December 14), the thread deserves some special recognition.
GretchenS recently tried the cauliflower appetizer: "richly caramelized cauilflowerettes with a delicious spicy sauce, pickled onions, and just a dusting of cotija. Wonderful." Bob Dobalina sampled a special appetizer of veal cheeks, which he described as delicious but rich. "It was almost like a take on the pork and Chinese broccoli over rice one might get as Thai street food or locally at Rod Dee (minus the rice)," he says.
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Here's how WilderPenfield summed it up recently: "The most compelling reasons to visit Strip-T's, I think, are that it accommodates a nice range of palates, from burger-eaters to the more adventurous, and perhaps more significantly, it's a nice, independent neighborhood joint that is a little bit trendy but not precious."
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Don Cheadle has solidified five feature film projects that he'll produce and star in. Among them is a biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis, on which he plans to make his feature directing debut.
Cheadle, who is being honored today as ShoWest male star of the year, has set up the projects through Crescendo Prods., the shingle in which he partners with longtime managers Kay Liberman and Lenore Zerman. "Nixon" scribes Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson are penning the Davis film, and Liberman and Zerman said they have secured music and life rights to the jazz legend, with whom Cheadle has long been intrigued. "Miles pushed the envelope and was never satisfied and kept evolving," Liberman said. Crescendo's producing with Cary Brokaw and Vince Wilburn Jr. and Darryl Porter of Miles Davis Properties. They have waited to complete the package before bringing it to financiers, with Cheadle aboard to direct. Other projects on Crescendo's slate:- "Traitor" is a politically charged drama that was written and will be directed by Jeff Nachmanoff ("The Day After Tomorrow"). Overture's Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett are negotiating to finance a film that Crescendo will produce with Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman.
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Eighty-four years ago at my home church, Zion Evangelical UCC in Newburgh, Ind., my mother had her own "called to care" program and she was the self-appointed chairperson. Frequently throughout the year she would ask my father to hitch our most gentle horse, Nell, to the buggy and she would drive to the homes of the shut-ins, the elderly of the congregation, taking to each home a dish of cottage cheese.
Today, members of the UCC's "Called to Care" program regularly visit me, sometimes bringing a complete meal, at other times a box of candy or a plate of homemade cookies. Needless to say, each visitor is appreciated.
Not long ago, one of my grandchildren said, "You don't have much company. Probably your friends are all in nursing homes by now." I said, "No, they are now in the cemetery." Therefore, I appreciate so much the visits of the church members today. May they continue their good work. It gives me the feeling that I am still a part of the church even though I am 94 years old.
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I want to lift up Partners In Education (PIE). For a church to do its work, there are three parts to a "PIE" that are needed: time, talent and treasure. PIE helps by forming the solid crust to support the filling and the stability when serving that knowledge to the congregation. The UCC's "Partners" have spent many hours training and learning about varied components of Christian Education. They have a passion for Christian education as vital to the well being of the church.
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A number of years ago most folks said that no one would make a commitment to indicate what they would contribute to Grace UCC the next year. Today, we know that isn't true.
Thanks to a stewardship seminar conducted by a member of the national staff to get us going, followed by use of the UCC's Consecrating Stewards program and the stewardship campaign materials that are prepared for us each year, we now hold a consecration service where members make a commitment. Then, we can build a budget on that commitment! It can be done! We need the materials to keep us going!
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There are many things about the national setting that I could praise, but I think they should know the areas in which they are falling behind the times. So, here's my soapbox.
The worship resources are too liturgical, the music very churchy, the Sunday school materials dull. The evangelism packets have little to do with growing a church in today's world. I look for stewardship resources that teach the spirituality of giving. I use online resources from many denominations for worship planning, the Methodist's curriculum, the Disciples' new hymnal of praise music, and the Natural Church Development program for evangelism. It's time to update!
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Union Congregational UCC
Green River, Wyo.
I'd like to put in a plug for the UCC's Partners in Education (PIE) program. Staffers Ken Ostermiller and Sid Fowler have been both inspiring and instrumental to its incredible success. PIE gives me access to the continuing education that is crucial to my profession. I am able to be connected with UCC education circles and keep current on the latest trends. That, in turn, enables me to offer a dynamic, thriving program for the children and families of our own congregation, as well as spreading the wealth to other churches in our Conference, most of which operate with volunteers leading their Christian Education programs and could use a shot in the arm.
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Brunswick, Maine
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text: Courtesy Reuters Foreign Affairs From The Anthology: The Best of 2011 Explore the Anthology Snapshot February 3, 2011 EgyptPolitics & Society Read More On... My FA Anthologies Civil Society Democratization Ideology Religion The Muslim Brotherhood After Mubarak What the Brotherhood Is and How it Will Shape the Future By Carrie Rosefsky WickhamAbout the Author: My FA Anthologies CARRIE ROSEFSKY WICKHAM is Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University.Read more by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham Facebook Twitter Email My FA Saved Articles Print With the end of the Mubarak era looming on the horizon, speculation has turned to whether the Muslim Brotherhood will dominate the new Egyptian political landscape. As the largest, most popular, and most effective opposition group in Egypt, it will undoubtedly seek a role in creating a new government, but the consequences of this are uncertain. Those who emphasize the risk of "Islamic tyranny" aptly note that the Muslim Brotherhood originated as an anti-system group dedicated to the establishment of sharia rule; committed acts of violence against its opponents in the pre-1952 era; and continues to use anti-Western, anti-Zionist, and anti-Semitic rhetoric. But portraying the Brotherhood as eager and able to seize power and impose its version of sharia on an unwilling citizenry is a caricature that exaggerates certain features of the Brotherhood while ignoring others, and underestimates the extent to which the group has changed over time. Founded by Hasan al-Banna in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood has had the longest continuous existence of any contemporary Islamist group. It was initially established not as a political party but as a da'wa (religious outreach) association that aimed to cultivate pious and committed Muslims through preaching, social services, and spreading religious commitment and integrity by example. The group saw its understanding of Islam as the only "true" one and condemned partisanship as a source of national weakness. It called on Egyptians to unite to confront the forces of Zionism and imperialism and pursue economic development and social justice. The Free Officers' Movement, which seized power in Egypt in 1952, was influenced by the Brotherhood and shared many of its concerns. But the new regime headed by Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser did not support the Brotherhood's call for sharia rule and viewed the group as a potential rival. After a member of the Brotherhood attempted to assassinate Nasser in 1954, Nasser had the pretext he needed to try to crush the organization -- interning thousands of its members in desert concentration camps and forcing others into exile Get the best of Foreign Affairs delivered to you every day.


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People can collect a lot of good stuff from being in business for almost three decades.
That's why about 100 members of the public showed up when John and Shirley Caines auctioned most of the working parts of their car repair and used car sales company, Austam International Inc., on Saturday and Sunday.
The Craig couple is moving to Florida to retire and be closer to family. To do that, the Caineses also auctioned off their home, much of its furnishings and a few parcels of land.
Auctioning off their assets, would "hurry things up," John Caines said of the total sale he estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A box of screwdrivers went for $7.50 and a car lift for $2,200 soon after auctioneer Steve Claypoole launched into his hurried speech Saturday morning. A sampling of other items that would later go home with the highest bidder included cases of transmission fluid, used cars, a couple all-terrain vehicles and a smattering of automotive parts and tools.
Gene Updike came away with a gear puller for $25, which he considered a good deal, though he didn't initially plan on purchasing it. Updike lingered at the edge of the gathering waiting to bid on a spark plug cleaner to use on his hay wagon, an item he said he wouldn't bid more than $10 for. "The problem is when you buy something at an auction, you're not really sure if it's going to work," he said. "It's kind of like pulling the lever on a slot machine."
Updike agreed that having an auction is a good way for someone to liquidate his or her belongings.
"If you're going to get out, this is the way you do it," he said. "This way at least you know somebody is going to pay a dollar for it."
Jack Anderson was doing more observing than buying Saturday, as he stood back and considered the fast-paced purchasing a form of entertainment. "I wonder how many of these things will end up in a yard sale," he mused. When bidding for an industrial-sized car lift stalled at $1,000, Anderson wished aloud that he had that amount in his pocket.
"For the most part, things are selling for about 50 cents on the dollar, which is a pretty good deal," he said.
Mike Thompson compared the auction to others in Grand Junction where the bidding almost always was pushed higher, or about 75 cents on the dollar. "Craig's a hard town to sell in," he said. "I've seen used tools sell at other auctions (in Grand Junction) that were close to what they cost new."
Mickey Green, owner of Lube Plus across Victory Way, wandered over to check out the commotion. With some competition moving away, Green thought he might earn some more business at his automotive shop.
Green eyed some of the tools on the auction block and expressed an interest in bidding on them. One can never have enough tools in the automotive business, he said.
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They'd never do it. But Biden said he would when a person asked in a recent rally, I heard the audio. He's so damn dumb...I can't believe nobody makes a big deal about it. Last week he said, "Barack Obama knows the most important job in America today is a 3 letter word: Jobs. J-O-B-S!'
I laughed my ass off over that one. The man in incoherant. :p"Don't vote. It only encourages the bastards." -PJ O'Roarke
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What do they have to lose? If they can "prove" that Bush and his cabinet were war criminals, they can ensure that even when they are out of power, that no one will take action to defend America without getting every i dotted and t crossed, from the UN to the League of Women Voters, and even then, they'll be able to threaten future prosecution. This is how they use civilian complaint review boards and frivolous prosecutions to keep police from doing their jobs. After the LA riots, the LAPD was completely demoralized and spent the next decade in CYA mode. It was the same in NYC under Dinkins, when police knew that doing their jobs could cost them their jobs. Fortunately, Giuliani turned that around. What the left wants to do is make sure that every Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine keeps a copy of the Miranda warnings in their cargo pockets and is prepared to stop fighting long enough to read a terrorist his rights.
Oh no, they'll do it. This isn't the first time that they've promised it. Check out the Obama campaign flyer here. And they'll also trump up charges against anyone who they can convict, from the top down. The Democrats have learned one critical lesson from Vietnam, which is when you screw over the troops, you have to make us into the villainst of the piece. They have to produce a narrative that makes us out to be war criminals, psychos or dupes to justify their conduct during wartime. If we're not monsters, then they've done the nation a huge disservice by undermining our efforts, but if we're clueless screw-ups, then they have saved the rest of the world from us. That's why every mainstream studio release about Iraq has attacked us, it reinforces their narrative, justifies their contempt and erodes public support for us. They won't be happy until they're spitting on us in airports again.--Odysseus
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10-29-2008, 11:46 AMThe key words are "if they can prove".
They can't prove. If they could, they would have started impeachment proceedings already.
Ah, but they don't have to prove anything. They just have to create a wall of inuendo. They'll have two venues for this, congressional hearings and show trials. The beauty of congressional hearings is that there is no standard of proof. The majority can stack the deck with any witnesses that it wants, feed them questions that lead to their pre-chosen conclusions and then issue a scathing report that has nothing to do with reality. The committee's report then gets repeated ad nauseum in the media. Remember John Kerry's testimony in the senate? Not a word of it was true, but it was repeated so often that the perception of Vietnam vets as out of control monsters was perpetuated for decades. That was the high point of liberal anti-war activism, and they'll cheerfully do it again.
The show trials are going to be where this gets truly ugly. The individual prosecutions of war crimes will be announced loudly, with lots of photo ops of troopies in handcuffs doing the perp walk while prominent Democrats denounce the actions of the accused as if they are already guilty (think Murtha and Haditha). It won't matter if the accused are ultimately acquitted, they'll have been dragged through the process and treated like criminals, and the acquittals will get far less press than the initial charges. And, of course, there will be isolated cases where the charges are true, and convictions occur. Those will be trumpeted throughout the media as typical, and they'll be given maximum exposure. Remember, these aren't going to be real trials based on evidence, but show trials for propaganda purposes. They'll also put tremendous pressure on the defendents to cop pleas and accept lesser sentences, which some troops will take, just because they don't have the resources to defend themselves. The end result will be that the media/Democratic alliance will have fabricated the impression of criminality among servicemembers, and that will be the big lie that they will repeat over and over again, until they no longer have to even pretend to support the troops.
See above, and watch your back.--Odysseus
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The role and functions of healthcare chaplains are diverse and include a variety of ministry settings. For example, chaplains may serve as vital members of interdisciplinary healthcare teams in hospitals, mental health institutions, hospices, nursing homes, or facilities for the severely disabled. They offer critically needed spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families who are facing the most difficult times in their lives. Serving as a bridge between patients, families and medical staff, chaplains provide counsel on the religious implications of a variety of healthcare options, including end of life issues and organ donation.
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RollingStone just released a list of the 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time, that spans from Daft Punk, Moby, Skrillex and even Madonna. Compiled by Jon Dolan an instructor at NYU who's courses include "Topics in Recorded Music: Nirvana & the Cultural History of Indie Rock" (very relevant) and Michaelangelo Matos a blogger at Village Voice and other publications, the list fails to embrace the roots and foundation of electronic dance music.
In the world of internet marketing, lists (especially controversial ones) are one of the easiest ways to generate traffic to your website. For some reason, we just love reading lists on sites like Buzzfeed or Yahoo, even if they're just based on someone's opinion or make no sense at all. Maybe RollingStone wasn't making the numbers in August and needed a boost.
RollingStone Top 30 EDM Albums of All Time
- Daft Punk, 'Homework' (Virgin, 1997)
- The Chemical Brothers, 'Dig Your Own Hole' (Astralwerks, 1997)
- Juan Atkins, '20 Years Metroplex: 1985-2005′ (Tresor, 2005)
- Carl Craig, 'Sessions' (K7, 2008)
- Moby, 'Play' (V2, 1999)
- 2 Many DJs, 'As Heard on Radio Soulwax Vol. 2' (PIAS, 2002)
- Various Artists, 'Trax Records: The 20th Anniversary Collection' (Casablanca Trax, 2004)
- Daft Punk, 'Discovery' (Virgin, 2001)
- The Prodigy, 'Music for the Jilted Generation' (XL, 1994)
- Kraftwerk, 'Computer World' (Warner Bros., 1981)
- Burial, 'Untrue' (Hyperdub, 2007)
- Various Artis, 'True Spirit, Vol. 1' (Tressor, 2010)
- Basement Jaxx, 'Remedy' (Astralwerks, 1999)
- Skrillex, 'Bangarang' EP (Big Beat/Atlantic, 2011)
- Fatboy Slim, 'You've Come A Long Way, Baby' (Astralwerks, 1998)
- Various Artists, 'Journey Into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story' (2006)
- Aphex Twix, 'The Richard D. James Album' (Warp, 1996)
- Michael Mayer, 'Immer' (Kompakt, 2002)
- Underworld, 'Anthology, 1992 – 2002' (JBO/V2, 2003)
- Avalanches, 'Since I left You' (Modular, 2001)
- Madonna, 'Ray of Light' (Maverick, 1998)
- LCD Soundsystem, 'Sound of Silver' (Capitol/EMI, 2007)
- Paul Oakenfold, 'Tranceport' (Kinetic, 1998)
- Justice, '+' (Ed Banger, 2007)
- Sasha & John Digweed, 'Northern Exposure' (Ultra, 1997)
- 4 Hero & DJ Marky, 'Kings of Drum + Bass' (BBE, 2010)
- Orbital, '20' (Rhino, 2009)
- The Orb, 'The BBC Sessions 1991-2001' (Island, 2008)
- Deadmau5, '4×4=12' (Ultra Math, 2011)
- Various Artists, 'Make 'Em Mokum Crazy' (Mokum, 1996)
The list leaves me confused. There are so many compilations, which leaves me wondering is the album really that incredible? Did that compilation contribute to the movement of electronic dance music? Was Skrillex's EP really worth of the spot at #14?
I'm looking forward to your comments and what albums you would add to the list.
Authors note: I wonder how Deadmau5 feels about Madonna being ranked higher than him on RollingStones list. Also, I love LCD Soundsystem, but are they really considered electronic dance music?