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Crazy (crazy) Ah (ah)
Yo pus*y kill me...
Huh (huh).. yeah (yeah) yeah..
Huh, huh, huh ,huh..
[Verse 1]
pus*y killed me when I was born (What?)
Pardon me, I'll rephrase it: departed mommy's womb decaying
I look at the bright side
The fact that I got a life side
Born '73 - September right Nas? (True)
Virgo child, the first thing I learn is money makes the world go round
On this small planet, it's ten women to one man; I wonder how we manage
To say vows and walk a straight line in marriage
n*ggas is some nasty creatures (Word)
b*tches even nastier, they throw at your boy and it's hard for me to pass it up
Freaky hoes lick a n*gga's ass and nuts
Stupid b*tch braggin 'til her baby dad went nuts (Stupid b*tch)
Now he looking for me, two cars deep
Rolling up on n*gga's, barrel out the window, asking, "You NaS peeps?"
I can't have that, two four five, n*gga grab that
Pass it to me, sucker-for-love n*ggas I blast at
I swear my di*k is gonna get me in trouble
I p*ssin bubbles
I thought I felt a sharp pain, better stick to rubbers
When laying hooker after hooker, day out and day in
Watch out for diseases, the doctors can't name 'em
Just a thought: we all f*ck the same chicks
Some play like they innocent, f*cking entertainers
And basketball players, the b*tch is a ho
But still some of y'all a save her, put your di*k in her throat
You just the n*gga that done wifed her (huh?)
She drove you crazy, now your monkey ass wanna shoot the pimp that pipes her
She had your baby, (Damn) now you a life-er
And suicide notes you write her
pus*y kills
[Hook: repeat 2X]
Oh what a thrill
Inside a b*tch feel
Gotta be strong to handle it, it's real
pus*y kills
Backs shots keep a n*gga open
b*tch a have n*ggas gun smoking
pus*y kills
[Verse 2]
My n*gga James got married, same girl he went to school with
Nice girl, nerd with glasses, he was too stuck
Studied for her Masters, part time nurse
I'll tell you how superb the ass is, but who's looking
I mean that's my man, maybe I just took a peek
Maybe I wondered what it would be like, sike
Cause James and me like I was with AZ like
Luke and Han Solo f*cking with n*ggas' girls' forbidden, that's a no-no
It's death and we real n*ggas, civilized gods
And their ain't too many n*ggas like NaS, I'm trust worthy
Plus I know a dude that caught his wife cheating
Killed his baby, killed his wife, and took his own life, even
Happy for James cause real b*tches hard to come by
This n*gga found one, I told him he's lucky, we clown some
Rolling up dutchies while watching Roy Jones in round one, he froze
Put his face to the tv, 'bout an inch close
Move out the way n*gga, f*ck's the matter with you, you blind?
He pointed to the front row, thought he was loosing his mind
She 'posed to be with her sick mother, left for the weekend
Was stressed when she was leaving
Now she's next to some n*gga, cheesing
He's having trouble breathing (Gasping for air, coughing)
He pictured 'em making noises, grinding him and kissing him
Yelling, "Ain't no telling where her lips have been!"
Left her foul messages, she came home no lesser than
Ten minutes later, then they start wrestling and screaming
She said she missed her flight that evening
She never left, she wasn't at that fight, you speeding
That's Vegas, this is New York, you bugging
I held up my hand for a dap but he wouldn't touch it
I'm like, "When you started acting like that? This is dumbness."
Gave me a crazy look and started swinging punches
I ducked, couldn't believe it, the n*gga so whipped
He got his gat and started squeezing, hit two policemen
Neighbors dialed 911, they heard the thumping
Wounded cops kicked in the door and started dumping
Me and his wife dip to the floor she smiled strange
My comrade was breathing no more, they killed James


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Little in Washington, D.C., transpires on time or as expected. But if a group of 12 university presidents meeting in the nation's capital Tuesday can agree, major college football will have its first playoff, a four-team bracket, starting in 2014.
We'll never know, but here's how the ACC might have fared had such a format existed when the conference added Virginia Tech and Miami for the 2004 season — Boston College arrived the following year.
* 2004: Miami was second to Southern California in the opening Bowl Championship Series standings on Oct. 18, but lost consecutive games to North Carolina, by three, and to Clemson, by seven in overtime. Eventual conference champion Virginia Tech entered postseason 10-2 and eighth in the BCS.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: Fuhgettaboutit.
* 2005: Virginia Tech and Miami were in the national conversation. The Hurricanes peaked at No. 3 in mid-November before stumbling at home to Georgia Tech 14-10 for their second loss. The Hokies opened 8-0 and were third in the standings before a 27-7 home thrashing from Miami. Still, Tech was ranked fifth entering the inaugural ACC championship, where the Hokies fell to unranked Florida State.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: A victory over FSU would have kept Virginia Tech very much in playoff contention. Unbeaten Southern California and Texas would have been locks, with Penn State, Ohio State and Virginia Tech vying for the other two spots. Given that a selection committee will emphasize conference championships, the Hokies might well have been the fourth seed, again, had they beaten the Seminoles.
* 2006: No ACC team cracked the BCS' top 10 at any point during the season. Conference champion Wake Forest was 14th entering the bowls.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: Fuhgettaboutit squared.
* 2007: With Matt Ryan channeling Doug Flutie, Boston College was unbeaten and No. 2 before November losses to Florida State and Maryland. Twice-beaten Virginia Tech was off the radar until a wild final Saturday that saw No. 1 Missouri lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game, and No. 2 West Virginia fall to Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl. That elevated the Hokies to third in the standings just outside the national championship game between Ohio State and LSU.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: At No. 3 and with an ACC title, Tech certainly would have been a strong contender for a four-team bracket. A schedule that included five games versus ranked opponents – LSU, Clemson, Virginia and Boston College (twice) – also would have helped the Hokies' case. But there's no telling how a selection committee would have separated twice-beatens such as Tech, Oklahoma, Southern California, Georgia and Missouri, not to mention once-beaten Kansas and undefeated Hawaii.
* 2008: Georgia Tech's No. 14 BCS ranking entering the bowls was the ACC's highest of a season in which every team lost at least three conference games.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: Fuhgettaboutit cubed.
* 2009: Eventual ACC champion Georgia Tech rose to as high as No. 7 in the standings before losing to unranked Georgia at home.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: With Alabama, Texas, Cincinnati, Texas Christian and Boise State undefeated, a 10-2 ACC champ wouldn't have sniffed the field.
* 2010: For the third consecutive year, the ACC was nationally irrelevant. League champion Virginia Tech entered postseason on an 11-game winning streak, but opening losses to Boise State and James Madison damaged the Hokies beyond repair. Virginia Tech's No. 13 ranking in the final BCS standings was the ACC's high water mark of 2010.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: Fuhgettaboutit to the fourth.
* 2011: Virginia Tech and Clemson cracked the BCS' top five, the Hokies on the eve of their ACC championship rematch with the Tigers. Win there, and Virginia Tech is 12-1 and competing with Alabama, Oklahoma State, Oregon and Stanford for the final three playoff spots behind undefeated LSU. But the Hokies lost that game 38-10, leaving the ACC without a top-10 team in the final BCS standings.
PLAYOFF CHANCES: Even at 12-1, I think Virginia Tech and its tame schedule would have been outside a four-team playoff. Conference champs LSU, Oklahoma State and Oregon, and wild card Alabama would have been more probable choices.
Come 2014, such debates will be for keeps.
I can be reached at 247-4636 or by e-mail at email@example.com. Follow me at twitter.com/DavidTeelatDP
Here's a link to my Daily Press print columns. Sunday's was on how ACC needs to break free from chains of parity and produce some dominant teams.

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Windows Phone 7 has Skydrive for all its cloud backup needs, but what happens if you are a Dropbox user?
Unfortunately there isn't an official Dropbox app for WP7, but that hasn't stopped the makers of BoxFiles for Dropbox using the cloud storage company's API to create one for us.
So is it any good? We've been having a play to find out
BoxFiles for Dropbox
- Format
- Windows Phone 7
- Price
- 99p
- Where
- Marketplace
BoxFiles for Dropbox isn't a new app, in fact it came out in 2010, however after a series of bugs that put everyone off and then a recent update to benefit from the new Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) update we thought we would give it a crack, a second chance if you will.
Costing 99p the app has had a complete overhaul seeing improvements on speed, integration with SkyDrive so you can get your modified documents back to Dropbox, and pinch to zoom on images.
Firing up the app loads up your Dropbox folder and this is broken down into files, pictures, search and your Skydrive folder (once you've given it your password and login details) so you can transfer files between the two.
Files lists everything sorted alphabetically an allows you to refresh the folder if you know someone is adding a file to your Dropbox, as well as, take a picture from within the app and have it saved directly to your Dropbox folder. You also get the option to create a new folder, edit names, delete files, and all the standard file manager options you would expect.
Clicking on a file downloads it to your phone and then lets you open it as long as the file is supported. Word documents for example are opened in Word. PDFs in Adobe Reader, Images in the photo gallery. All files can be downloaded via 3G or Wi-Fi and we've only had problems with older versions of Word, but that's a Word on the phone issue not an issue with this app.
Once downloaded, those files can be saved locally and then uploaded again later via a menu option in the dedicated app. Take a picture on your camera, click share, and there is a Share with BoxFiles for Dropbox option ready for you to share with Dropbox. Doing so uploads the image to your Dropbox and everyone is happy.
If it all sounds incredibly easy, that's because it is. After all BoxFiles for Dropbox is basically a hard drive in the cloud that your phone can see.
While Skydrive does offer you considerably more storage (25GB vs 2GB) for free, that's as good as a chocolate teapot if you don't use the Microsoft service on other devices - we don't.
If you are a Dropbox user this is definitely worth the cash and if the budget won't stretch to 99p (really?), then you can get a free trial version until you are convinced. That trial version is fully functional, but it doesn't have the Skydrive integration and contains ads.


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Kemp's ridley turtle
Common Name
Kemp's ridley, Atlantic Ridley, Gulf Ridley, Mexican Ridley; Lépidochelyde de Kemp, Ridley de Kemp, Tortue de Kemp (Fr); Cotorra, Tortuga Lora, Tortuga marina bastarda (Sp)
Scientific Name
Lepidochelys kempii
IUCN: Critically Endangered (CR A1ab) CITES: Appendix I CMS listing: Appendix I and II
Approx. 1,001-10,000 nesting females
A species back from the brink?
Conservation efforts led by USA and Mexico have been ongoing since the 1970s, when the nesting beach of Rancho Nuevo was declared a National Reserve. These efforts have been relatively successful and today there is a female breeding population of between 1,001 and 10,000 individuals.
Physical Description
Ridley turtles are around 70cm long, and up to 40kg in weight.
The carapace (shell) of Kemp's ridley is olive grey, while the plastron (underside) is yellowish/white.
Life Cycle
Adult females migrate hundreds or even thousands of kms between feeding habitats, mating areas and their preferred nesting beach in Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Adult males appear to be nonmigratory, and stay mainly in coastal waters around Rancho Nuevo.
Having reached sexual maturity at around 12 years of age, the nesting takes place during daylight along a single stretch of coastline in the Gulf of Mexico. Like olive ridleys, this species nests in arribadas -'mass arrival' in Spanish.
Kemp's ridleys are thought to nest every 2 years, with approximately 3 clutches of about 90 eggs in one season. Incubation lasts about 45 days, and the nesting season extends from March to August, with a peak in May and early June.
Characteristically, ridleys camouflage their nests by rocking from side to side after covering the nest, in order to compact the sand and disguise the nest.
Kemp's ridleys are carnivores, although the feeding behaviour of the hatchlings and juveniles is not well understood. Adults eat crabs, shrimp, clams, and sea urchins. Juveniles eat small species of crabs, but prefer larger species as they mature.
Shallow sand and mud, estuaries
Biogeographic realm
Range States
Mexico, U.S.
Geographical Location
Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic
Ecological Region
Greater Antillean Marine, Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef
What are the main threats?
- Habitat loss and degradation
- Wildlife trade
- Collection of eggs and meat for consumption
- Incidental capture (bycatch)
- Climate change
- Pollution
Various factors caused the decline of this species, including near-total exploitation of eggs, slaughter of adults for meat by local people, and fisheries bycatch during shrimp trawling. Today, fishing nets and gear may be its biggest threat yet.
Nests of the Kemp's ridley are shallow and poorly disguised, making them relatively easy for human and non-human predators to find. Animals such as coyotes, skunks, and racoons predate the nests, and ghost crabs, gulls, and other sea birds prey on the hatchlings. In addition, this species is locally threatened by pollution.
Why is this species important?
Kemp's ridley turtles feed on invertebrates and may play important roles in both open ocean and coastal ecosystems.
What is WWF doing?
This includes:
- Action to address the impacts of climate change.
- Monitoring the migration patterns of marine turtles.
- Improving and supporting trade controls.
- Protecting nesting sites.
- Reducing bycatch and promoting smart fishing.
How you can help
- Send a turtle to rehab! Help the recuperation process for thousands of sick and injured turtles.
- Don't buy products which have been made from sea turtle parts. Guitars, ashtrays, jewellry and other products made from sea turtles are sold to tourists around the world.


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I've read so many awful scanlations online that I tend to only read from a few select groups (usually ones that focus on unlicensed and obscure material).
As for official releases that were awful, hats off to Del Rey for really botching the first volume of Nodame Cantabile. I haven't read further than that (I'm addicted to the live action series, though), but man, they made so many glaring errors. You don't even need to know the original Japanese, you just need to know what a harisen is. And their decision to not bother translation "hitsuzen" in xxxHOLiC is still a sore spot for me. In terms of overall fluency of reading, I recently read a manga called A Distant Neighborhood where the did a panel rearrangement (as opposed to a straight flip) to get it into English reading order. The problem is that they didn't do much adjustment the balloons in the panels,which means you still had to read some of the panels in a different order than others.
But the translation that takes the cake is Viz's hacket job on Ooku, with its awful pseudo-Shakespearean garble of faux-archaisms and awkward sentence structure to make it sound "old." The biggest problem with this (beyond that it's borderline unreadable) is that it doesn't even reflect the original Japanese, which is not particularly old-fashioned saved for the court speech -- and the translation makes no distinction whatsoever between the normal and courtly styles, which one would think would be important in a series that is so intensely involved in the inner workings of the court. Long story short, I am never buying that piece of crap in English, I'm going to buy it in Japan in Japanese and read it there, even if I had to look up the occasional kanji.
There are always tons of terrible scanslations, but the worst retail release that I've read was Erica Sakurazawa's Angel: http://tokyopop.com/product/1133/EricaSakurazawaAngel/1. I was really happy that Tokyopop put out this series of books, because there isn't a lot of stuff like it released here, but for some reason the translation in this volume was incredibly stilted and sometimes didn't make sense, and I realized after I read the whole thing that I barely got what went on. The story's pretty disjointed anyway (on purpose) so it made it even worse. I seriously had to read the whole thing again afterward more slowly to kind of try to put some of the dialogue together so it made sense. What's weird is that some of the other books in the series feature the same translator and editor yet they are nowhere near as bad... maybe it was just rushed.
Even a wrong clock gives two right times a day~
i think thats almost every manga i try to read
IKR?!! The scanalators would leave like almost every word bubble untranslated -_- I eventually had to go pick up the series at my library instead, well until later on when the translations were better. You should try that ^_^ You won't regret it, the manga is really a wonderful series that brings me happiness, tears, everything!
I ADORE Harume Miura :D
I can't think of any. I must be lucky with the manga I get.
See you, space cowboy
I don't read the illegal scanalators or whatever they are called since I don't like to read stuff online I prefer a hard copy of it so I guess I haven't really came across any bad translations though sometimes the #*&! stuff in Yu-Gi-Oh! is annoying at times I wish Viz doesn't do that just replace the word with something else
There's a lot of OFFICIAL bad translations. InuYasha is horrible, the original releases of Ranma 1/2 were bad (not sure about the newer releases.), One Piece has some major translation and localization issues... Funny how those are all done by Viz. I don't read it, but it makes me wonder about Naruto. I mean, that's a widely read title, I'd hate to think it's poorly translated or localized.
No because i read it in japanese.
Just got back into routine.
i cant remember the name of the manga but the chapters were out of order and the pages were too.
Kirarin Revolution
When you have school, you have no social life!
oh my gosh yes
I hate it when the company's switch logo's for sponsorship they mess up the translations it's so irritating
The first manga I really read was Elfen Lied, and the quote "I shall have... a revenge!" from the first chapter of the scanlation will forever be burned in my mind.
Officially, a lot of early Del Ray stuff, such as the first few volumes of Negima and a few volumes of Zetsubou-Sensei.
XXXHolic T___T
Give me names. I'll give you blood.
Yup. But only when i've read scanlations. The manga that I personally buy from a store has never had any bad translations from my experiences.
no more membership ;_; RIP 2015 (jk 2016, i have mem again)


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Sexism in FOSS Rears Its Ugly Head Again... and Again
May 5, 2014 11:33 AM PT
It seems there's always some kind of conflict at work in the FOSS community lately, whether it's based on race, on gender or something else.
Most recently, it's the gender issue that has been felt most keenly. Not only have we seen the whole GitHub debacle unfold and explode, but then a certain post appeared on The Linux Works blog.
"Last month I went through an interview process with a large company in a nearby state," wrote respected IT pro Caitlyn Martin. "I turned down what would have been the highest rate of my career as a Senior Linux Engineer. It paid about (US)$10K more than I earned in a contract in Texas last year.
"Why did I walk away from an offer like that?" she added. "I was told there are 400 people in IT, all male. I would have been woman #1 in 2014."
Martin's explanation made her rationale clear. So why did the Linux community get so upset?
'She Has Preconceptions'
"I really don't understand why Caitlyn turned down this job; the fact that she got the job offer clearly shows that the company has no preconceptions about hiring women," wrote linux4567 on LXer, for example. "Her 'chickening out' on the other hand shows that she has preconceptions about working with men. So Caitlyn seems to be the one with the prejudice here..."
Even more preemptively, "The Interesting LXer Article I Decided Not To Read," was all kikinovak had to say .
Was it all in Martin's "pretty little head," as she put it? Is it really just a small, happy IT world after all?
'Some People Need to Grow Up'
"It is sad that we continue to have these issues, but they will continue to happen until we take them seriously," Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien told Linux Girl over a fresh round of duly warranted triple Tux Tequila cocktails. "And that won't happen by telling people to 'lighten up, it was just a joke.'"
The Internet encourages "a particularly evil form of sexism," in fact, "because it can be anonymous, and that allows some misfits to do things they would never do face-to-face, such as threaten physical harm or rape to a woman who speaks up," O'Brien added.
Even the milder forms are a problem, though, "such as the idea that 'this is our culture, you need to adapt,'" he said.
"There is a reason fewer women participate in open source than work in IT in general," O'Brien concluded. "Where I work -- a large IT organization -- there are standards of behavior that are enforced, and that is a good thing. Some people just need to grow up."
'Sexism Exists'
The subject is "extremely touchy," began Linux Rants blogger Mike Stone.
"Sexism exists," he went on. "If you take a cross section of a predominantly male industry, you're probably going to find more sexism than you find in industries that are not predominantly male. That goes doubly for an industry that has been founded by individuals who aren't known for their social adeptness."
At the same time, "I've never seen it anywhere I've worked in the last 20 years," he added. "I suppose that means I just fall into the handy little catch-22 Caitlyn built into her article and prove that it's a pervasive problem and I must be part of it. How convenient."
'In the Eyes of the Beholder?'
Google+ blogger Gonzalo Velasco C. had a similar take.
"The evil... is it in the eyes of the beholder?" Gonzalo Velasco C. began. "Regarding technology or science or whatever, I tend not to think first about sex, sexual preferences, race or other things that might create a trench between people. But I'm am not the average citizen, it looks like."
Today's society is sexist, "because our history has not changed yet," he added.
"In the case of Caitlyn Martin, you could think, 'hey, I'm the first of many women to get into a man-only group, but many should come after me,'" Gonzalo Velasco C. suggested. "The answer from the boss -- 'I'm the manager. I'm in a position to make sure you have no problems' -- could be understood in another way. But, of course, I was not there to look the guy in the eyes."
'It Is Not a Healthy Situation'
Speaking of that, "what a patronizing attitude on the part of the would-be manager," said Chris Travers, a blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project. "No wonder the IT department is all male."
As for the GitHub saga, it's striking "how hard it is to talk about the difficulties of women's interactions with regard to gender in the workplace," Travers noted. "The narrative that men victimize women in this regard makes it impossible to frame this in a way in which women have agency to cause problems in their own right, and floating such a view raises the perception that it no longer becomes a gender issue, but both these are sexist in their own right too and so the whole incident becomes impossible to discuss with the level of rigor that it deserves."
Then, too, "another problem we don't like to discuss regarding a company like GitHub is systemic sexism in startup culture, not with regard just to founders but also venture capitalists," he added. "I am not talking about attitudes here, but practices.
"Women are differently situated to family and hence formal employment than men are, and when you have a setup which demands very large hours per week with low pay on the theory that a large payout might be around the corner, you are going to select against women, except for those who later go on to take two weeks off for maternity leave," Travers explained. "It is not a healthy situation, but that is an issue that can't be fixed without significant change to what we expect from the economy."
'We Are Not the Worst Cases'
Martin's "slapping down of a company trying to do the right thing and feeling proud of herself is just perpetuating the problem," consultant and Slashdot Gerhard Mack told Linux Girl. "The manager had no way to guarantee no one would cause trouble since they had not had a woman there before.
"I also don't get her comments about how she thinks a boss should not be 'authoritarian' -- that's his JOB," Mack added.
"I once worked at a place where the Web devs were loudly commenting that one of the girls from the graphics department had 'nice boobs,'" Mack recounted. "He got dragged into the boss' office within the hour and told his behavior was unacceptable. Think he did it again? Nope."
On a side note, "I wonder why IT gets singled out for this when we are by far not the worst cases I hear about," Mack mused.
'It's Much Ado'
Indeed, "show me some hard data showing that there is a single percentage point higher abuse in the IT realm than in any other? THEN we'll talk," SoylentNews blogger hairyfeet told Linux Girl. "Until then, frankly, it's 'much ado.'
"Could things be better?" hairyfeet went on. "Yes, but that is true of ANY profession, and considering how far things have come, it's actually pretty impressive."
On the flip side, "some of these shrinking violets really need to grow a spine," hairyfeet added. "Are we really gonna get to the point where you can't even tell nerd jokes without checking first to make sure nobody with a vagina is within 500 yards? Really?"
Much of the problem would be solved "if people would stop being cowards and stand up for themselves," he concluded. "You'd be surprised how often telling someone to 'cut that crap out' would actually work -- but then again, the person having the fit couldn't take a spin at lawsuit lotto, could they?"
Last but not least, "I think all this complaining about sexism in IT has gone overboard," blogger Robert Pogson agreed. "I know IT departments that are all women, for instance. Refusing to take a job because of being the first woman in an organization is just silly. If rights are worth complaining about, they are worth fighting for. Get on with it."
FOSS is "the least sexist thing on the planet," Pogson went on. "It's apolitical, race-free and gender-free. Nothing prevents women from forking the code and making of it what they will, for instance. The barrier to entry is minimal, just a PC and a connection to the Internet."
There are "sexist bastards everywhere," he added. "Deal with them where they are and skip carpet-bombing the county in which they reside. Targeted attacks are much more profitable."


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The report of Section II (Called to Live and Proclaim the Good News) of the 1998 Lambeth Conference refers more than once to the reading and study of the Bible and calls for creative engagement with the lectionary [1]. Some bishops at the Conference hoped that a one-reading-per-day lectionary might be attached to the Anglican Cycle of Prayer without delay.
In the meantime, Dr. Carol Wilkinson was working on daily prayer resources intended primarily for lay people. Her initial approach involved the provision of a system of one-a-day lections arranged by themes. She intended that each reading should be able to "stand on its own" and not require familiarity with its context. She then applied the same principle to a second system of readings, which is much more closely related to the seasonal patterns of the church's year. She also developed a system of psalmody which is influenced by the approach of The Joint Liturgical Group: The Daily Office.
After discussion at a meeting sponsored by the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation a group of IALC members studied Dr. Wilkinson's proposal, offered some points for amendment, and recommended that it be adopted on an experimental basis. This second "non-thematic" lectionary is now attached to the Anglican Cycle of Prayer as it appears on the Anglican Communion website, along with proposed psalms. Both readings and psalms may be extended in accordance with personal or local needs. Users should note that there are two methods of numbering psalm verses, one based on the Hebrew text and one on the Septuagint, and they may have to make appropriate adjustments. Some Roman Catholic translations have a different method of numbering the psalms themselves. Psalm references in this lectionary are based on the NRSV.
Dr.Wilkinson writes, "In the case of both of the lectionaries I did a great deal of background reading into the origins of the liturgical seasons and the history of the attachment of certain lections to particular seasons [2]. I also studied every available lectionary at my disposal including The Revised Common Lectionary (1992), Alternative Service Book 1980 (daily and weekly), Celebrating Common Prayer, Promise of His Glory (Church of England), A New Zealand Prayer Book (the weekly thematic lectionary), the Joint Liturgical Group 4 year Lectionary (in use in the Baptist Church), Joint Liturgical Group: The Daily Office, and lectionaries published by the Liturgical Conference (ecumenical) in their seasonal journals. Thus 'armed' 'I detail below, in seasonal order, the rationale for the lections. It is important to note that both lectionaries were composed on a "book by book" basis, although I did have in mind an "overall" schema for the whole work. Thus, the lections are concentrated around a season rather than being constructed for a whole year; for example, during Lent, Job and Romans are read over the course of three years of the lectionary.
"There are some points of contact with the Sunday readings in The Revised Common Lectionary which will discussed below as they occur in the lectionary
"In the use of the non-thematic lectionary in the stand-alone version I would recommend that Year 1 commence at the same time as Year A of RCL. Full provision has been made for the season of Epiphany and Ordinary Time, which may vary in length (particularly Epiphany). The lections set for All Saints to Advent begin on the Sunday nearest to All Saints.
"I have tried to ensure that a passage of scripture is not read more that once in a year. Although I dare say that I have probably not been entirely successful in this endeavour."
Scholarly opinion is divided as to the exact origins of this season. Some would hold that it is a Western invention, but there are Eastern practices that parallel the western concepts attached to the preparation for the "coming of God". For example, the Syrian Churches keep four or five Annunciation Sundays prior to the feast; in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Thomas Hopko [3] points out that although the western concept of the "two comings" does not have a overt place in the Orthodox prefeast liturgy, it is implicit in "virtually all of the songs, hymns and lections". So although the exact motivation is unknown it is not unreasonable to assume that it developed out of a natural desire to prepare to celebrate the Feast of the Incarnation (and possibly Epiphany) by a time of fasting, prayer and meditation. There would appear to be some evidence of a "fast before the feast" in fourth and fifth century Gaul and Spain, but Advent was not observed in Rome until the sixth century. Some have suggested a link between the Roman fast of the tenth month (one of the quarter fasts of the Roman Church) and Advent. However, much remains a matter of conjecture where the development of this season is concerned. It was, therefore, some time before Advent, under various influences, gained its dual character of a penitential time of preparation for Christmas and of looking forward to the second coming of Christ.
In approaching the selection of readings for Advent the question was how to hold together these "two comings" and provide some links to the RCL. In Advent 1 the RCL readings (all years) speak of the hope of Israel (Isaiah) and the necessity of preparedness for the Parousia. The readings for Advent 4 look very definitely towards the birth of Christ. In preparing the lections for these two weeks Dr. Wilkinson recalls that she was greatly influenced by Neil Alexander's words, "Few things are more important for the continuing growth and renewal of Christian life and faith today than the recovery of a profound sense of holy waiting" [4]. So, whereas in Advent I, she tried to draw out the implications of the RCL Advent 1 readings by the use of selected readings from Isaiah and, in year 1, Revelation, accompanied by a continuous reading of Colossians (Year 2), Thessalonians I (Year 3) She consciously resisted anticipating the celebration of Christmas by continuing the readings in Advent I in Advent IV, i.e., Isaiah, Daniel (Year 2) Zechariah, and Malachi (Year 3), Revelation (Year 1), Colossians (Year 2), I & II Thessalonians and Philemon (Year 3).
In the RCL for Advent 2, the gospel is given over to passages that concern John the Baptist. In order to provide a backdrop to these readings about such a pivotal figure in the New Testament, the lections for Advent II have been selected (for the three years) from I & II Kings which contain the Elijah saga. Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Annunciation is the focal point for the RCL gospel in Advent 3. It seemed appropriate to complement RCL here by choosing passages from the Old Testament that draw attention to the place of women in the biblical narrative. Ruth, Esther and Judith are very different characters. Ruth, ever faithful and, significantly, David's ancestor; Esther, a queen and saviour of her people; Judith, a woman of action, firmly in the tradition of the Judges of Israel. Each making a significant contribution to the life of Israel.
In the early Church the feast of the Resurrection was the focal point of faith in Christ. It was not until the fourth century that a celebration of the birth of Jesus found a place in the liturgy. Today, the length of the season may encompass only one Sunday after Christmas before the celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany. RCL concentrates on the traditional lections for the Christmas season. However, Dr. Wilkinson resolved to avoid the familiar in favour of a selection of the great salvic passages from Deutero - and Trito-Isaiah. As a complement and a contrast to this schema is a reading of Philippians; a Christian community experiencing all the trials and tribulations common to the early Church. The final lection of Year 3 is a reading from Titus concerning the saving grace of Christ.
The Christmas season runs for the full 12 days of the feast, to the eve of Epiphany
Epiphany is widely regarded as the older feast. A common explanation is that the Eastern Church celebrated the birth of Christ on 6th January, a feast kept on 25th December by the Western Church. After the upheavals and schisms of the third and fourth century, when peace returned to the Church both festivals appear to have been celebrated by most churches. This explanation is satisfactory if Epiphany is regarded primarily as a celebration of the birth of Jesus. However, there is some evidence from Clement of Alexandria to suggest that in its older form Epiphany also marked the Baptism of Jesus. Epiphany was also associated with the first miracle at Cana.
There is no evidence to suggest that Epiphany was a season in its own right; it was a feast, with an accompanying octave. The RCL raises this point (p. 14) i.e., is this Ordinary Time, as in the Roman lectionary, or are these Sundays leading up to Lent to be regarded as an Epiphany season? Dr. Wilkinson carefully considered the work of Talley and Alexander and studied the RCL lections for this period. If these weeks are treated as "Ordinary Time", in her opinion, the result is a loss of cohesion and impetus to the Liturgical Year. RCL displays the tension here by "headlining" The Season of Epiphany with Ordinary Time in parenthesis. It also gives ear to the other, older, traditions attached to Epiphany by making the First Sunday After the Epiphany the Baptism of the Lord, and including the account of the marriage feast at Cana in the lections for the Second Sunday After the Epiphany in year C.
Therefore, in common with RCL the "season" carries from the Feast to the "doors of Lent". The "season" is here devoted to the main theological thrust of the Epiphany i.e., the revelation or manifestation of God (to the Gentiles). A significant proportion of the lections are devoted to continuous readings from the Epistles. In Year 1, Ephesians and I Corinthians; Year 2, Galatians, the remainder of Colossians, and II Corinthians; Year 3, I & II Timothy, Titus, I & II Peter, and all of the Johannine Epistles. There is a significant shift in the nature of the readings in the three weeks of Epiphany IV, V, and VI. In the thematic lectionary running in the main text to The Hallowing of Time these weeks concentrate on Christ the Teacher. Dr. Wilkinson wanted to provide an Old Testament background to Jesus' teachings and so selected readings from Proverbs, Wisdom, Sirach and Ecclesiastes. However, it is notable that in RCL for the corresponding Sundays in Year A, and two out of three Sundays in Year C the gospel may be classified as "Jesus' teaching Ministry". The lections then return to the Epistles for the remainder of the season.
Lent proved to be problematic. There are a number of strands of tradition attached to this season, each demanding attention. The preparatory fast before the feast; the final period of catechesis for those to be baptised at Easter; the restoration of penitents into full communion with the Church (a final preparatory fast). The association of the Lenten fast with the time Jesus withdrew into the wilderness is a later development. The question was which of these threads to draw together? Dr. Wilkinson finally decided to follow the "traditional" strand of Lent as a season of penitence and self-denial and this is reflected in the thematic lectionary in the main text.
However, when Dr. Wilkinson came to the non-thematic lectionary she says she paused for thought. Might there be a way of incorporating some element of catechesis into the schema, and if so, what part would the Old Testament have? Lections from Romans were present in each of the years in the RCL during Lent. Reading these passages and, subsequently, the whole of Romans it seemed an appropriate choice, given that ethical teaching is of some significance in this epistle. James is similarly concerned with the practical living out of the Christian life. Having given significant space to the "wisdom" books during Epiphany she looked to the book of Job, with its perennial struggle with the question "why do the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper?", as an interesting complement to Romans and James.
The lections for Palm Sunday (the triumphal entry) appear in different years than in RCL. They were chosen deliberately in the light of the passages selected for the rest of Holy Week. The Isaianic passages devoted to the sufferings of the servant and the Johannine account of the passion occur in all three RCL cycles. Many parishes also have a dramatic reading of the passion from one of the gospels. It was, therefore, a question of providing lections which would provide a sombre backdrop to Holy Week without duplicating any of the perhaps all too familiar passages. Dr. Wilkinson was most influenced here by passages such as Matthew 23: 37, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophet and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!" (// Luke 13: 34). Therefore, all the readings for Holy Week, with the exception of those for Palm Sunday, are taken from the Old Testament and reflect on the sufferings of the great prophets of Israel. To accompany these passages psalmody is abandoned in favour of "canticles" from the book of Lamentations.
The season of Easter marks a significant divergence of the ways between the RCL and this lectionary.
The lectionary for this season had to give due weight to the Old Testament background to the passion narrative, i.e., the Passover and the idea of a "pilgrim people" (who journey to Jerusalem every year for the festival), and to celebrate the triumph of the resurrection. Consequently, the epistle to the Hebrews which explores the concepts of "sonship", the high priesthood of Christ and the nature of his sacrifice his sacrifice are read over the first three weeks of the season. Revelation succeeds Hebrews in Easter III, with lections devoted to Christ triumphant, the second coming and the promise of eternal life. In Year 1, Exodus opens with the account of the birth of Moses (Ch. 2) and the semi-continuous narrative takes us through the origin of Passover, the flight from Egypt, the journey through Sinai, the giving of the 10 commandments and the reestablishment of the covenant. The account of desert wanderings of the Israelites is continued in Years 2 with a heavily edited reading of Numbers (Year 2) and Deuteronomy (Year 3). A break occurs in the lections on the Thursday of Easter V for Ascension Day. Pentecost Sunday, similarly has its own, unrelated, lections.
In common with the Easter season, Ordinary Time bears little relation to RCL.
The idea behind the lectionary for this season is relatively simply; to provide for a continuous reading of the synoptic gospels and Acts, together with passages from the Old Testament which would draw the reader into the "story" of the people of Israel. A notable omission is the gospel of John. The inclusion of this gospel would have resulted in the absence one of the synoptics, but which one? Furthermore, the lengthy discourses did not easily lend themselves to reasonable and coherent division, and RCL uses John extensively during Holy Week and Year B (of which there has been some criticism). The solution appeared to be to omit John from Ordinary Time, but use the early chapters for the period from All Saints to Advent (see below).
Instead of commencing the lectionary in Year 1 with the gospel of Matthew Dr. Wilkinson thought that it would be more interesting to look at the "beginnings" of Israel and the Church by a reading of Acts and the stories in Genesis. These books 'run out' in Week 25 and we then move on to the gospel of Mark (the earliest of the synoptics) and Joshua. In Year 2, we continue with Mark and move on to Judges, through I & II Samuel and in Week 14 commence the reading of Matthew. Week 20 takes us into I & II Kings which continues into Year 3. In Week 4 of Year 3, Matthew is moving towards the passion narrative and we take up the book of Jeremiah, which latterly accompanies the gospel of Luke (from Week 13). Readings from the prophet Ezekiel join Luke at Week 22 until the close of the lectionary at Week 28.
It is hoped that the Old Testament readings do justice to the great sweep of Israelite religious history, without which the gospels and Acts would not be possible.
As noted in the text, the psalms for Ordinary Time are adapted from The Table of Psalms appearing in The Daily Office by the Joint Liturgical Group.
The season of Advent is extremely short and it is generally overwhelmed by Christmas by its second week. Would it be possible to give the four weeks from All Saints a more meditative, reflective feel and introduce some Advent concepts through the use of passages from Isaiah?
Dr. Wilkinson says she had been concerned that the gospel of John is not represented in the lectionary under consideration. One idea that occurred was to offer the fourth gospel as an alternative track to Job or Romans during Lent. However, this could prove problematic in a lectionary that is designed to be simple to use. Having examined RCL and listed all the readings from John in their respective years it seemed that the passion narratives were subject to a high degree of exposure, whereas the earlier chapters of the gospel were somewhat neglected. With this in mind and also with the desire to introduce a pre-Advent flavour to this area of the lectionary, Dr. Wilkinson combined selected readings from the earlier chapters of John together with passages from Isaiah. This is, perhaps, an interesting amalgamation that allows for a sustained reading over three to four days of some of the challenging chapters of John juxtaposed with readings of an Advent character from Isaiah.
The cycle of psalms continues on from the end of week 28 in the pattern recommended by the JLG.
Readers are invited to use this lectionary as an exercise in daily Bible-reading, or as part of their daily prayer. Their feedback is warmly welcomed. They are asked only to use the lectionary for some reasonable length of time and then send an email message commenting on problems they have encountered or on helpful patterns they have discovered. Please send comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
1. The Official Report of the Lambeth Conference 1998, Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg PA, 1999, p. 153, etc.
2. Notably, Thomas Tally, The Origins of the Liturgical Year, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1991; J Neil Alexander, Waitingfor the Coming: the liturgical meaning of Advent, Christmas & Epiphany, The Pastoral Press, Washington DC, 1993; Kenneth Stevenson, JerusalemRe-visited: the liturgical meaning of Holy Week, The Pastoral Press, Washington DC, 1988; Robert Taft S.J., The Liturgy ofthe Hours in East and West, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1993; George Guiver C.R., Company of Voices - Daily Prayerand the People of God, SPCK, London, 1988 ; Thomas Hopko, The Winter Pasca - Readings for the Christmas Epiphany Season, St Vladimir's Seminary Press, New York, 1984
3. The Winter Pasca, p. 90.
4. Waiting for the Coming, p.4


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2012-13: Posted an overall record of 16-11, including a 10-5 mark against Division II competitors... Went 2-2 at the season-opening tournament, the Hokie Open on November 4... Defeated VMI's Michael LaPrade on a fall in 1:47 and Matthew Colter of Newberry College on a fall in 3:29... Followed that with a second place finish at the King Open where he won his first four matches... Bettered Limestone College Aaron Rowe on a 10-4 decision and Brewton-Parker Colelge's Kenny Mason on a fall in 0:49... Topped Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State University on a 14-3 major decision, and teammate Bylly Swanson on a fall in 0:53... Won both of his bouts on February 9 at Lake Erie College, defeating Almonte Patrick twice, first on a 6-1 decision, and again on a 4-2 decision... Earned one victory at the NCAA Division II Regional on February 23, defeating Limestone College's Aaron Rowe on a 5-2 decision.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla.— One week after Jeff Gordon wrecked Clint Bowyer and their crews tangled at Phoenix, Gordon edged his new rival by 1.028 seconds in the 2012 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Gordon' started 15th and showed that he had a top-10 car early on. But he found his way to victory lane on the strength of fuel strategy.
"I knew we had a great racecar going into the race and, you know, at times I didn't think we had a winning car," Gordon, who was also celebrating his 20-year partnership with sponsor DuPont, said. "But you know what, we played the strategy perfectly and had a really good car and, you know, it's just unbelievable to experience this."
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. blew a tire on Lap 155 and brought out the third and final caution just seven laps after the restart from the second yellow flag of the Ford EcoBoost 400.
While the leaders stayed out, Gordon and teammate Jimmie Johnson—among others—pitted. They surrendered track position but the move allowed them to run the remaining 106 laps with only one more pit stop provided there were no more cautions. The cars that stayed out would have to make two more stops.
And that's exactly how it played out. After making a final green-flag pit stop on Lap 214, Gordon cruised to the checkered flag. While Johnson's title hopes unraveled due to a penalty for a missing lug nut and a rear gear malfunction, the No. 24 just got stronger.
With 16 laps to go, Gordon was running third. All he had to do was watch as Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr., pitted and handed the lead to the No. 24.
Gordon never looked back—even as Bowyer lurked just behind.
"It didn't matter who was behind me. I'll be honest, I wanted to win the race, and (crew chief) Alan (Gustafson) put us in the position to win the race," he said. "We had a great racecar, and I didn't want to give it up to anybody."
The victory moved Gordon from 11th to 10th in the point standings and gave him his second win of the 2012 season. It also marked his 87th career win, and it was his and Hendrick Motorsports' first win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Gordon has now won at every track on the Cup schedule except for recent addition Kentucky Speedway.


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Los Alamos National Laboratory
HAWC Observatory captures first image
An international team of researchers, including scientists from Los Alamos, has taken the first image of the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, or HAWC. The facility is designed to detect cosmic rays and the highest energy gamma rays ever observed from astrophysical sources. HAWC is under construction inside the Parque Nacional Pico de Orizaba, a Mexican national park. Although only 10 percent of the observatory is constructed, the team has made its first astrophysical image—a shadow in the detected directions of cosmic rays caused by the Moon.
Full-time operations at HAWC will begin this summer with one third of the observatory, making HAWC the most sensitive, wide field of view, continuously operating gamma-ray observatory. The observatory will survey the sky at energies between 100 GeV (billion electron volts) and 100 TeV (trillion electron volts). The TeV gamma rays come from the most extreme environments in the known universe: supernova explosions, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts. The gamma rays are signatures of the acceleration sites of charged cosmic rays—energetic particles whose origins have been a mystery for 100 years. To record the particles created in cosmic-ray and gamma-ray air showers, the HAWC detector will use the water Cherenkov method pioneered by Los Alamos scientists and collaborators at the Milagro experiment in New Mexico's the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.
Significance of the research
The observatory examines the high energy gamma ray and cosmic ray signatures from astrophysical phenomena. HAWC will detect the highest energy gamma rays ever observed from astrophysical sources, such as supermassive black holes, supernova remnants and neutron star winds. Researchers will likely discover sources that may not even emit in optical or X-rays or radio waves, such as clumps of dark matter that are self-annihilating into gamma-rays. By observing the spatial distribution and intensity of gamma rays across the sky, scientists will attempt to identify the locations of cosmic ray accelerators. The team will use the time variability and energy spectra of the gamma-ray emission to study the environment of the accelerators and the mechanisms of charged-particle acceleration. The highest-energy gamma rays (above 1 TeV) and the shortest timescales of variability will provide important clues to the mechanisms at work in acceleration sites and could help researchers solve the mystery of cosmic-ray origin.
Research achievements
After completing the first 30 of the planned 300 detectors in September 2012, researchers have been operating them for the last few months. Scientists verified the newly collected data with the strong detection of the deficit in cosmic rays from the direction of the moon. Cosmic rays arrive at Earth from all directions due to random deflections by the magnetic fields within the Galaxy. The moon creates a cosmic-ray shadow because the cosmic rays do not pass through it. The shadow is not precisely in the direction of the moon due to the deflection of the cosmic rays by the Earth's magnetic field. The amount of the deflection, which is inversely proportional to the energy of the cosmic rays, confirms the energy range of cosmic rays that HAWC can detect.
The telescope builds on the experience of Milagro, a detector experiment that discovered new sources of TeV gamma rays. The HAWC observatory is based on the water Cherenkov detection technique pioneered at the Milagro observatory by Los Alamos researchers and collaborators. The detectors sample air-shower particles at ground level by recording the Cherenkov light produced when the particles pass through tanks full of purified water. The properties of the initial gamma rays can be reconstructed from these measurements. The improvements in the HAWC design will make it 15 times more sensitive than Milagro.
The research team
The HAWC collaboration is composed of approximately 150 scientists from the Laboratory's Neutron Science and Technology and Subatomic Physics groups, 15 universities in the United States and 15 in Mexico. Brenda Dingus of P-23 is the U.S. spokesperson for the collaboration and the deputy project manager. The DOE Office of Science's High Energy Physics program, the National Science Foundation and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico's science funding agency) fund the construction of HAWC. The work supports the Laboratory's Global Security mission area and the Science of Signatures science pillar.
Caption for image below: This image shows the "shadow" of the Moon, which blocks the arrival of cosmic rays.


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Tim Cook was dodging questions like you'd dodge a wrench at AllThingsDigital's D10 press conference yesterday but the rumour-hungry journos still managed to squeeze out some promising hints on the future of Siri, Facebook integration and whether Apple is secretly building a HD TV set.
First up, the TV rumours. Cook said Apple TV, which has picked up in sales this year, "is an area of intense interest for us". And we don't know about you but if Apple's getting intense about a device, chances are the rest of the world will too when it sees the light of day.
He wouldn't budge on the question of TV hardware but did leave us with this teasing statement: "Most people would say this is not an area in their life that they're pleased with. And we're going to keep looking at it."
The Apple CEO also defended Siri and promised more features for the iPhone 4S' voice recognition software. Since it could show up in OS X Mountain Lion – not to mention every future Apple gadget – it's good to know Cupertino has "a lot of people working on it." No specifics though, just the assurance that Apple has "a lot that Siri can do."
Then there's Facebook. Snubbed in iOS 5 over easier sharing to Twitter, Apple can't ignore it – Facebook could be buying it's own browser after all. Cook wants "anybody with an iPhone or iPad" to have "the best experience with Facebook on those platforms" and told us to stay tuned for more integration. We wouldn't be surprised if something comes out of WWDC (alongside some shiny new hardware) with talk like that.
Watch videos of Tim Cook's chat over on AllThingsD for more Apple-related teasing.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- To pick up the morning paper and see the word "recount" in a headline stirs an ominous case of déjà vu.
Judge Robert Rosenberg examines a ballot in Broward County, Florida, during the election recount in 2000.
At issue in recent days in Palm Beach County is a local judicial race that is hardly of national note. But problems with administering the local election, and statements from county officials that some critics call confusing, if not contradictory, have some worried about the coming presidential election.
Polls showing a dead heat in the battle for Florida's 27 electoral votes only add to the drama.
"Managerially, software-wise, procedure-wise, training-wise, there is no confidence that these people will be ready in less than 50 days for the election we are all going to have," said Sid Dinerstein, the Palm Beach County Republican chairman.
"Never again!" was the county's promise after the butterfly ballots and hanging chads of the 2000 recount drama.
For 2004, the county switched to touch-screen machines. There were no major issues here. But some local Democrats, including Rep. Robert Wexler, demanded changes because they said the touch-screen system might be vulnerable to fraud and did not, in their view, provide a reliable audit trail.
So the county switched again, to its third system in eight years, this time a paper ballot that is scanned by an optical reading device. The paper is then retained in case of recounts or other irregularities.
Local officials say the system works and promise a smooth Election Day.
But Dinerstein says the recount in the judicial race proves the folly of switching.
"We could have had nice, reliable computers counting and giving all of us an honest count," he said in an interview.
The 2000 recount drama led to major changes -- more than 40 states made changes or adjustments to the way they conducted and administered elections.
"We have had more change in our election process since 2000 than we have seen since the Voting Rights Act of 1965," said Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, a recent past president of the national association of top state elections officials. Indiana alone spent some $67 million on new equipment, including a statewide voter file, and also requires a color photo ID on Election Day.
Rokita takes issue with those who question the reliability of newer, high-tech systems.
"You know, we use technology in every one of our financial transactions and social transactions -- why did we not until 2000 put that type of technology to use when it comes to our most sacred civic transaction, you know, the voting process?" Rokita asked in an interview at his office in Indianapolis.
"The technology is just a tool. And what the conspiracy theorists want you to believe is the technology runs the election -- and nothing could be further from the truth," he said.
"If you have well-trained people who know how to use that technology and those tools, to know what to do if a battery dies on election day, all those things, then you will have a fair and an accurate election and the people are the ones who will produce that. And If they are not trained and they are not prepared, then you are not going to have a good election. But it is the people, not the machines."
Indiana expects a record number of new voters this year, and Rokita is changing his usual advice as a result. In the past he has encouraged voting on Election Day, saying it builds community spirit and gives voters up to the last moment to ponder their choices.
But this year, given the high interest in his state and nationwide, he suggests voters who are certain they will not change their minds help ease the burden -- and the potential for mistakes on Election Day -- by taking advantage of any early voting options in their states.
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MIAMI (AP) - Grapefruit, oranges and limes will float across part of Biscayne Bay on Thursday to test federal plans to protect shorelines that would be vulnerable to damage from an offshore oil spill in the Caribbean Sea. The fruit is a stand-in for oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard and other state and federal agencies want to see how well boom configured into a sort of arrow diverts the fruit out of swift currents.
In the event of a major spill, the boom would deflect oil onto beaches or into weaker currents where it would be easier to clean up or collect.
This Tidal Inlet Protection Strategy is designed to mitigate oil's effect on inland waters.
"Nobody likes to get oil on the beach but we know it's easier to clean oil off a sandy beach than when it gets into mangroves," said Capt. John Slaughter, chief of planning, readiness and response for the Coast Guard's Miami-based 7th District.
The 7,500 feet of boom stretched across Bear Cut off downtown Miami is the same kind used in the response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Building on lessons learned from that catastrophe, a new federal International Offshore Response Plan was developed this year to stop offshore oil spills as close to their source as possible, even in foreign waters.
The plan covers waters off Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A significant oil spill in foreign waters in the region could potentially reach U.S. waters within a couple days and hit shore within a week, the plan estimates.
The new plan adapts previous booming tactics for major currents such as the Gulf Stream flowing through the Florida Straits.
Boom is vital to corral spilled oil, but officials warn that it's most effective in light currents, and its anchors can damage coral reefs or sea grass beds.
"You can't put a necklace around Florida and say we're protected," said Gwen Keenan, director of emergency response for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. "People like to see a barrier, and that's not really what boom does." Boom can help stop oil from soaking wetlands but it's used to steer oil away from inlets, angling it from one barrier to another until it can be recovered. "Imagine pinball with oil," Keenan said.
On Thursday, officials will drop roughly 240 citrus fruits into Bear Cut to see how many will get caught by the boom.
Similar tests have been run elsewhere using peanut shells, dog food and popcorn, but the state and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have determined that floating fruit is the best material to simulate an oil spill without actually spilling oil, Slaughter said.
Exploratory drilling off Cuba, a Caribbean island just 90 miles from Florida's shores, also pushed U.S. officials to review their offshore oil spill response plans.
After crude oil stained Gulf Coast beaches in 2010, state and federal officials are eager to block even the perception of oil spreading across the reefs and beaches that feed tourism. While two drilling projects off Cuba so far have come up dry, the U.S. won't back off its planning, Slaughter said.
"The plans are just as valid if there's a Cuba oil spill, two vessels colliding or a vessel running aground," Slaughter said.


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I've come across an interesting thing today that i didn't even think could be an issue:
Case senstive object names (tables, columns, triggers, views, etc....).
If your database is created with a Case Sensitive collation then all object names will be Case Sensitive.
I always thought that collations are used for data and not schema but i guess i was wrong.
We had an issue with a view that had a lower case column name in it when it should be uppercase.
A bit of code to prove it:
create database testCollation collate Latin1_General_CS_AS -- case sensitive collation
use testCollation
create table Test(Col1 int, col2 int)
insert into Test
select 1, 1 union all
select 1, 2 union all
select 2, 1 union all
select 2, 2
SELECT Col1, col2 FROM Test -- works
SELECT col1, col2 FROM Test -- fails with error: Invalid column name 'col1'.
SELECT Col1, col2 FROM test -- fails with error: Invalid object name 'test'.
drop table Test
use master
drop database testCollation
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Rumour Has It at NAMM 2012: The Moog Minitaur Analog Bass Synthesizer
Rumour Has It at NAMM 2012: The Moog Minitaur Analog Bass Synthesizer
Moog are one of the most recognised synth manufacturers in the world, first bringing us the synthesizer in the 1950s. In 2012, Moog introduce us to an Analog Bass Synthesizer that has the synth lovers in a stir: the Minitaur.
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Based on the Taurus I and Taurus III synth and featuring Classic Moog knob function design, the Minitaur possesses several new features such as an external audio input, compact table top design and MIDI/USB Out. We've done some research and tied up some loose ends to bring you a few of the Minitaur's main features:
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text: You've gotta love a game that makes a sly reference to 2010 indie darling Limbo. But, further perusal shows that Pid's not going to be like PlayDead's hit game. It's got color! Energy! Localized gravity fountains! The retro-styled release happens on a remote alien planet where you'll need to jump, solve and float your way past the local fauna—or are they automata?—through multiple levels of platformer action. Pid's the result of a partnership between developer Might and Delight and production company Beefy Media. Collectively, the guys who make up Might and Delight have titles like Mirror's Edge, Battlefield, and Killzone on their resumes, but their most relevant experience in this instance is their joint work on the first Bionic Commando: Rearmed release from Capcom. Pid will launch into orbit on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next year.


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Fort Lewis College softball players Missy Fundora and Chelsea Rodriguez earned All-Desert Stinger first-team honors for their performance at last weekends tournament in Las Vegas.
Rodriguez was the lone returning selection from last years team, and she hit .462, going 6-for-13 with seven runs batted in, five runs scored, a home run and a .632 on-base percentage. It was a strong start for the third baseman, who enters her junior year with high expectations after setting FLC single-season records for batting average, hits, runs and walks and topping Division II in on-base percentage and walks a season ago.
Shes proven to herself and to the conference what she is capable of at the plate and played a solid third base this past weekend, FLC head coach Kira Zeiter said in a news release to The Durango Herald.
Fundora, a freshman outfielder, hit .500 (6-for-12) with three runs scored, a double and a run driven in in her first collegiate action.
Missy is a tough out, Zeiter said. She has a full arsenal of things she can do at the plate and covers a bunch of ground in the outfield.
Adrianna Sanchez of Cal State-Dominguez Hills was named Most Outstanding Player, while Kelly Unkrich of Colorado Mines and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference was tabbed the tournaments top pitcher.
Jessica Belsterling of UC-Colorado Springs and Shelby Watts of New Mexico Highlands were first-team selections from RMAC teams, while Jourdan Hitchings of UC-Colorado Springs was a second-team choice.


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BiologyRavens are well-known for their intelligence, they are also very playful birds, performing mid-air acrobatics, playing 'games' with each other's beaks and passing stones to each other (5). They eat a wide variety of food, including carrion, small vertebrates, insects and refuse, yet carrion is the most important component of the diet (6). Pairs stay together for life, and defend a territory from which they exclude all other ravens (5). Breeding begins in February or March. Following a mating display involving posturing, mutual preening and beak caressing, the pair make a solid nest (or renovate the previous year's nest) of sticks lined with moss and mud (5). Clutches contain 4-6 blue-green eggs, one of which is laid each day until the clutch is complete (5). The female incubates the eggs for up to 20 days, during which time she is fed by the male (5). Both parents feed the chicks, which stay in the nest for up to six and a half weeks (5). Ravens do not tend to travel widely; during winter adults remain in their breeding territory, and young birds do not tend to disperse further away than 20 miles (5). A rich wealth of folklore and mythology centres on the raven; King Arthur is said to return in the form of a raven, Noah sent out a raven from the Ark to fly 'forth and fro until the waters were dried up from off the earth', and the Norse god Odin had two ravens who flew the world to return to his shoulders and whisper what was happening into his ears (4).


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From Sept. 20-22, the Sisters of St. Francis of Stella Niagara will open the doors and invite the public to join them for a weekend of retreat and reflection at their motherhouse: Stella Niagara.
Stella Niagara, "Star of the Niagara," has been home to the sisters for more than a century. The 134-acre campus is a "Peace Site," with a nature trail, outdoor Stations of the Cross, labyrinth and the river chapel. Amid the beauty of this region, participants will have opportunities to share stories and history and explore how the Franciscan spirit has been present in their lives.
The registration fee of $250 includes accommodations and meals at the Center of Renewal on the Stella Niagara campus. The program will begin on Friday, Sept. 20, with the gentle and humorous guidance of Father Tom Hartle, OFM, and Sister Colette Rhoney, OSF, reflecting on the spirits of St. Francis, St. Clare and Magdalen Damen, the congregation's foundress, and their relevance in the world today.
Plenty of time will be provided for rest and relaxation. The weekend will close on Sunday afternoon after a morning Eucharistic celebration and a brunch with the sisters.
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IFPI's Annual Attack On Piracy Once Again Riddled With Errors And Bogus Claims
from the midemeve dept
The real problem with the report -- beyond the flat-out errors -- is the fact that it's so focused on music sales and music sales alone as the be-all, end-all of the music industry that it simply ignores everything else:
Fewer new artists are breaking through globally. Total sales by debut artists in the global top 50 album chart in 2010 were just one quarter of the level they achieved in 2003Note the implicit assumption here. Because there are fewer music sales, it means that such new music is not being created, or those artists are not successful. This is like saying that "because fewer horse carriages were sold this year, it shows the automobile is not a legitimate savior of the transportation industry." You see how that's done? If you define success based on the obsolete way of doing things, of course it's going to look bad. But if you look at the actual numbers, and the actual opportunities, you realize that the market is actually growing.
Traditionally vibrant music local industries, such as Spain and Mexico, are especially hard hit. In Spain, where music sales fell by an estimated 22 per cent in 2010, no new home-grown artist featured in the country's top 50 album chart, compared with 10 in 2003
IFPI boss Frances Moore apparently claimed that this is "a crisis affecting not just an industry - but artists, musicians, jobs, consumers, and the wider creative sector." Except that's not true. There are more people making music today than ever before. It's cheaper than ever before to make, distribute and promote music. If you're a musician, there are more ways than ever before to build a fanbase and to build a business model to make a living. It's a great time to be a musician. It's also a fantastic time to be a consumer. It's hard to see how Moore can make such a claim that is obviously false, and no one calls her on the obviously false nature of her claims. When Moore took over last year for John Kennedy, I had hoped that maybe she'd bring some sense to the IFPI. Instead, she seems to be spreading the same propaganda as her predecessor.


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PHIL Parkinson has outlined plans to hit the loan market again for next season.
City's recruitment drive is starting to step up a gear with two new faces – Billy Knott and Gary Liddle – and three contracts done.
Parkinson knows there are still plenty of holes to fill but has to work it round a playing budget that is £500,000 down on last summer.
He is therefore aiming to bolster the squad with long-term loanees – something that is not likely to happen until nearer the start of the new campaign.
He said: "We've got to be patient. Our aim is once pre-season is underway to give a couple of players one-year loans. That's what we are working towards.
"Obviously you have to wait for the clubs of those players to make decisions about them. But there has been an indication of the players we're inquiring about.
"We've let it be known that we are in the running for those players but it's up to what the specific managers decide to do with them.
"Loans can obviously be good value financially, which is important in our situation. It can make a difference to the strength of the squad if you can go out and get that extra bit of quality from the loan market."
City had seven borrowed players at one stage last term because of injuries and the likes of Adam Reach, Kyle Bennett, Adam Drury and Jon Stead all made their mark in ensuring a mid-table finish.
Reach, in particular, stood out with three goals from 18 appearances and Parkinson has hinted that he would love to bring back the Middlesbrough left winger.
But the youngster started Boro's final home game on his return and then came off the bench to set up a goal at Yeovil on the final day. It suggests he may well be in Aitor Karanka's first-team thinking next term.
Someone like Aston Villa winger Jack Grealish, who enjoyed an impressive loan spell with Notts County, could be a target. He was outstanding when City were beaten 3-0 at Meadow Lane on New Year's Day.
Parkinson said: "Ideally you don't want a squad full of loan players. You want a core of your own and that's what we are trying to do at the moment.
"We want to get them in place and then see what we can perhaps bring in on loan in terms of added quality."


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)
-- Super PACs are bringing more than $1 million to Illinois legislative races
-- but what impact the unexpected campaign finance phenomenon will have in the
Nov. 6 balloting is up for debate.
Elections records show five of the ten super
PACs in Illinois
have raised serious money and are spending on legislative races. Super PACs
arose from court rulings that determined political committees unaffiliated with
candidates or causes can spend unlimited money.
David Morrison of the Illinois Campaign for
Political Reform says the money can have a "huge impact" on state
Kent Redfield is a campaign finance expert
at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
He says super PACs are just learning the rules and won't play a significant
role until the 2014 race for governor.


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Motivational and uplifting music! Very happy music with a very positive energy. The music evolves and grows more and more every length and becomes very uplifting! Music that fits very success.
Complex melody based on ukalele and grows array of many musical instruments of an orchestra.
Music can fit countless objectives as applications, games, commercials, films, television, corporate films, series, TV commercials, web-based projects, business, entrepreneurship, presentations, and more ….
So good luck