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This is an influencer post by Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University
In 2015, India overtook the US in the number of internet users. A billion Indians will be connected to each other, and to the rest of the world, by the end of this decade.
They will be able to learn about the latest advances in science and technology, obtain Masters degrees from top universities, learn best practices in agriculture, sell their crafts and services to the world, and demand better governance. Never before has India — and the rest of humanity — been so connected.
In the 2020s, a billion Indians will have access to —and will be able to afford — the most advanced health devices, robots and 3D printers. By 2030, the most remote corners of India will have abundant clean energy through solar cells and battery storage units.
This is not science fiction. It is all happening. And just as Indians are leading scientific research and technology companies in the US, they will be doing this at home — without any government assistance and despite all the obstacles that they face. They will be solving not only India's problems, but also those of the rest of the developing world.
A few years ago, I wrote about how India is about to undergo an internet boom and create billion dollar companies and people thought that was unrealistic. India now has several billion-dollar startups, whose value is about to reach in the tens of billions of dollars.
What's making this possible are technology advances, in everything from smartphones to medicine to solar. These are being powered by the progression of computing: Moore's Law. Every year, computers get faster, cheaper and smaller. And they become more widely available, as smartphones have become. Our smartphones are already more powerful than the supercomputers of yesteryear.
With faster computers, it becomes possible to design new technologies such as sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. With better sensors, we can develop sophisticated medical devices, drone-based delivery systems and smart cities. With AI, we can develop self-driving cars, voice recognition systems and computer systems that can make human like decisions. With combination of smartphones, AI and sensors, we can develop digital tutors and revolutionise agriculture.
Almost everything is becoming digital — information technology (IT). And India has tens of millions of experienced IT workers, many of whom are tired of working for western corporations and are ready to branch out on their own to solve problems.
Just as Flipkart and Snapdeal took advantage of the nascent e-commerce opportunities, thousands of others will. They will create marketplaces for rural artisans to design and create custom crafts for customers worldwide; apps for fruit-sellers, sweet shops and restaurants to showcase their products and take orders from neighbourhood customers; tools for merchants to provide services and delivery.
India's sharing economy will also bloom, not only in taxi- and three-wheeler-sharing, but also in cycle-rickshaws and buses. And then in skills, education and personal goods. We can expect the informal economy — labourers, technicians, maids and painters — all to be offering their services through apps. As a result, quality, wages and availability will increase since ratings systems will lead to increased accountability.
With Aadhaar having provided an identity to hundreds of million people who had none, we will see digital currencies and virtual banks, as well as crowdfunding of local ventures, houses and education. A new digital economy will emerge that allows communities to uplift themselves.
Whether for railway ticket booking, water and power availability, or analysing government productivity and efficiency, virtually every aspect of government services will be improved through measurement, monitoring and automation. Entrepreneurs will build the solutions for modernising governance and reining in corruption. Small, inexpensive, internet-connected sensors will be able to monitor traffic patterns, air quality, noise, radiation levels and water quality, as well as help manage pollution and waste, parking, traffic congestion, security and almost every other aspect of urban functioning. Indian entrepreneurs will first build smart neighbourhoods and then smart cities.
The problems of education can also be solved through technology. Digital tutors will do the jobs that teachers don't.
With internet-connected smartphones, farmers will learn how to improve crop yields and minimise chemical usage. Social media will connect them with each other so that they can share experiences, with sensors helping to monitor soil humidity and optimise watering. Supply chains will be improved, and on-farm diagnostic technologies will increase efficiency.
Indian entrepreneurs have the motivation and skills. Just keep your eyes open to watch them step up to the opportunity. But if you blink, don't worry. You certainly won't miss.
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In collaboration with The Boys and Girls Club of the Austin Area, Texas Hillel's Social Justice Education Initiative Committee organized Crazy Science Extravaganza, a fun-filled, hands-on afternoon of science experiments, at Burnet Middle School. With the theme of outer space and the solar system, Texas Hillel students made science fun and relevant. The middle school students enjoyed the science experiments so much that they asked the Texas Hillel students to come back the following week for more Crazy Science.
Texas Hillel's Social Justice Education Initiative committee, under the leadership of Kori Epstein, raises awareness through volunteerism and activism on issues of injustice in education. Committee member Sara Stahl, who manages the partnership with The Boys and Girls Club of the Austin Area, organized this fall's Crazy Science Extravaganza at Burnet Middle School. The goal of the event was to engage students in learning and exploration using science, education, and mentoring, thus advancing their education and moving them to excel in school. Ten Texas Hillel students did just that with fun, and at times edible, experiments and activities to learn about outer space and the solar system.
During Crazy Science Extravaganza, Texas Hillel students set up stations so 18 middle schools students could rotate through different experiments. The students made edible solar systems with cookies and candy, with each one representing a different planet, and their own bouncy balls to represent planets. Students had a blast creating oobleck, a malleable gooey liquid, and forming it into shapes. After completing the stations, the students came together to experiment making ice cream. Crazy Science Extravaganza was a huge hit with the students, who asked to continue working on experiments. We can wait to see what Crazy Science experiments are in store for next semester!

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A seller's intention and the buyer intention is quite similar considering the benefits they get in return. Any seller who likes to sell out a product is the party solely responsible to put out a quality product into the market. The profits on the sale of the product will depend on the quality, pricing and many direct factors which has a major role in a sale of a product. It is the buyer who judges the quality and the suitability of the product and decides if it is the best choice to purchase or not. Fierce competition is faced among the sellers since there are many who compete in promoting different brands in different markets. The entire process is closely linked together.
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Being a supplier of machinery which is needed to produce confectionery food items is quite demanding. This is because the machinery which are introduced in to the industry need to be to quality ones which could be maintained and used perfectly with many options to be cleaned with care to avoid any kind of contamination with regards to the foods produced. Talking about the branded and reputed bakery equipment manufacturers in Australia some of their product portfolios is full of innovative items giving the user a comprehensive advantage in using the machines. The solids handling items, dough making items, mixing items, make up line items, heating and cooking items and also cooling items are mandatory for people running these businesses to be equipped with. The quality of the products is judged by the ingredients used and the quality of the make which has a direct impact of the quality of the machinery used to produce the goods. Visit JB & Brothers Pty Ltd website to find out the best bakery equipment.
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Based on CARB filings made by Triumph last week, we have a sneak peak at some new additions to the Triumph Tiger line.
The biggest news is that the entire Tiger line is getting some updates for 2015, which will really help step up this fan favorite's game. All models are getting a ride-by-wire throttle, which Triumph says improves fuel economy by 15 percent. They also get traction control and adjustable seat heights to help those of you who are height-challenged. The Tiger XC line also gets adjustable WP suspension across all models.
Now, onto the new models. The chart above was sent by Triumph to current Tiger owners as part of their market research and was initially published by Motorcycle.com. These aren't really all-new models, in the traditional sense of the word, but instead are variants of trim level based on the accessories or farkles you want — and how much you want to spend. Both the regular Tiger and Tiger XC will be offered in three trims: regular, X, and Adventure. Think of the regular one as like the base model of a car, while the X gets the moto-version of a Bluetooth touch screen and power locks/windows. As with many brands, the "Adventure" model gets all sorts of protection, heated grips, and other adventurey bits.
The Tiger XC has been one of my favorite bikes in this segment for a long time, and has needed very little to stay competitive and attractive. That triple engine is an absolute joy, both on road and off, and I'm excited to see how these changes improve it.
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At last, the standard, authoritative book on the science of growing plants without soil has been written by the originator and inventor, Dr. W. F. Gericke. Since, in 1929, he first conceived of the possibility of growing plants economically in nutrient solutions, Dr. Gericke has applied himself to study and experimentation and this book records the result.
From the preparation of the seed-bed to the final development he explains each step in simple, easy-to-follow chapters. Beginning with an explanation of the working principles of this science, Dr. Gericke gives instructions for setting up the necessary apparatus and preparing the nutrient solutions. He then devotes separate chapters to the growth of root, leaf, and seed vegetables; perennial vegetables and berries; field crops; and all types of flowers. One significant chapter compares soilless gardening and agriculture in respect to costs and crop yield.
Whether you expect to grow plants on a small scale for your own use, or carry out your chemical farming on a large scale for commercial purposes, this book will be your standard guide -- your encyclopedia of information on the subject.
Originally published in 1940, The Complete Guide to Soilless Gardening is fully illustrated with 60 photographs and line drawings that make it easy for anyone to follow each step of the instruction.
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Rolling Stone named top100 best songs of the 21st century
The American edition of the music magazine Rolling Stone has published a rating of the 21st century.
In the ranking are many songs by Beyonce, Rihanna, OutKast and Kanye West. All songs are sung in English, the only exception on the list was the transatlantic hit Despacito, but in the remix version with Justin Bieber.
The first five looks like this:
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2. M.I.A - Paper Planes
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How do you build a massive infrastructure project meant to bring Britain into the future… and not destroy the stories about its past? Two new railway lines are trying to figure it out. Sitting in a train seat and watching the outside world whiz past, you're unlikely to think about the sacrifices ...


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Are you the right brand of influence?
Negotiation touches every part of our lives. Relationships in business and in our personal lives are negotiated. And the skills to do it effectively can often mean the difference between getting what you want or losing out. You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate!
In the first section of the book, How to be a Great Negotiator, written by property economist, investor and developer Neville Berkowitz, the characteristic traits of a great negotiator are explored in short, bite-sized nuggets of advice.
Over the next 132 days, we will bring you the traits needed to succeed at the art of negotiating.
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62 Influence and persuasion
Consider that global brands are the peak of influence in retail decision-making. Countless people willingly become advertising boards, wearing clothes and products emblazoned with the manufacturers' brands. It is as if, by virtue of purchasing a particular product, they become a distinct, if not distinguished, part of a powerful global club of successful people. The methods of influence used – and the quality of the product or service offered under any brand – vary widely, from true to false, and from quality to garbage.
But influence is far deeper and more complex than this. Consider who or what influences you to believe what you believe, to value what you value, to think, talk, act, behave, and live the way you do. And how does what you believe and value, how you think, talk, act, and behave, influence others and the world around you? This matter of influence is key to being a good negotiator and a good person, and it is directly related to your vision of yourself and your purpose in life.
A product of influence
You are a product of your influences. You didn't become or create yourself in a vacuum. Who you are, what you do, and how you live are a result of the influences of many things and many people. These influences are positive and negative, healthy and unhealthy, primary and secondary. Primary influences shape and guide your developing character and life, with or without your knowledge. And they inevitably become a part of your influence.
Yet many people are relatively unaware of what has influenced them and in what manner. They are influenced by default, from childhood on, at times to their detriment, by limiting or false beliefs and philosophies, or negative role models and behaviors. Lacking awareness of their influences, having never deeply questioned or examined them, they cannot change or improve on what they believe and value – how they act, talk, behave, and live.
Success through success
Those most likely to succeed are those who consciously choose to model themselves on their positive influences. These positive influences are people, ideas, and philosophies that inspire and motivate them to do and be better than they have been, to reach for and achieve more than they previously dared or believed they could. Without choosing positive influences as models to emulate, no one would fulfill his or her potential, no one would reach and succeed beyond his or her own limited thoughts and beliefs, and no one would have influence with others worth mentioning.
Are you Gandhi or Hitler?
We can use our influence wisely or foolishly, for good or ill, for self-centered and even destructive living, or creatively for the betterment of others and the world. At its worst, influence is manipulation, propaganda, or coercion without regard for the other party. At its best, it is inspiration, service, positive motivation, partnering, and mentorship in the service of worthwhile pursuits or worthy causes. Adolf Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi used their influence for radically different purposes.
The kind of influence we acquire and exercise in life is largely a matter of choice, and also a matter of character. In fact, your influence and your character are inseparable; the one emerges from the other. Some people imagine that influence is simply a matter of words and actions. But your character is the real source of your influence and, in the end, it is your character that counts.
Successful people, quality people, and great negotiators consciously choose their primary influences in order to develop their character. And this determines the kind of influence they exercise in life. Understanding influence as a key factor in every negotiation, they maximise their influence in the negotiation process.
They know that influence in business and negotiation is more than mere advertising and persuasion, more than just getting someone to do something you want him or her to do. Ideally, it is persuading or inspiring someone to do or buy something that will benefit him or her, as well as you; that will bring that person satisfaction; that will enhance or improve his or her business or quality of life; that may even help that person to use their influence to serve others in the same way.
Inspire to the light
Your influence, your quality of character, and power of persuasion are the keys to your success as a negotiator. Ideally, influence is used in a positive and ethical manner, in service of truth, a quality product, a legitimate service, or a worthy cause or goal. Such influence is essential in business and life. For quality products and services, and worthy causes and goals must be persuasively represented if they are to reach into the world and benefit the lives of others. The world is full of talented people who never succeeded, and full of quality products that never sold, and worthy causes that failed, because they were ineffectively or unpersuasively marketed and never found their market audience.
Great negotiators are advocates, using their influence to represent something they genuinely believe in. To use your influence in the service of something you don't believe in – something unworthy, false, or of poor quality – is to cheapen yourself. And it is all too common in business and negotiations. The familiar stereotypes epitomising this perversion of influence are the snake-oil salesman and the sleazy lawyer.
Some people will say or do almost anything, whether or not it is true or ethical, to close a deal, make a sale, achieve a goal, or get what they want. But this "ends justifies the means" approach is the corrupt influence that con artists, sociopaths, demagogues, and snake-oil salesmen have always used to get their way. Such tactics are anathema to ethical people who value integrity and long-term success.
Snake-oil salesmen can be very persuasive, and successful in one-off deals. But they use their influence to get you to buy garbage packaged as gold. They don't form long-term business relationships because they have to move on before their customers realise they've been duped. A negotiator whose influence is not backed up by quality is just a snake-oil salesman. In the long term, your influence is only as good as your follow-through, and as stellar as your character.
Truthful persuasion is the formula
How then to approach this matter of influence upon which all business, negotiation, politics, and even all human relationships depend? What is the nature and right use of such influence at its best? It comes down to a simple formula: creative persuasion truthfully representing a noble ideal, a worthy service or cause, or a quality product. When this is true in your case, you have decisive leverage in a negotiation.
Influence in a negotiation is about helping the other party find a mutually beneficial solution to their circumstances, or persuading them that what you have to offer is what they are looking for or need. It is about moving the other party to the place where their needs will be met through you. When you know what the other party needs, and you have what they need, or can help them get it, you have decisive leverage.
Influence in a negotiation is applying that leverage by establishing good rapport, gaining their trust, and persuading them that you really can help them find a solution or get their needs met. Then, most important of all, you must actually deliver on your promise. For the sake of personal reputation, customer loyalty and satisfaction, and long-term success, your influence must be consistently backed up by delivery.
If you use your influence to help others fulfill their needs and desires and achieve their goals, your influence will grow and spread. People will link their fulfilment or success, in which you played a part, with you. They will be loyal to you. They will hold you in high regard. They will even use their influence to be your advocate to others. Thus influence is the principle on which great negotiators build their own success.


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More than just a Star Trek reference, the entirety of "The Bakersfield Expedition" (Episode 13, Season 6) was a tribute to Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In the episode, the boys' attempt to attend the Bakersfield Comic-Con in cosplay is complicated by a mid-trip car theft.
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Reasons Why Hypnosis Is Useful To Health.
Whenever numerous people think about hypnosis the first thing that comes to their mind is sorcerers and scan artist. However it plays a very crucial role when it comes to health protection and promotion. Hypnosis is majorly a clinical procedure utilized in conjunction to various other therapies and treatments. In the production of a state-like trance having a lot of focus hypnosis makes use of mental imagery and verbal repetition. It takes a health care professional to perform hypnosis for health benefits. Hypnosis treats various conditions and can improve health in a number of ways. Here are some of the points that will help you to learn more about the benefits of hypnosis.
To begin with, overeating can be stopped by hypnosis. A healthy choice of food and exercise are the major components of weight loss. Elimination of unconscious and emotional factors is what is needed in some cases to bring about weight loss. Hypnosis can greatly assist in the elimination of such factors. Prior to carrying out the hypnosis the eating habits and patterns of a person are to be stipulated.
Hypnosis can also be used to help those that have the problem of sleeping. Lack of sleep is a contributing factor to the impairment of decision making and memory. Chronic diseases such as diabetes and depression can be caused by lack of sleep. Though there are many remedies for insomnia one can simply talk themselves into sleeping. This is attributed to the fact that the subconscious mind controls sleeping hence the conscious kind just can solve the problem. The hypnotist with the help of hypnosis normally takes their patients to the imagery scene of sleeping that they have asked them to create.
Addicts normally find it difficult to stop smoking. However hypnosis can help a great deal when it comes to quitting. In the event of attempting to stop smoking you can go through a long list of over the counter and prescribed medications to get the appropriate one. Doctors are only in apposition to give you medicine and not pills to bring an end your habit of smoking. Bringing to an end the habit of smoking is very vital. The reason is it accounts for many deaths of various ages. The hypnotist gets rid of the emotional connection to the habit of smoking by utilizing the thought process.
Lastly, hypnosis greatly helps when it comes to curing dental phobia. Dental anxiety is the cause of most people being in a position to visit the dentist. This fear can either be due to hearsay or just a person's previous experience. Hypnosis uses neuro-linguistic programming that can have the brain rewired and defeat the thinking loops that are automatic in a person's brain.
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Gentlemen, you're free to just skip right on past this installment of Artist of the Week, because this go around we're featuring a baby-oiled-up interview with the (likely shirtless) R&B singer TILL. TILL is a throwback to the golden era of male R&B ear-sexers. His lyrics are not up for interpretation - he would like to take your clothes off, and then he would like to break you off. It's that simple. There's something to be said for forthrightness. Hell, his name had to be put in all caps because his sexiness kept bursting out of the lower case ones (we heard). Listen for yourself.
We were able to steal a few minutes from him to get him to answer a few questions about his 18-month super-calendar, his new album and whether or not he's going to become Guy Beyonce. Enjoy. And ladies, make sure you've taken your birth-control pill for the day. Fair warning.Rocks Off: So we heard that the calendar that you all made featuring you is 18 months long? Why's that? Did your sexiness transcend the traditional calendar year?
TILL: I wanted to make sure my fans don't forget about me and have 18 months to linger, so that by the time the album drops all things would have been in order.RO: Is this going to have to have any effect on the seasons as we know them?
T: No effect on the seasons. Just wanted to give my fans something folks had been asking for.RO: What are the names of the extra months? Sexuary has to be one, right? Oh, and Shirtlessember, is that one?
T: The calendar is TILL-eriffic.RO: You've performed with some fairly big names. When is the TILL-as-headliner tour going to take off?
T: February. Mark your calendar. We are going to do it really big in February.RO: Your album is out now, right? Let's give that a plug. Why should people go out and buy it? And where can they buy it?
T: Actually, my new single "She's My Girl" just came out and is available on iTunes and is doing very well. I would appreciate the support of this single because folks have been complaining about no real R&B out there so I came out with a feel good R&B record. The album will be released in February.RO: For real, how many times have you watched D'Angelo's "Untitled" video? How much longer until you do a remake?
T: Wow, this has been a big request from a lot of folks so this will be coming really soon.RO: Houston's never really had a big-time male R&B dude. Are you that man? Are you Guy Beyonce?
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T: I feel you have to be in your season. I am open to receive whatever God* wants to bless me with. I think it is time for Houston to have that male R&B dude.RO: Anything you want to make sure gets mentioned? Now's the time to do it.
T: Folks can also look for me to be in more acting roles. In the past, I have been in various acting gigs and had the opportunity to work with folks like Kel Mitchell and Buddy Lewis. *In retrospect, this just seems like a weird thing to wait for God to deliver. Like, is it really on God's to-do list to make anyone a sex symbol? We're crazy upset with ourselves for not fleshing that out more. Sorry.Send TILL an email at email@example.com, call him at 888-379-9550, or follow him @TILL1.


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Kansas' budget woes may have gotten worse because of federal tax cuts, according to a new report. Part of the federal tax-cut deal in December was a provision allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment purchases from their taxes through 2011. Because Kansas' income tax is linked to federal tax law, the tax change could result in Kansas losing $198 million in tax revenue during the current and next two fiscal years, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Kansas could avoid this loss by "decoupling" its tax code from this federal provision — though state lawmakers have resisted making such adjustments in the past.


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Daphne man responded to coded Craigslist ad offering sex with children, detective testifies:
Jury convicts Daphne man busted in sting of trying to arrange sex with young girls:
A federal jury in Alabama recently convicted 60-year-old Alan Preston Prine of Daphne, Alabama of soliciting sex from children on craigslist.
Back in November Saraland police detective James Morton placed a phony ad on craigslist that read…
"P.hamily fun serious replies only bama won yes T.erday and kansas state lost don't forget to H. elp the less fortunate this C. hristmas"
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Murphy told the jury during her opening statement that the defendant, himself, explained the meaning of the capital letters sprinkled throughout the ad. She said PTHC was an acronym – Preteen Hard Core.
You learn something new every day. "Phamily fun' is an old one though. That usually means that someone is willing to rent out their kids to pedophiles.
Prine responded to the ad in less than an hour of it being posted. Detective Morton did not respond immediately at first to give Prine an opportunity to change his mind. Four hours later Prine e-mailed about the ad again. This led to an exchange of over 200 e-mails between Prine and who he thought was a mother willing to allow Prine to have sex with her daughters. Police set up the meeting and when Prine showed up with pizza police arrested him. I wonder what happened to the pizza, but I digress.
Prine's public defender tried using the defense that Prine was actually trying to seduce the 'mother' and that on the internet every thing is fantasy anyway. No really, he said that…
"My client, Mr. Prine, was looking for relationships with women," he said. "My client at no time thought that he was speaking to a child."
"It is not just officers who pose. People on the Internet pose," he said. "This case presents a world of smoke and mirrors."
Except in the e-mail exchange Prine said that he likes 9+. That means he likes girls no younger than 9. Ick. He probably thought that was some kind of moral code too.
Luckily the jury wasn't buying it and convicted Prine. He's looking at 10 years in federal custody.
Yet still no political or media pressure on craigslist. They continue to do nothing about these kinds of ads still relying on what they call community policing but how you can you really police when the community is rife with predators and pedophiles?
UPDATE 10/20/2013: Prine was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and everyone involved acts like this was his first time…
"I am not a sex offender. This event is an anomaly in my life. It was a one-time deal," he said. "I am ashamed of the language I used, but I am not a child offender."
I'm sorry but a noob in any situation doesn't pick up the lingo like that on their first outing. More than likely, since they found no evidence of any other crimes against children, he was just that careful about being caught.


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It is a 19th-century Anglican re-foundation of a medieval chapel, traditionally said to have been created by one of the assassins of Thomas Becket.
The church is dedicated to St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in 1170 by a group of four English knights acting – so they mistakenly believed – on the orders of Henry II.
Since Becket had defended the privileges of the Church against Henry, he was regarded as a martyr and canonized in 1173.
The four murderers were instructed, in order to atone for their sins, to serve a period as confreres (associate brothers) of the Knights Templar, but it is believed that one of them, Hugh de Morville, also elected to found a chapel dedicated to the saint as a private penance.
It was this chapel which would eventually become the Church of St Thomas the Martyr.
The precise foundation date is uncertain, but probably in the 1170s, and certainly by the early 13th century.


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Hobbies- Scuba diving, Motorsport,Cats.
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My reputation has seen me build up a customer base across the UK and into Europe, I have had various road trips including collecting customers cars from Europe.
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I then met Peter and realised I had found another car nutter like myself.. the rest is history!
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Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) is the nation's premier faith-based music academy for high school students. In addition to advanced musical instruction and numerous performance opportunities, LSM students form an intentional community, living together for four weeks on a Lutheran college campus. Since 1981, this unique and immersive program has guided the lives of young musicians, who credit LSM as the starting place for their future careers and vocations.
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Lexington veteran takes his first ride on a B-25 bomber in 68 years
"That's a good airplane," Jim Brown, 94, said admiringly.
The good airplane that caught Brown's eye was a twin-engine B-25 medium bomber, just like the ones that carried him on 72 combat missions during World War II.
This particular B-25 flew into Lexington on Monday morning to visit the Aviation Museum of Kentucky at Blue Grass Airport.
Brown dropped by just hoping for a close look at the plane. But he was quickly persuaded to climb aboard for a ride over the city, his first B-25 flight in 68 years.
"I hadn't done much flying of any kind for several years; I kind of felt like I used up all my brownie points in the war," Brown said afterward. "But it brought back a lot of memories."
The B-25 that Brown rode in — named Maid in the Shade — is one of three famous WWII planes that will be visiting the aviation museum this week. A P-51 Mustang fighter and a Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomber are scheduled to arrive Friday.
The three planes will be available for paid flights Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. The B-25 also will be open for cockpit tours at the museum Tuesday through Saturday.
This is one case in which the term iconic really applies. The Mustang was considered the best fighter plane of the war. Dauntless dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers during the 1942 Battle of Midway, changing the course of the conflict in the Pacific. Sixteen B-25s flew the famous Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942.
Almost 10,000 B-25s were built, serving everywhere in the war from Europe to the Pacific.
Maid in the Shade is one about 20 B-25s still flying, said crew member Roland Smith. The plane is owned by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, a preservation group.
Many University of Kentucky fans remember Brown as the man who attended 412 consecutive home UK football games from 1945 until a bad cold stopped his streak in 2009.
During the war, he was a B-25 navigator-bombardier with the 490th Bombardment Squadron, better known as the Burma Bridge Busters. As the name implies, the Busters were assigned to bomb bridges in Japanese-held Burma to keep supplies from along the Burma Road.
Brown's closest shave was on Thanksgiving Day 1944, when his plane lost an engine while bombing the Namhkai Bridge in Burma. Somehow, the B-25 kept flying, and the crew landed safely in a jungle clearing to be picked up later. Afterward, Brown flew 42 more missions.
"That," he said, "was a good airplane."
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In a land where weather can be as unpredictable as it is unforgiving, residents of Wichita Falls, Texas, are grateful for the help of Interfaith Ministries. This small but nimble nonprofit organization provides short-term financial assistance to families who are feeling squeezed by medical emergencies, loss of employment, car repairs, or other sudden and unexpected expenses.
"Our organization grew out of disaster relief efforts," says Jean Payne, executive director of the 30-year old emergency center. "Just like a tornado is a disaster for the entire community, huge hospital bills or losing one's home to foreclosure are disasters for a family."
Interfaith Ministries helps stabilize households by contributing to things like rent payments, utility bills and prescriptions. Most people learn about the organization through word of mouth or their local utility companies after they've fallen behind in their payments. The organization also offers a food pantry stocked with canned and frozen food, sundries, cleaning products and hygiene items for those in need.
Together with Payne, two full-time employees and one part-time staff member help recruit, supervise, and coordinate more than 120 volunteers. These volunteers serve as the organization's backbone by helping to identify and work directly with people in the community who need assistance.
Interfaith Ministries board members at a "back to school" rally for low-income kids - Photo credit: Interfaith Ministries
Ensuring the organization's ongoing success requires having the right communication and organizational tools on hand. "We wouldn't be able to function without Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher," says Payne, who relies on these Microsoft programs to share news with the media, acknowledge donations, design and write a monthly newsletter, update training manuals, and create presentations for new volunteers and potential funders.
In April 2011, Interfaith Ministries upgraded its seven computers from Office 2007 to Office 2010 after a notice from TechSoup prompted Payne to make the donation request. "We had upgraded our server and operating system in 2007, and now it was time to do the same with our software," she says. "Without Microsoft's software donation program, we would not be able to keep our software up to date."
Now that everyone — including several volunteers who work remotely — is using the same operating system and software, Payne says they are able to function much more effectively and efficiently as an organization. And with everything running like clockwork, that means being able to stretch Interfaith Ministries' dollars even farther.
College students doing a carhop fundraiser for Interfaith Ministries – Photo credit: Interfaith Ministries
"In 2010, 33% of our funding came from individual donations," notes Payne. "We want as much of that money to go to serving people in our community as possible. With TechSoup and Microsoft we get it all — we get to keep our technology current and our community healthy."
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Gallup polls show blacks and liberals anchor President Obama's support now at a low of 40 percent as GOP Texas Governor Rick Perry is a top of the Republican Oval Office contender list right now. The most important issue those vying for the White House face is the economy and job creation. Gallup polling shows blacks are still strongly backing President Obama at a tune of 83.9 percent. Blacks voted in mass between 96 to 98 percent in 2008 for Barack Obama to be President of the United States. Right now, black polling numbers are strong as the black unemployment rate is nearly twice that of mainstream America. Poll numbers for Hispanics for the President stand at 44 percent and white numbers 32 percent. Gallup also shows Liberals also are a strong base for the President who continues to hold low poll numbers. The Latest AP-GFK survey shows less than half of all women and less than half of all men approve of the Job Obama is doing. Just 50 percent of women said Obama deserves re-election. Still women are more likely than men to see Obama as empathetic or a strong leader, and they give him sharply higher positive ratings on his handling of the economy. The study also finds younger Democrats are more apt to say President Obama deserves re-election than are older Democrats. Twenty-seven percent of Democrats under age 45 says Obama is not a strong leader, compared with 11 percent in June.
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The Obama White House is getting high marks for leading the response for Hurricane Irene that hit states along the East Coast. That response falls six years after Hurricane Katrina. The reason for the Irene immediate and integrated response, lessons learned from Katrina and Congressional action cutting red tape. Now the Federal Government does not have to wait for states to request their help. Craig Fugate, FEMA head, says Federal Government, state, local governments along with emergency agencies and volunteers work as a "team" now.
Six years ago during Katrina, Fugate was the Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and worked with Katrina. Florida launched the largest mutual aid response in its history in support of those states during Katrina.
Six years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has regained over 80 percent of its population and tourism is on the rise. On the flip side, the city is still in dire need. The Big Easy still has problems in areas of infrastruture, health care, and affordable housing.
Last year former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said it takes 10 to 15 years to fully recover from a major disaster. Humanitarian, Actor and New Orleans Native Wendell Pierce agrees saying it will be "decades before the city recovers. Pierce laments, "a third of the city is a health desert" with no hospital. Pierce is speaking of New Orleans East.
Earlier in the day President Obama issued this statement on the anniversary.
Statement from President Obama on the Six Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Six years ago today, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, upending families and ravaging communities – and no one will forget the tragic events of those days. But what's required of us is more than remembrance – what's required of us is our continued efforts to make sure that New Orleans and the Gulf Coast fully recover, and to make sure that our response to such disasters is the best it can possibly be.
Over the past several years, we've seen what Americans are capable of when tested. We've seen the grit and determination of people on the Gulf Coast coming together to rebuild their communities, brick by brick, block by block. At the same time, we've made sure the federal government is doing its part to help. We've cut through red tape to free up funding for recovery efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi. We've taken steps to help school systems get children the tools and resources they need for a proper education. We've broken through gridlock on behalf of tens of thousands of displaced families, making sure they have long-term housing solutions. And we'll keep at it until these communities have come back stronger than before.
When it comes to disaster response, we've worked very seriously to enhance our preparedness efforts so that Americans are ready before disaster strikes, and to strengthen our recovery capabilities so that we're more resilient after disaster strikes. Over the last week, we have experienced the power of another storm, Hurricane Irene. Before the storm made landfall, the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA worked closely with our state and local partners to preposition supplies and teams of first responders, and support their response efforts. Those response efforts are ongoing and we will continue that partnership, responding as quickly and effectively as possible, for as long as necessary, until the affected communities are back on their feet.
Today is a reminder of not just the immediate devastation that can be caused by these storms, but the long term needs of communities impacted by disasters – whether in Mississippi or Alabama, Tennessee or Missouri, North Dakota, or the east coast states impacted by Hurricane Irene. This Administration will stand by those communities until the work is done.
August 28, 2011 will mark 48 years since the delivery of one of the most profound civil rights speeches in history, I HAVE A DREAM. On that date the MLK Memorial will be officially revealed. The Martin Luther King memorial rests between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials with a street address of 1964 Independence Avenue. The address references the year of the a major civil rights advance with the 1964 Voting Rights Act.
The memorial is a first site on the mall dedicated to a black man. Currently the popular tourist area boasts statues dedicated to United States Presidents and those who died in wars. Reverend Al Sharpton says the 30 foot statute is validation affirming, "America has finally had to certify that story of that movement was part of America's story as long as America stands."
In 1963, at the time of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's speech on his Dream for America, the black unemployment was three times that of white America. Fast forward to 2011, the black unemployment is almost double that of white america. Studies indicate racial disparities remain prevalent in almost every segment of society between blacks and whites. Those unequal areas include education, health, employment, and housing. Because of inequities that still exist Reverend Sharpton will be marching on Washington August 27, 2011 for jobs and justice urging the White House and congress to act.
Meanwhile, A new study by Gallup indicates, "A majority of blacks (59%) say that the government should play a major role in improving the social and economic position of blacks, while 19% of whites agree. A little over half of blacks (52%) say that new civil rights laws are needed in the country, while 15% of whites agree."
President Obama is directing the federal government to design a new strategy in 90 days to hire, promote and keep workers of diverse backgrounds. Federal reports indicate the Federal Government work force is mostly white and male. An Office of Personnel Management report says that in fiscal year 2010, the federal workforce was 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.8 percent Native American. It also shows 56.1 percent is male. Reverend Jesse Jackson applauds President Obama matter saying, "diversity deserves a higher place…patterns of segregation are persistent."
One the other side of the spectrum, A civil rights leader wishing to remain anonymous says "every Democratic president in recent memory issues such an order. But usually not much actually happens."
The three-page order released Thursday directs the head of the Office of Personnel Management, a deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget and two other agencies to develop the strategy within 90 days. Agencies then have 120 days to implement it.
Kraft foods is launching a new triple double Oreo cookie. Conservative Talk Show host Rush Limbugh is naming it a bi- racial cookie. He even renamed it after President Obama, "Or-Ba-Meo." Rev. Al Sharpton responds to Rush Limbaugh calling a new Kraft cookie, "Or-Ba-Meo." Sharpton says, Limbaugh "has an obsession with race…and he has an obsession with cookies. He needs to go on a diet and he needs to go to a race therapist."


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This Saturday is the 4th Annual Butterfly Ball to celebrate the success of our WLS patients and to raise awareness of the weight loss needs of the CSRA. Read More →
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Support Group has a LOGO
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Getting Ready For Weight Loss Surgery: the 20 Minute Walk
To be healthy physically, psychologically, and spiritually, every human needs physical activity and effective exercise. These changes, however, require more than an operation. Surgery results in decreased calorie intake which is only half of the battle to overcome the effects of obesity. For permanent success patients must make a new, comprehensive... [Read more of this review]
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Same old Senate employs a new maneuver
On Wednesday night, the Senate confirmed 54 of President Obama's nominees, including two of his three picks for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Guess they weren't that controversial after all. But Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) got something out of the deal, too: a promise that the Senate would be kept in pro forma sessions over the next six weeks so the president can't use the chamber's recess to make recess appointments.
McConnell had two chips here. The first was that Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) needed him to move the noncontroversial nominees. The second was that McConnell could send nominees back to the White House, which is a sort of odd rule that allows the minority leader to force the White House to start the confirmation process from the beginning.
The most immediate casualty was Jack Lew, Obama's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Lew has been cleared by his two committees with large bipartisan majorities. But his nomination is being held by Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who admits that her hold is about the White House's moratorium on offshore drilling, not about Lew, who she says "clearly possesses the expertise necessary to serve as one of the president's most important economic advisers."
With the Senate in fake session over the next six weeks, Lew can't be recess-appointed, so the OMB will be without its director even as the government begins working on the 2012 budget. The people I've talked with are shocked that this is going to happen.
But beyond Lew, there seems to be a new norm emerging. Now that McConnell has discovered a way to leverage his power over noncontroversial appointees to impede the president's ability to make recess appointments, there's little doubt that he'll use it again, or that the Democrats will use it when the Republicans are in control. And so the already broken process for nominations becomes that much more broken.


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LOS ANGELES (July 31, 2015) — The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has announced its return to the annual QWEBEC Expo, slated for August 6-9, at the Marriott Château Champlain, in Montreal.
An industry tradeshow and technical conference serving existing and prospective online adult entertainment professionals, QWEBEC Expo is an annual event that acts as an international crossroads for U.S., Canadian and European members of the adult industry, gathering together to network and to learn about the market's latest technologies, trends, products and services.
QWEBEC Expo is generously providing ASACP complimentary admission to the event, plus flyers in the event's gift bags, an ad in the event's show guide, and a booth on the show floor where informational materials will be available.
"QWEBEC Expo is honored to support ASACP and RTA again this year by giving them as much exposure as possible," event organizer Michael Plante stated. "Tim and his team are doing a tremendous job of helping mainstream audiences understand that the legitimate adult industry community has no links to CP, and is fighting this heinous crime against children."
ASACP's Executive Director, Tim Henning, will attend the event as part of the association's commitment to international digital media industry outreach.
"ASACP uses events such as the QWEBEC Expo to help educate relevant businesses about the need to protect children online, and how free ASACP services such as the Restricted To Adults (RTA) website meta-label, Best Practices and Code of Ethics, help in this endeavor," Henning says. "Attracting a global audience of professionals that includes representatives of many Canadian companies, the annual QWEBEC Expo is an important event for ASACP and its international outreach efforts."
On Friday, August 7, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Henning will once again moderate the exclusive "New Bees Workshop," where new and prospective adult industry members learn how to responsibly start their business, and how to make the most of the available resources.
"This year's QWEBEC Expo marks my third year of moderating the 'New Bees Workshop,' which provides valuable information to attendees, while benefiting ASACP, and its mission of keeping children out of and away from adult entertainment, by reaching operators on the ground floor as they plan the launch of new adult-oriented enterprises." Henning explains. "This is a great opportunity to promote corporate and social responsibility and to make a real difference in online safety for children, by helping stop potential problems before they begin."
Henning will also join adult entertainment industry stakeholders for the 8th Annual QWEBEC Masters Golf Tournament, at Golf des Iles, where quality relationship building leads to better understanding between the association and relevant digital media companies and services.
"ASACP appreciates the longtime generous support of QWEBEC Expo," Henning concludes. "Funded by sponsorships and such member support, ASACP is able to perform its mission of online child protection, and to provide meaningful resources to stakeholders."
For more information, or to schedule a meeting with Henning, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
About ASACP
Founded in 1996, ASACP is a non-profit organization dedicated to online child protection.
ASACP is comprised of two separate corporate entities, the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection and the ASACP Foundation. The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. ASACP manages a membership program that provides resources to companies in order to help them protect children online. The ASACP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The ASACP Foundation battles child pornography through its CP Reporting Hotline and helps parents prevent children from viewing age-restricted material online with its Restricted To Adults (RTA) website label (www.rtalabel.org). ASACP has invested 19 years in developing progressive programs to protect children, and its relationship in assisting the adult industry's child protection efforts is unparalleled. For more information, visit www.asacp.org.
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Hobby Lobby decision. For it is as least as significant for the future of our nation as is Dick Cheney, what he stands for, and who he represents (the subject to which we shall return next week). The Hobby Lobby decision has many implications. First, one must agree with Justice Ginsburg that regardless of Justices Alito's caveats, the tide unleashed by the decision of the Right-wing Five is not going to stop at the shoreline of the separation of church and state any time soon. And for the long-range future of the United States, that is the most significant element of the decision.We interrupt the two-part series on "The Significance of Dick Cheney" to deal with the breaking news of the
That is not to say that it also has horrible outcomes for women and their sexual behavior, their private lives, and their private decision-making. As Andy Borowitz so cogently put it, "Supreme Court Majority Calls Case a Dispute between Women and People." Chiming in was everyone's favorite very-far-right GOP Senator Mike Lee of Utah who said that most women who use contraceptives do so for "recreational purposes." Like that's supposed to make a difference on whether or not a public corporation can discriminate against women on their choice of FDA approved contraceptives, on religious grounds. By the way, most folks label Lee as a "Tea Partier," as if such types really differ from "regular Republicans." Well, they do, but not on policy (except perhaps around the edges on immigration policy, which Eric Cantor found to his regret, at least among the 13% of eligible voters in his district who bothered to vote). If you look closely, it is almost always just a matter of style and wording.
There are a variety of other important negative aspects of this decision that are being widely and well dealt with from the Left. In my view, the most important one is how this decision ushers our one further, very big, step down the road to theocracy. For the Supreme Court has held that in matters of legislation, law, and public programs, the religious positions of one person (and of course they have recently reaffirmed the original 1880s railroad-lawyers-Court decision that corporations are people (see "Citizens United"), can outweigh the religious position, or non-religious but ethical/moral position, of another.
For the purposes of this case, Hobby Lobby claimed that its religious position on certain contraceptives and how they act in the body, exempted them from being forced to cover those medications under the Affordable Care Act. That what the Hobby Lobby, a well-known politically active right-wing company was really after was the ACA was revealed by the fact that they went along with coverage of those same contraceptives when they provided private insurance for their employees before the passage of the ACA. But that's another matter. Also another matter is that the fact that they ascribed to certain contraceptives abortifacient functions that the science of their mode-of-action shows to be a falsity. But we know well that facts are never a concern to the Right when it is pursuing its own political and economic agenda. In this case much more importantly is the question of whether or not, in the sector of public programs one position on abortion itself should outweigh another. Again a matter for another time. One cannot assume that women who use contraceptives have not considered the religious implications of such use, for themselves, and have come to the conclusion that doing soon was compatible with their religious beliefs. The same reasoning of course applies to women who have abortions.
And so, what the Court has done here is to take one set of religious beliefs, that of the owners of a company incorporated under public law (and gaining the tax benefits of so doing), and placed them above the religious beliefs of their employees, all in the name of religious freedom. In pre-Enlightenment 16th and 17th century Europe, a time that Justice Scalia has pined for in the past, Europeans of various countries slaughtered each other over similar questions of opposing religious doctrines. Back then it wasn't over such matters as contraception (or even abortion, because Catholic doctrine, set down several hundred years previously by St. Thomas Aquinas, held that abortion was OK up until the "time of quickening," 12-16 weeks). People were burned at the stake for, for example, holding that the wine and the wafer offered at the end of services really were, or were really just symbolic of, the blood and body of Christ. People slaughtered each other over whether it was predestination or "good works" that determined whether or not one went to heaven. And we, in the end, could have a civil war over, in part, the matter of whether my religious view of the use of contraceptives is right and yours is wrong.
The Hobby Lobby decisions, as Justice Ginsburg implies (and please, I am not putting words in her mouth) opens up a Pandora's box where endless litigation might be the least negative outcome. The First Amendment the constitution says, in part: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;." This right-wing Republican Supreme Court, using its one-vote majority, has re-written that language. The Amendment now reads "Congress shall make no law that requires a person to comply with it if they claim a religious exemption, and the religious views of one group of citizens can be held to outweigh those of another group, by law;."
Religion, according to this decision, now becomes a/the central determinant of public policy, should an elected government choose to make it so and the Supreme Court of the time goes along with that interpretation of the Constitution. As I said at the outset of this column, "Hobby Lobby" has placed this nation firmly on the path leading to the establishment of a Theocracy, that is a nation ruled by religious law. There are already certain leading Republicans, like the likely Dominionists Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, and Mike Huckabee, who would be perfectly fine with that idea.
Look out, folks. That train is hurtling down the track. Two current books that provide pictures of what such a reality might look like are mine, "The 15% Solution" and Fred Rich's masterful "Christian Nation." Of course the classic in this genre is Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale." At the rate we are going with such political decisions such as Hobby Lobby (and this case, just like "Citizens United" and all of those other right-wing precedents set by this court, is first and foremost a political one made by a set of Justices put into place by right-wing Presidents just so that they could make decisions like this one), unless some powerful forces organize to stop the process, we are well on our way to becoming an authoritarian theocracy.
Steven Jonas, MD, MPH is a Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University (NY) and author/co-author/editor/co-editor of over 30 books. In addition to being a columnist for [email protected] he is the Editorial Director of and a Contributing Author to The Political Junkies for Progressive Democracy, and a Senior Editor, Politics, for The Greanville Post, (http://www.greanvillepost.com/). Dr. Jonas' latest book is The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022: A futuristic Novel, Brewster, NY, Trepper & Katz Impact Books, Punto Press Publishing, 2013, and available on Amazon.


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This is the last weekend of campaigning before Tuesday's vote for the city's top elected official.
Emanuel enjoys a wide lead in all the polls, but he must get 50 percent plus one vote to win the election outright.
On Saturday, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle and Carol Moseley Braun were out courting last minute votes.
If one of them can finish second and pull enough votes from Emanuel, there will be a run-off election on April 5.
Rahm Emanuel headed into the final weekend before the Tuesday mayoral election making sure the vote gets out.
The front-runner had a meet-and-greet with voters at the South Side's popular E & B Restaurant as he pushed for an outright victory.
Some political observers say that is far from guaranteed, especially since Emanuel's three main rivals are working to force a run-off election.
"This city needs a run-off election," said City Clerk Miguel del Valle. "I don't think that given the abbreviated time frame that we had and the distraction that we had with the Emanuel residency issue, I don't think voters have really had a chance to focus on this campaign."
While del Valle met with campaign workers at one of his field offices before canvassing several South Side neighborhoods, the candidate who most polls put in second place, former Chicago Board of Education president Gery Chico, still hopes to win it all.
"We want to win it. We want to win it outright but we'll take a run-off if that's what comes our way," Chico said. "The idea is to give the people of this city true choice."
Returning to a familiar base of support, Carol Moseley Braun visited Rainbow Push Saturday morning, promising if elected, she will be a public servant for all the people.
"I will be a mayor that will include all, exclude none and see to it that the needs of every community, every neighborhood get addressed,' Moseley Braun said.
Lesser known mayoral candidate Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins was out as well.
"The city has been very heavy-handed, pushing down on communities. I think it's time for the communities to push back," she said.
While Van Pelt-Watkins shared her views about the future of the City of Chicago during a community forum, challenger William "Dock" Walls said during the taping of ABC7's "Newsviews" that he was the best candidate for mayor.
"I want to unify this city by promoting cultural and diversity sensitivity amongst people of all ages, races, socio-economic backgrounds, all religious persuasions," he said.
Although Emanuel has been the mayoral front-runner throughout the campaign, some say the strong appeal of his main rivals among particular racial or socio-economic groups cannot be ignored.
Look for all the candidates to continue with their respective last-minute efforts to win support and votes.
ABC7 will have comprehensive election coverage Tuesday night.
We will have live updates and results throughout the evening and expanded coverage on our news at 10 p.m.
You can get continuous results on www.abc7chicago.com.
For viewers on-the-go, the latest election results are on web-enabled phones and wireless handhelds at www.abc7togo.com.


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Thoughts on a trip to Borders…
Their mission statement: 'To be the best-loved provider of books, music, films, and other entertainment and informational products and services.' (from their website http://www.bordersstores.co.uk)
Things I liked:
Arrangement of shelves and seating in fiction section
Colourful children's section including round sofa area for sharing stories
Things I disliked:
Too much of the store taken up with non-book items such as Paperchase outlet, calendars, CDs and board games
No map – the fiction section was obvious but it was difficult to find areas in the non fiction
Scifi and fantasy books lumped together and just labelled scifi (at least label them scifi and fantasy!)
Poor range of stock in non fiction eg just 2 books on Rome and half a shelf of very basic genealogy books
Staff did not seem particularly interested in what they were doing or aware of the customers
I've been to our new Borders store a couple of times now and been very disappointed twice. The bookselling scene in our city is dominated by Waterstones and although I always enjoy visiting Waterstones I was looking forward to some competition and some new book promotion ideas to steal! I don't believe libraries and bookshops should be the same, they each have their own role to play in the reading experience, but I do think that libraries can often learn from their commercial cousins especially when it comes to stock layout, promotion and service delivery. For a large store, the Borders I visited had a very limited range of non fiction stock, probably due to the amount of floor space devoted to selling cards, calendars and CDs etc. Planning a trip to Rome next month, I visted Waterstones earlier in the week and found a shelf full of books covering almost all of the main travel book series. At Borders I found 2 books, both aimed at the independent traveller. Genealogy rarely seems to be covered well beyond the basic level in mainstream bookshops but Borders had the poorest section I have seen outside of a supermarket book section!
My library lesson – many of the elements we are being encouraged to include in our libraries were things I disliked about Borders. I found it frustrating that there are several large music/film stores in the city but Borders still tries to compete with them at the expense of the one thing I had gone there for – books. We also have plenty of stores selling calendars, cards and similar products. The atmosphere did not make me want to stay and browse and the staff did not encourage me to approach them (mostly because they were complaining loudly about being open til 10pm!). I hope that libraries don't go the same way, people frustrated because they can't find the books they want or the staff interaction they need because we are too busy generating income with DVD rentals and deleting librarian posts to make short term savings for the council.
Can we go beyond Borders and create a fantastic library service instead?!


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Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans Review
Jalen, lover of B-grade sci-fi movies, meets the far-too-handsome P in a cafe while deciding whether or not to skip uni again. When P invites them along to a double feature of Robot Monster and Cat Women of the Moon, Jalen can hardly believe that hot boys like bad sci-fi, too. But as their relationship progresses, Jalen realizes P leaves them wondering if they're on the same page about what dating means, and if that's what they're doing.
Awkward new adult dating with a geeky bad movie habit with a disinterested non binary college student and a mohawked too sexy transgendered hero.
Everything that is this story is good. P and Jalen lightly but with real care deal with issues of gender, class, and disability. However, it is pretty short and some some elements feel stunted and P's lack of communication skills are weary making but lovely overall.


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Remote Sensing Software Applications - Products Overview
ReSe Applications Schlaepfer provide a variaty of dedicated remote sensing software applications that pre-process hyperspectral imaging data from airborne, and satellite imaging scanners. The software is opimized for finalization using 3rd-party remote-sensing software such as IDL, and ENVI.
PARGE®: Parametric Geocoding and Orthorectification
Direct parametric geocoding and orthorectification of airborne imaging scanners with special focus on imaging spectroscopy. Please visit the detailed PARGE®; description or take a look at the PARGE data sheet for more information.
ATCOR®: Atmospheric & Topographic Correction:
Inversion of Modtran5® for the most complete topographic and atmospheric radiometric compensation of airborne imaging spectroscopy and other optical scanner imagery. Versions (see also ATCOR2/3/4 data sheet):
- ATCOR2/3: atmospheric correction for satellite imagery (flat & rugged terrain)
- ATCOR4: atmospheric correction for wide FOV airborne imagery (flat & rugged terrain)
MODO: Modtran® for Remote Sensing Research
Simulation of the spectral radiance in the atmosphere using embedded Modtran®-4 or Modtran®-5 radiative transfer technology. The MODO software installer is available through our download area. See also our MODO data sheets for MODO-5 or for MODO-4 for a brief information.
GLIMPS: Free ENVI™ image analysis software
'Get a look at imagery for professionals and students'. GLIMPS is a completely free software suited for fast image viewing and for educational purposes. Includes the Trafo image transformer for PARGE outputs.
Supported Remote Sensing Systems
For more information on the integration of our remote sensing software applications, as well as for a list of supportet sensors, please refer to the product specific pages:
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I've been in Paris the last couple of days with my sister and thought I'd share my trip with you. We've been to Paris twice before with the rest of our family but this time it was just us two and we were in charge of what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go. We even had a highlighted map of Paris that was going to serve as our tour guide for the trip. Would have been very handy if we hadn't forgotten it at home!
The first day we arrived we'd been up since 6am and had braved the crowds of the metro system with our suitcases. But we finally set our things down at our tiny slanty floored hotel (there was about a 2 inch incline!), stocked up on snacks and fruit for the few days and head off to Sacré Coeur.
After walking up the wrong streets in the wrong direction we managed to climb the steps to the basilica.
After roaming about inside (which is free) the day of travelling started to catch up on us so we decided to call it a day and read back to our hotel. Turns out we definitely needed the rest because the next few days had us walked off our shaking legs!


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Rick Ross Sends Prayers to Victims of Connecticut School Tragedy at Radio Christmas Concert
While Rick Ross was performing at Power 106's annual Cali Christmas Concert on Friday (Dec. 14), he took a moment to reflect on the senseless tragedy that happened earlier in the day at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn.
The Bawse sent out prayers to the 26 victims -- 20 children and six adults -- who were shot and killed when a lone gunman entered the school and opened fire. It's unfathomed to think that such an evil deed could take place so close to the holidays. The despicable act left America with a very heavy heart.
"I wanna send all my prayers out to all the kids that lost their motherf---ng lives in Connecticut," Ross told the sold-out crowd at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, Calif. "Amen. We will all ride for them."
Rozay then segued into rapping 'Stay Schemin,' which is a little odd to perform after a solemn prayer because of the song's hardcore subject matter. Nevertheless, it was good to see him take a moment to remembered the innocent lives lost in the tragedy.
Later, Ross, and his Maybach Music Group co-hort Meek Mill, performed 'I'mma Boss' and 'Bag of Money.'
The Cali Christmas Concert featured an all-star lineup of rap heavyweights, including Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean and 2 Chainz.
Watch Rick Ross + Meek Mill Perform 'Bag of Money' at Power 106 Cali Christmas Concert


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Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation in Wyandotte
Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation at Henry Ford Wyandotte
Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation at Henry Ford Wyandotteprovides temporary around-the-clock care after a hospitalization. We offer a full range of services for ages 14 and older including medical and rehabilitative care, psychological support and social services.
Led by a highly trained and coordinated rehabilitation team, including board-certified doctors and nurses specializing in rehabilitation, we provide individualized treatment plans based on your medical condition, overall health and goals. We also offer a comprehensive stroke specialty program to help stroke survivors improve function and quality of life.
The only inpatient program Downriver with an international certification from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), we meet the highest quality standards among rehabilitation programs worldwide. We have high patient satisfaction scores and a proven track record with 85 percent of our patients returning home (instead of a nursing home).
Real-life rehabilitation tools at henry ford wyandotte
During inpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation, you often have to relearn skills or adapt to new challenges. With both a Ford Escape SUV and a mock apartment onsite, you're able to learn in a real-world setting.
- Our training SUV allows you to practice getting in and out of the car, adjust the seat and seatbelt, and safely store a wheelchair or walker. If you have your own car, our physical therapists will move the training to your car a day or two before discharge.
- Our training apartment replicates what you'll encounter once home and allows you to practice getting in and out of the bed, making a meal and getting in and out of the shower.
If you should require additional rehabilitative care after discharge, we'll handle all necessary arrangements for your transition to outpatient rehabilitation.
Read our inpatient rehabilitation patient guide for information about your stay, including daily routine, what to wear and visitor information.
Inpatient physical rehabilitation program outcomes and advantages
A March 2014 study, commissioned by the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association, compared clinical outcomes for patients who received rehabilitation in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital/unit to other rehabilitation options. The study revealed key advantages to receiving rehabilitation in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital/unit such as Henry Ford Wyandotte:
- Patients return home two weeks earlier (our program's average stay is 12 – 14 days)
- Patients remain home nearly two months longer
- Patients experience an eight percent lower mortality rate , five percent fewer emergency room visits and less readmissions to the hospital
- More focused and vigorous therapy (a minimum of 15 hours per week)
For more information about Henry Ford Wyandotte's inpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation services or to schedule a tour, submit a contact form online or call (734) 246-6048.


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Friday, 11 December 2009 05:06 AM
BRUSSELS -- The leaders of Britain and France say EU leaders will commit more than euro2 billion ($3 billion) a year to help poorer parts of the world combat global warming.
Britain's Gordon Brown and France's Nicolas Sarkozy said their two countries would contribute a big part of that sum and they are trying to get the full 27-member European Union to pitch in more at a summit in Brussels ending Friday.
EU leaders failed Thursday to come up with a firm figure for the fund.
The money is meant as short-term help for poor countries, particularly in Africa, to start cutting emissions and shoring up against the effects of global warming. The European money is a bid to bolster international climate talks in Copenhagen aiming at a longer-term pact.
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