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A while ago I blogged about a short film that my nephew and his friend, Raul, made. The film is called 'A State of Superposition' and chronicles Raul's experience of leaving Somalia and coming to the UK.
Now Raul has been threatened with deportation on Wednesday, to Tanzania where he knows nobody. He is 18. He has only had a few days warning and a campaign has been mounted to halt this. If you could take a few minutes to help us, all the details are here. http://freeraulally.wordpress.com/how-to-help/. Thanks.
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'I was in a state of superposition. I was everywhere and nowhere. But I felt like somebody going somewhere.'
This is a film my nephew Joe made with his friend Raul. I watched it on Sunday and it has lodged in my mind.
Raul tells the story of getting from Somalia to his current location in terms of being in a state of superposition – a term taken from quantum physics that relates to existing in multiple states at once. Describing his experience of sitting on an aeroplane to an unknown destination, Raul reflects that he was 'everywhere and nowhere.' While he retells this story Raul moves through a definite somewhere, the landscape of Newcastle – the Tyne Bridge stands in the background. The film powerfully evokes his journey, the experiences of displacement, placelessness and arrival, while simultaneously placing him in his current location. For me, the film raises questions about power, mobility and place. How Somalia and Newcastle have been brought together through this story. And how being thrown into motion violently, like this young man, can play out across global and local scales.
'the architecture of hurry' or how I ended up tutting at a person after being back in London for only 30 minutes
The train is delayed. Not one of those straight up 'the train is delayed for an hour' situations but one of those creeping ones where it starts with 10 minutes and gets progressively extended as you approach your destination. I have arranged to meet my ex-workmates for lunch within an hour of getting off the train and so I am getting progressively more annoyed every time the delay gets extended. The train arrives at Euston. I hurry out, up the ramp, across the concourse. The family in front of me are moving slowly. I'm instantly back in London-mode, weaving around people and hurrying. I cross Euston station and head for the corner by the church where I know I can get the 91 bus to the Strand. The ex-workmates ask if I want them to order for me. I order masala dosa.
I run to catch the approaching 91 bus, but it pulls out just as I make it to the bus stop. I can see another bus coming. This one goes to Aldwych not the Strand but I calculate that it will be quicker to get this and walk than wait for the next 91. I get on the bus. We are behind a road sweeper and the traffic is terrible. We chug down Kingsway. Then at the next bus stop I see one of those school parties of very cute multicultural children in high visibility vests, about 60 of them. This is a London sight that usually warms the cockles of my heart. No cockle-warming today. The bus pulls over and they all shuffle on, marshalled by a strict teacher 'No talking!' This takes some time. Then the road narrows into one lane of traffic, road works. I'm imagining my dosa getting cold and my annoyed ex-colleagues. I start to develop an eye twitch. Eventually we get to Aldwych. I leap off the bus and start jogging, pulling my suitcase along as I go. I'm wearing a big fake fur coat and it's a few degrees warmer in London than in Glasgow and so I am instantly too hot.
A man waves a leaflet at me 'Excuse me, excuse me, Can I ask you about your hair?'
I look at him with an exasperated face and make this noise, 'Pfffft.'
Two days later at a conference on 'Mobile Urbanisms' I will enjoy a talk by Richard Dennis on the 'architecture of hurry' (a quote from Howards End) and the speeding up of late Nineteenth Century London. He describes how:
'the consequences of acceleration have been congestion, gridlock or a practical slowing-down: more 'haste' leads to less 'speed', and the psychological consequences of 'hurry' undermine expectations of enhanced productivity and efficiency.'
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He has never been to a concert before. He had a ticket for one once when he was seventeen. It was for Fleetwood Mac at Wembley. He was told he couldn't have the day off work and that if he went he would lose his job.
[He breaks off his story to wind down the window and shout at his pal, who has just become a grandfather for the 5th time and is driving a taxi in the parallel lane. 'Shouldn't you be going hame now, grandad?!']
After that disappointment, he decided that any other concert would be a letdown. He owns the complete Fleetwood Mac back catalogue and everything by Stevie Nicks (his favourite) and Lindsey Buckingham. He has a lot of their videos too. He hopes to see them play one day.


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Push His Button: Walker
Walker is a free one-button game about John's commute to work every morning*, from the four poster bed in which he enjoys his point and click dreams to the sturdy oaken desk at which he delivers words to the eyes of the world. It's not as simple as something like Canabalt, where jumping and fleeing are the order of the day, instead presenting a complex and cleverly designed world to platform through. Some obstacles will make Walker turn and walk in the opposite direction (mostly ghosts, he hates ghosts) and all you can control is when and how high he jumps. Sadly not by shouting 'jump' at him, but by pressing 'z'. Free, fairly lengthy and quite charming, Walker is available here.
It must be said that while I enjoy the game, Walker's habit of sitting on cacti is extremely unattractive, particularly so given that they eventually kill him. He's got a good wall jump on him though and sometimes he attaches a boot to his head and that sort of lets him fly.
If you manage to see his adventure through to the end you're a better man than me. I gave up when a penguin accidentally punctured him with its beak as it slid across some ice.
* Walker is not actually about John at all as far as I know. It is, however, a delightful and smartly put together platform game. Do try it.


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Nate Hoogeveen, River Programs coordinator of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, addressed the Estherville City Council at Monday night's meeting about the breaches in the West Fork of the Des Moines River, especially in the area of Riverside Park.
"The lowhead dam has been a hazard since 2008. Around that time, there were drownings around the state," Hoogeveen said.
The DNR already has placed Estherville on a tentative schedule for a planning survey, Hoogeveen said.
The lowhead dams have lasted 50-100 years on an expected 50-year lifecycle, and there are cracks, Hoogeveen said.
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Pipes running underneath the river need something to protect them as well, Hoogeveen said.
The good news is that an up to 50 percent cost share is available from the DNR, and additional money could be available from the U.S. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife.
The council asked Hoogeveen to report to them after the planning survey was complete.
The council also approved a development agreement with Estherville Area Growth Partnership for a grant to allow the Partnership to acquire the land at 1710 Central Avenue for business development. Under the agreement the city will advance $65,000 to the Tax Increment Revenue Fund from the Electric Emergency Fund. Proceeds from the property sale would return to the fund. The Partnership has made contact with an interested buyer who would develop the land into a Kwik Star fuel station and convenience store.
Council member Cindy Hood said, "I have a problem with giving away money that you're never going to recoup. You're throwing away taxpayers' money, gambling with taxpayers' money."
Hood added, "I just think we have other buildings and areas to develop."
Clayton said, "This is one of those opportunities in which time is crucial. I view this more as a reinvestment. You take an area of town, make substantial improvements, and over time you've created a block that's a hotbed of activity."
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Salmon numbers soar in North East
The North East is being lauded as the salmon capital of England after official figures showed a surge in the numbers of fish in the region's two largest rivers.
For several years, the Tyne has been the best river in England and Wales for rod catches of salmon. But last year the Wear nudged behind its neighbour as second-best waterway.
Last year saw the best-ever salmon rod catches in the area – 5,115 in the River Tyne and 1,531 in the River Wear.
And now record numbers of salmon have been counted after a new study in the River Tyne showed a threefold increase in the number of fish in the waterway over the first five months of 2011.
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Paterson says planning for state job cuts should begin ''immediately''
ALBANY -- As the Legislature prepares to return to Albany, Gov. David Paterson issued some of his toughest words yet for lawmakers and another group he's been at odds with for months: state worker unions.
"I think the planning for layoffs is going to have to begin immediately," Paterson told reporters Monday morning after throwing out the first pitch at a tee-ball championship in Lincoln Park.
Elaborating on comments made last week by state Budget Director Robert Megna, Paterson said the move was necessary because of unions' ongoing resistance to granting concessions that would trim $250 million from the work force budget.
Last week, Megna said the number of layoffs and the timetable for implementing them will depend on the results of an early retirement option designed to cull the public employee rolls.
"I don't know what the date would be that we would have to have layoffs," Paterson said, "but since the work force would not negotiate a lag period, which would have been a shared sacrifice for everybody, or a furlough, which would have been a process where everyone gave a little so everyone could stay working, some unfortunate people who don't deserve it are going to get laid off.
"And it burns me to have to say it, because I don't think it's fair to them. But it's the only way we're going to be able to balance our budget," Paterson said.
The furlough plan, which Paterson forced past the Legislature in an emergency budget extender, was struck down by a federal judge two months ago.
Paterson said last year's "memo of understanding," or MOU, between his administration and the powerful state workers unions PEF and CSEA -- guaranteeing no layoffs through 2010 in exchange for labor support of the now-instituted Tier V pension package -- was "a plan" that was going to have to be adjusted along with the state's fiscal outlook.
"I sat down and worked out an agreement with the unions a year ago, but that presumed that we would get greater stimulus money from Medicaid. We lost what may be a billion dollars from that source, and everybody is going to have to make a sacrifice," he said.
"Everybody finds a way that someone else should make the sacrifice, and that they shouldn't," he said. "And I don't think that's a very good culture, or the spirit of New York. It's not the way New Yorkers addressed this problem 80 years ago."
In a response statement, CSEA President Danny Donohue insisted that the MOU was a binding agreement. Also, "talk of layoffs under these circumstances is counterproductive, impractical and bad for New Yorkers all around," he said. "They may also constitute bad-faith bargaining."
PEF President Kenneth Brynien said it was "unconscionable for the governor to continue scapegoating state employees and their families for the fiscal crisis, or use them as pawns in his negotiations with the Legislature."
Brynien said the governor would be better off ordering agency heads to make the retirement incentive available to as many workers as possible. When a similar incentive was offered last year, it fell short of its target number -- in part because agencies were reluctant to give up the positions that would be eliminated after the worker's retirement.
Paterson spokeswoman Jessica Bassett said that the Budget Division was currently receiving final plans for the incentive program -- including the specific titles of those slated to get it -- from the individual agencies.
She said the administration was encouraging the agencies to be "aggressive."
All told, the state hopes to lose between 3,000 and 6,000 workers this year through the incentive, although retirements from the judiciary and SUNY won't be complete until the end of 2010, Bassett said.
State workers can take a degree of comfort from the fact that Paterson had equally hard words for lawmakers.
"The type of budget the Legislature is proposing will put us back in the hole," said the governor, whose agenda for Wednesday's extraordinary session includes many of his original revenue proposals -- including a tax on sugary beverages and the introduction of wine sales in grocery stores -- that lawmakers have shown little appetite for. Also on Paterson's agenda: a contingency plan for the possible loss of Medicaid funds, and a plan to revise tuition-setting power for some SUNY and CUNY campuses.
While the governor can compel lawmakers to come to Albany for the extraordinary session, they can gavel in and out without taking up any of his proposals. Paterson was asked if he would look at the Legislature's refusal to even accept his revenue bills as a slap in the face.
"I think it's already a slap in the face -- but it's not personal," he said. "It's not my face they're slapping. It's the faces of the people of the state of New York."
The current plan is to hold a session at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with a Thursday session to follow if sufficient progress isn't made. Paterson said he wanted to see the results of those sessions before deciding whether or not to call both houses back for additional ones.
Paterson met Monday afternoon in New York City with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson. Emerging from that meeting, the governor said he wouldn't comment on the Legislature's alternative proposals until his staff analyzes them.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
October 19, 1856 --- The Surrey Gardens Tragedy
It is a Sunday evening fund-raiser to help the young Baptist build his dream tabernacle. The crowd is estimated at 14,000 in a hall designed for 10,000 with thousands more outside. The preaching has not even begun when people start surging toward the exits in terror. Some say they heard a cry of "Fire!" The jammed balconies began to sway. The stairways and limited exits are soon an horrific mass of tangled, desperate people.
To calm his flock, Spurgeon appears on stage. A call for "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow" goes unanswered as the choir has fled the gallery. The cleric's choice of sermons, Proverbs 3:33, "The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked," is hardly reassuring. He shouts above the din, "There is a terrible day coming when the terror and alarm of this evening shall be as nothing." He soon faints and must be carried to safety by his deacons.
Spurgeon remained too unwell to attend the subsequent inquest. His assistants blamed un-named "wicked designing men" who had a wish to disrupt Spurgeon's message. The press attacks are immediate. Many noted the fact that Spurgeon's flock behaved no better in a crush than a music hall mob. Men were seen to knock down women and children to get to safety. The Spectator said Spurgeon proved "quite unable to control his multitudes," The Illustrated London News claimed that Spurgeon had "degraded the pulpit to a far lower level than that of the broadest buffoonery of the stage," The Times reminded him, "There are limits to all things, even hearers," and The Saturday Review actually accused Spurgeon's minions of continuing to "hand round the begging box" despite the tragedy.
His ministry recovered; in 1861, Spurgeon opened his Metropolitan Tabernacle south of the Thames which held but 6000 souls. He often referred to the Surrey Gardens disaster, claiming he had been hardened in "a burning furnace."
The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon at theologue.org
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Petrified wood
Petrified wood is undoubtedly one of the most abundant fossils in the world. In many parts of the world entire forests can be found fossilized with little sign of decomposition. Their existence is somewhat of an enigma as wood decomposes extremely fast in environments where trees typically grow. This happens because wood is composed of sugar (cellulose), which is the preferred food for microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. Even modern pressure-treated woods can not escape decomposition.
The speed at which decomposition takes place is determined by the temperature, moisture, availability of oxygen, and the type of wood. Under normal forest growth conditions, most trees decompose completely in only a few decades. Even the species of trees that are slowest to decompose, such as the western red cedar, will disappear completely in under 150 years [1].
Petrified trees never had a chance to decompose, but instead became fossilized. Fossilization is essentially the process whereby organic compounds are replaced by minerals (also called mineralization). Petrified wood is predominantly Silicon Dioxide (SiO2). This mineralization process must happen before insects and microbes can consume the usable organic material. This typically means that the specimen was buried rapidly or removed from the original environment.
There are three main steps towards permineralization of living plant matter:
- Encapsulation, or removal from an environment that causes decomposition.
- Introduction of sufficient quantity of a mineral-laden solution to bring about chemical-biochemical replacement of cell structure.
- Time.
Uniformitarian geologists frequently tout that fossilization requires millions of years, but there are many modern examples where organisms or artifacts have become fossilized rapidly. Wood can become quickly mineralized if buried or submerged in a highly concentrated salt solution where carbonates are precipitating. There is even a U.S. patent whereby wood can be treated with a silicate solution rendering the characteristics of petrified wood. US Patent for Petrified Wood Patent No. 4,612,050: "A mineralized sodium silicate solution for the application to wood has a composition causing it to penetrate the wood and jell within the wood so as to give the wood the non-burning characteristics of petrified wood." [2] [3]. Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found a method to create petrified wood in just a few days. [4]
Specimen Ridge
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One of the best vantage points for investigating these petrified wood is Specimen Ridge at Yellowstone National Park. At numerous places around Specimen Ridge petrified tree trunks can be found jutting out of the ground, and many sticking straight up as though they were buried while still standing. Yellowstone claims that its petrified trees represent 27 successive forests that lived upwards of 50 million years ago.
Joggins, Nova Scotia
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At Joggins, Nova Scotia are found many thousands of upright fossilized Trees -- most of which either possess no roots at all, roots that are missing their rootlets, or roots that have been truncated. Only about 1 out of 50 trees is preserved with both its roots and rootlets intact. Also, many sections of this strata reveals individual rootlets that were at one time attached to a tree. For a More Detailed discussion of this subject, see "The 'Fossil Forests' of Nova Scotia"
Petrified Forest National Park
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The Petrified Forest National Park park hosts one of the largest and most colorful collections of petrified wood in the world. The fossils are found strewn throughout the badlands of the Chinle Formation known as the Painted Desert.
Polystrate Fossils
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A polystrate fossil is one that crosses more than one layer of stratified rock. Fossilized trees, for example, are frequently found in upright positions passing through two or more layers. These kinds of fossils offer clear evidence against a uniformitarian view of the earth's fossiliferous strata.
Unfossilized Wood
Unfossilized Wood has also been found on Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere Islands in northern Canada. The wood from these trees thaws out every year, and can be sawed, or burned in a fire, and yet they are said to be 45-60 million years old: even though the wood carbon-dates quite young. Frozen trees from northern Siberia have been dated to only 7000 years old. See above link for more information.[5]
|The Axel Heiberg fossils are largely preserved as mummifications. Although usually compressed, the wood and other remains are relatively unaltered chemically and biologically (Obst et al. 1991). Preservation of the fossils is exquisite, including leaf litter, cones, twigs, branches, boles, roots etc. Where these are not compressed, they are virtually indistinguishable from equivalent tissues found in the forest floor of modern conifer forests... The reasons why preservation is exceptional and there is so little mineralization remain obscure...(Goodarzi et al. 1991).
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TunnPlan is software developed for conventional tunnel excavation. TunnPlan includes functionality from the old TunnVib, which means that experience, planning and monitoring of tunnel excavation are brought together into a unified process. The software's calculations are based on empirical data gathered by the Department of Civil and Transport Engineering at NTNU. You can also add to or override these calculations using your own empirical data. TunnPlan is a programme for the creation of blast designs for conventional tunnel excavation. The blast designs include drilling, charging and firing patterns. The programme allows you to create an accurate and simple blast design. In addition there is a module for the calculation and control of vibrations when blasting during conventional tunnel excavation. TunnPlan is a tool for calculating and controlling blast vibration for underground blasting.


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Market Update for All Homes Sold in March 2018
50% of Homes Sold in 30 Days in March [INFOGRAPHIC]
Some Highlights:
- The National Association of REALTORS® recently surveyed their members for their Confidence Index.
- The REALTORS® Confidence Index is a key indicator of housing market strength based on a monthly survey sent to over 50,000 real estate practitioners. Practitioners are asked about their expectations for home sales, prices and market conditions.
- Homes sold in less than 60 days in 35 out of 50 states and Washington D.C.
- Homes typically went under contract in 30 days in March!
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Phone 240-506-2434
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com / Web: BarbaraSellsMDhomes.com
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Internet Marketing Specialist / Certified E-Pro / Certified Staging Agent
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FedEx International Mail Service (FIMS)
- Navigate Menu > Options > FedEx.
- Configure regular FedEx credentials.
- Check the Enable FedEx International Mail (FIMS) option.
- Press the Configure FedEx International Mail button.
- Configure options. You do not need to enter your FIMS account number.
- A tracking number range needs to be issued to the customer from FIMS. Enter the tracking ranges for registered mail and for Parcel. These ranges will need to be replenished as the tracking numbers are used. You can enabled a warning when tracking numbers are depleted to a set level.
- When shipping the order, select FedEx International Mail as the shipping carrier.


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Storm News: South Africa
Photo: The Golen Mile Skyline of Durban
March 05, 2007
A massive operation was expected to begin yesterday to clean up the promenade at much of Durban's Golden Mile, which lies under sand washed far ashore by giant waves powered by Cyclone Gamede at the weekend. The cyclone created swells reaching 3.5m along the coastline. A low-pressure system and the circular motion of the tropical cyclone combined to push out the large waves. The cyclone, which devastated parts of Mozambique last week, is expected to have no further effect on the weather. "The waves moved between 30m and 50m along the beach and against a steep gradient. They went over the pier and the concrete banks. It was the first time that I had witnessed waves moving so high." Meanwhile, in the Eastern Cape, four people were injured after being struck by lightning, one man died and hundreds more are homeless after a heavy hail storm near eNgcobo at the weekend. The man was killed when his house collapsed during the storm. At St Lucia, natural forces combined to produce a spectacle at the weekend, revitalising a long-dormant estuarine system. Huge waves from rough seas, a spring tide and strong winds caused the sand bank at the estuary mouth to breach after being closed for five years, sending water rushing into the lake. There would be a significant effect on the lake as the intrusion of seawater would kill off any fish intolerant of salt water. The big waves were expected to be around for the next six days.
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text: Today I got to hang out with my adorable niece to take some photographs for her 2nd birthday that is coming up! It wasn't the easiest photoshoot (especially for someone who isn't a professional photographer - aka me), but I sure think we got some cute shots! Isn't she the sweetest??


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Thematic Thursdays: Don't be a Retrosexual!
This is not about decorating your wee-wee with flowers and peace signs or jacking off to Jimi Hendrix. It's about how often you decide to go online and flirt with your ex after "kicking them to the curb." Whether in a new relationship with a mole covered hag or drop-dead gorgeous brainiac, it's hard for people to ignore the power of having an ex a few clicks away. Don't let Facebook ruin your new joint, here are some tips for putting out that digital "old flame."
Don't be a Retrosexual!
1. Remove his/her special ring tone from your phone. As a matter of fact take their picture off of your wallpaper, and delete their number too!
Sidenote: Gmail has a feature, where you can auto-delete emails from specific senders. Go ahead and set that filter, and you never have to see an exes email again!
2. If you can't muster up the courage to delete them, put them in an "Old Business" Facebook list that can't see your status updates and hide their status updates in your feed.
Sidenote: Stop looking to add that broad from three exes ago. You left her for a reason. Remember?
3. Don't go on MySpace. No one does that anymore anyway. There's nothing but skeletons and forgotten STDs there. Stay away.
4. If you have his passwords … Why do you have his passwords??? You're a stalker. Get help. I can't save you.
5. Don't look at pictures of the two of you together, because that will only make it worse. Fortunately, the "Photo Memories" feature on Facebook won't show pics of people you've listed as "in a relationship."


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Faith and Feelings: A Gay Mormon Story
On December 18th a group of friends and I at Brigham Young University-Idaho launched a peaceful demonstration to show love and support to our LGBT peers called Pure Hope. We asked that students, queer or not, to sport something white. A Facebook event was created, a video slapped together and posters plastered on every social … Continue reading
Jesus Said to Love Everyone: A Lesson to BYU-Idaho Students
By: Alex Harrison, 2013 Keith Trottier is a sophomore at Brigham Young University-Idaho or BYU-I. He's five semesters in, and he's studying advertising. Like a large percentage of this campus, he is from the liberal state of Washington. However, there is one thing that sets him apart from the average LDS Young Adult population. "I've … Continue reading
Again if you are starting in on the story at this post you should start at the beginning. Here is the first post in the series: An Unexpected Conversation. Also I added something called: The Burn Book. It's an encyclopedia so if you read something you don't recall hearing about you can check out what … Continue reading
Chapter 4: Reunion
The mission's big 15 passenger transfer van, fondly nicknamed the Baptism Buggy by us missionaries, pulled into the parking lot beside me. I stepped out of our truck into the brisk April air and greeted the missionaries from the van. We hugged and they congratulated me for finishing my mission. "Are you excited to go … Continue reading
Chapter 3: A Piece of Peace
Like what I write? Donate Here! The final day of my mission dawned to ominous rain clouds and distant rumbling thunder, and I knew this was the day I would finally see my family again. All of them (including my 6-months pregnant sister-in-law) had driven to Omaha to spend a couple of weeks going to a … Continue reading
The Manner of Happiness Part II
By Keith Trottier Photo Credit: Peter Cyngot: 2013 Like what you read? PLEASE donate. These posts take a lot of time, thought and effort to put together. So if you'd like me to keep writing: Click Here to Donate! _____________ Our backyard in North Las Vegas wasn't large in comparison to our one acre of land … Continue reading
I Believe in Rexburg: A Response to My Letter to the Editor
By Keith Trottier Photo Credit: Lindsay Cyngot: "Sleepsong" 2013 Like what you read? Donate as much as you feel the post was worth to keep me writing. Click Here to Donate! When I came to Rexburg I was a runaway. I was fresh off my mission and in the middle of my escape from the toxic fallout … Continue reading


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Robert Bush, ESQ
I grew up in Warner Robins, Georgia and the Baptist Church. They seem interchangeable in hindsight.
My subconscious was plugged into the fact that I was gay, but it successfully compartmentalized my mind so that in early college, I had taped up the radio controls to keep me from switching to secular radio, and I was intending to go into the ministry. That was the intensification just before I began to think for myself. Many people who don't have the experience don't realize that the mind can surreptitiously hide your sexuality from you, even if, at times, you may have acted on it.


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One of the best things about Ned Rifle, the third & presumably last film in the Henry Fool saga, is that it keeps the references to Fay Grim (the 2nd film in the series) to a minimum. Fay (Parker Posey) is now in prison serving a life sentence from the events in the 2nd film, but other than that there's really no other mention of anything else that happened in Fay Grim. I don't want to start this review off on a sour note, but I really didn't like Fay Grim. I give Hal Hartley much respect for taking on such an ambitious project (in Fay Grim he touches on everything from globalization to coexisting religions in America), but it just didn't work for me. I guess I liked the idea of the dysfunctional family from Queens that we came to love in Henry Fool (the first film) suddenly caught up in a world of terrorism, globetrotting & espionage, but the actual final product just wasn't my cup of tea (I'm saying this as respectfully as possible given that I'm a diehard Hal Hartley fan). In the first film our colorful characters dealt with relatable/personal issues like trust, friendship & child abuse. Then suddenly those same characters are thrown in to a quirky Tom Clancy-esque world of spies & secret agents in Fay Grim. It was clear that Hartley became attached to the wonderful characters from his original film and he didn't want to let them go. However the events in Fay Grim just didn't jive with the events in the previous film.
Ned Rifle has way more of a connection to Henry Fool (Simon Grim even goes back to wearing his original garbage man outfit again). I liken the Henry Fool trilogy to the original Mario Brothers trilogy for Nintendo
For those of you who are equally knowledgeable in art-house cinema as well as old school video games – remember how much different the 2nd Mario brothers video game looked in comparison to the first & third ones? The same thing applies to these movies. It's almost like Fay Grim was a dream and now we're back to reality. The only other minor connection/similarity that Ned Rifle has with Fay Grim is that some of the characters in both films have taken on new identities in an effort to deceive some of the other characters.
As some of you may know, each one of these films focuses on a character whose life is drastically changed by Henry (the degenerate central character in this saga). In the first film it was Henry's friend/brother-in-law Simon Grim. In the sequel it's his wife Fay Grim. In part three we focus on Henry's son… In Ned Rifle, we pick up with an 18 year old, newly evangelical Ned Grim. With his mother (Fay) in prison and his father (Henry) still on the run (again, you kinda have to see Fay Grim to understand), he's been living the last couple of years in the witness protection program (under the moniker "Ned Rifle") under the care of a loving religious foster family (played by old school Hal Hartley regulars Martin Donovan & Karen Sillas). Now that Ned is an adult, he plans to move out of his foster home, find his father Henry, and kill him for ruining his mother's life.
Along his quest he picks up a companion in the form of "Susan" – a young grad student whose dedicated her life to the work Ned's famous Uncle Simon Grim – a world renown poet and former garbage man who is now taking a stab at stand-up comedy. As the story progresses we learn that Susan isn't really who or what she says she is. In fact, she has a relationship with Henry that Ned isn't even aware of.
My biggest gripe as a Hal Hartley fan surrounding this film is that critics seem to be mostly concerned with Aubrey Plaza's presence. I know she's the biggest name in the movie, so she's going to draw the most attention. But at the end of the day Ned Rifle was made for fans like me who are familiar with Hartley's universe. We watched the same actors/characters for the last 16 years through three movies. Aubrey Plaza is a new addition to a story with characters that have 16 years of history with some of us. Presenting this movie as if it's centered around just her (which many critics coming out of Toronto have kinda been doing), is going to give the wrong idea.
But I don't mean to downplay her. If you know how Hartley directs his actors then you can imagine that Plaza is a perfect fit with her usual apathetic/bored delivery. She gave a surprisingly good performance in this and her character is pretty important to the story (it might be good to revisit Henry Fool before watching this).
In addition to the Henry Fool/Fay Grim references, Hartley uses almost all of his original stock actors (with the exception of Edie Falco & Chuck Montgomery). For fans like me – seeing Martin Donovan, Karen Sillas, Bill Sage & Robert John Burke in a recent Hal Hartley film is like seeing Robert Deniro, Harvey Keitel, Frank Vincent & Joe Pesci show up in a new Martin Scorsese film all of a sudden. In typical Hal Hartley fashion there's plenty of semi-deadpan quirkiness; religious figures; (intentionally) dry yet prolific delivery from the actors; well choreographed movements; and a finale that leaves it up to the viewers to decide if certain characters are redeemed or not (actually, the end of Ned Rifle is pretty similar to the end of Hartley's 1994 film Amateur).


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The Cards Middle East conference has been taking place this week and EIDA's officials have been taking the opportunity to further inform the public regarding the ID cards, the introduction of which caused so much fun and hilarity. If you're interested in the backstory, you'll find much of it documented gleeully here.
Monday saw EIDA announcing that soon people will be able to use the PIN number issued with their cards. I cannot for the life of me remember being issued with a PIN number alongside my card, but who am I to argue? The PIN number I don't have will soon allow the public to access online services from the government, at first in Abu Dhabi. This is a good thing and I, for one, have no intention of letting any hiccups in the past colour my view of the most excellent services being planned for the future.
Today's announcement is that PROs can now pick up ID cards on behalf of company employees. For those unused to the many strangenesses of life in the UAE, a company's public relations officer, or mandoub, is the guy that takes care of visas, health tests and the many other government requirements businesses here have to satisfy. The EIDA move is all part of the 'redesign' of the card issuing process. Given the cards were first introduced/announced back in 2008, you'd have thought we'd had plenty of time get the process bedded down, but apparently not. Applicants have complaning about delays in issuing cards that stretch into weeks according to Gulf News, which does cite EIDA as saying 70% are delivered within five days.
The big news, however, is that the National ID card is 'to be mandatory' according to the GN piece, which manages somehow to keep a straight face in its reporting of a card we were first told would be mandatory back in 2008 and which has managed to be largely useful in the intervening period as a way of opening certain types of locked door, as a handy wallet-stiffener or a useful tool in prising apart the fingers and thumbs of accidentally super-glued infants.
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Tadahiro is a master of all the techniques of "the gentle way", but his favourite movement is an ippon seoi-nage, a two-handed throw over the shoulder.
A family of judoka
In the under 60 kg category, Japanese judoka Tadahiro Nomura is a total terror of the tatamis as well as being a legend in his own lifetime. Tadahiro comes from a family of champions, as his uncle, Toyokazu Nomura, was himself an Olympic champion in 1972 in Munich, and his father coached the 1984 gold medallist Shinji Hosokaw.
Gold once…
For his first Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, Tadahiro made a remarkable entry onto the world stage by becoming an Olympic champion at his first attempt, aged 21. He added artistry in the way he achieved this, by winning four or his five bouts with an ippon, including the final.
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After adding wins at the major competitions to his list of achievements, Tadahiro was a favourite at the Olympic Games in Sydney.The under 60 kg competition was held on the first day of the judo events. After four wins in four bouts, he faced the Asian champion, South Korea's Bu-Kyung Jung, in the final. The atmosphere was incredible for the Japanese supporters, coming only a few minutes after the victory of Tadahiro's compatriot, Ryoko Tamura. Fourteen seconds of combat were sufficient for Tadahiro Nomura to perform an ippon and pocket his second consecutive Olympic title.
… and three times
After this gold medal, Tadahiro put his sports career on hold for two years, but his passion for judo got the better of him. He returned to the dojos in 2003 and qualified for the Games the following year. In the final at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, the Japanese judoka was up against Georgia's Nestor Khergiani. Tadahiro very quickly gained the upper hand in the scoring with a yuko. He then defended his lead on the scoreboard. With this additional victory, he won the Olympic title for the third time in a row, going down in judo history as the first man to achieve this.


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Big Risk: $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP
By PETER COHAN
One of the biggest risks to the world's financial health is the $1.2 quadrillion derivatives market. It's complex, it's unregulated, and it ought to be of concern to world leaders that its notional value is 20 times the size of the world economy. But traders rule the roost — and as much as risk managers and regulators might want to limit that risk, they lack the power or knowledge to do so.
A quadrillion is a big number: 1,000 times a trillion. Yet according to one of the world's leading derivatives experts, Paul Wilmott, who holds a doctorate in applied mathematics from Oxford University (and whose speaking voice sounds eerily like John Lennon's), $1.2 quadrillion is the so-called notional value of the worldwide derivatives market. To put that in perspective, the world's annual gross domestic product is between $50 trillion and $60 trillion.
To understand the concept of "notional value," it's useful to have an example. Let's say you borrow $1 million to buy an apartment and the interest rate on that loan gets reset every six months. Meanwhile, you turn around and rent that apartment out at a monthly fixed rate. If all your expenses including interest are less than the rent, you make money. But if the interest and expenses get bigger than the rent, you lose.
You might be able to hedge this risk of a spike in interest rates by swapping that variable rate of interest for a fixed one. To do that you'd need to find a counterparty who has an asset with a fixed rate of return who believed that interest rates were going to fall and was willing to swap his fixed rate for your variable one.
The actual cash amount of the interest rates swaps might be 1% of the $1 million debt, while that $1 million is the "notional" amount. Applying that same 1% to the $1.2 quadrillion derivatives market would leave a cash amount of the derivatives market of $12 trillion — far smaller, but still 20% of the world economy.
Getting a Handle on Derivatives Risk
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John Stroger was the first Black to sit in the seat of the county board Presidency. After Bobbie Steel became acting county board President, she was succeeded by John's son Todd. Unfortunately early this month Todd Stroger was defeated in his bid to be nominated to run for a second term as county board President. It looks like for now any potential dynasty is not going to continue.
"Black History Month means a lot to me," said Stroger, whose legendary father, the grandson of former slaves, rose from humble beginnings in rural Arkansas -- growing up in a three-room shack without electricity or indoor plumbing -- to the peak of political power.I said in another posting that I think with Todd greatness might have skipped a generation. Harsh words you think?
The elder Stroger put himself through college, worked for a while in the civil rights movement, then moved to Chicago and into Democratic Machine politics. He rose through the ranks, earned a law degree, and in 1970 won a Cook County Board commissioner's seat. It started a 24-year climb to his historic 1994 election as board chief.
"It was Bill Dawson begat Ralph Metcalfe, begat John Stroger, begat me," said his son, referring to his father's political mentors.
His father was drawn into politics after Dawson -- the third African American elected to Congress in the 20th century -- visited Little Rock, Ark., to urge blacks to help elect President Harry S Truman. When he moved to Chicago in 1953, he joined the 3rd Ward organization run by Metcalfe, who would later win Dawson's congressional seat.
"So we all learned from someone who was a great figure. In life, we need that mentor, somebody who will give you the skills you need to do certain things. But it's not just politics," Stroger said. "My dad taught me an awful lot. When I was young, he'd always say, 'You have to work twice as hard as everybody else, and even your friends are the people that you compete against.'
"He was a perfect mentor. He taught me perseverance. He didn't just fall out and all of a sudden he was the County Board president. He had to do a lot of things before he got there. He was really literally kind of turned away at the door when it was his chance, until he saw the opportunity and said, 'Well I'm not going to wait for them. I'm going to go through the door.' So I saw that in him, and learned from it."
I understand there those who believe that Todd should remain in there because the fiscal picture of county government wasn't in that bad of shape as is the city, state or even federal government. It's a significant accomplishment I suppose, but Todd may well have not been meant for politics at all.
Perhaps that sales tax hike didn't help him politically. It might have been good for the fiscal health of the county at least for a brief time. Of course when it passed you might have heard people groaning and talking about going outside of the county to do their shopping.
Perhaps he was how he got into his position. A week before the 2006 primary election John Stroger fell with a stroke. He was largely out of the public eye since that time and passed away in 2008. There was a scramble to figure out who may succeed John Stroger as the Democratic nominee for the county board presidency. Then suddenly Todd Stroger emerged as the eventually nominee and at that it was him over more experienced pols to take the job.
In 2006, Todd was only an Alderman on the city council. We rarely heard a peep out of him then. We hear more about him now since he was elected to lead one of the most populous counties in the nation! Before he was an Alderman he served as a State Representative in Springfield and hear barely a peep out of him there as well. In my mind he was only a backbencher with a record that doesn't indicate that he could handle the job of running a major county like Cook.
I don't know if I've ever said this, but I've only been a recent follow of what's going on at the County. I wish I could tell you my feel for John Stroger. All that can be said was that he was an old school politico and he may have more going for him than Todd had as a politician. Hence why I may say that for Todd greatness may well have skipped a generation.
All the same this reads more like a father's day piece than a Black History Month piece. And for that it's a plus for Todd!


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WASHINGTON, Sep 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Greater Mekong region's unique and diverse ungulate community - animals with hooves - are close to disappearing unless governments in the region intensify efforts to restore their numbers and protect their habitats, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, Rumble in the Jungle.
The 13 ungulates profiled in the report vary from a dog-sized deer to culturally significant wild cattle. Some have been seen so seldom that they have taken on an almost mythical status. Although, an unparalleled four new species have been discovered in the last 20 years, their futures are uncertain and for some it is already too late, the report notes.
"One of the most spectacular collections of ungulates in the world is under relentless threat from illegal hunting, and it is critical that governments in the region respond by boosting protection efforts if we're to have any hope of saving many of these species," said Barney Long, Director, Species Conservation Program, WWF.
One of the species, the saola, is close to disappearing from the region. Its 1992 discovery was described as one of the most spectacular zoological discoveries of the 20th century. The difficulty in detecting the secretive animal has prevented making a precise population estimate, but numbers could be in the tens to the low hundreds.
A number of other species could face a similar fate if action is not taken to protect them, including the leaf muntjac - so small a single large tree leaf can wrap its body; and the banteng, considered to be one of the most graceful of all wild cattle species. Two species endemic to the Greater Mekong region, the kouprey and Schomburgk's deer, became globally extinct in the 20th century.
"While illegal hunting is fast eroding the populations of these species, they can still be saved if governments put biodiversity protection and wildlife crime prevention at the forefront of their decision-making," Long said.
WWF is working with governments and partners to recover and restore wild ungulate populations. The organization is supporting enhanced protected area management and law enforcement, and fostering sustainable forestry, alternative forest uses and sustainable livelihoods to help alleviate further pressures on remaining populations of the region's ungulates.
Note to Editors:
-- Download the report: Rumble in the Jungle - The plight of endangered hooved animals in the Greater Mekong http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/ungulate_status_report_15_july_2013_final.pdf
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FastEddieB wrote:Andy,
If there is a flaw in your reasoning, I think it's covered in that first link to that Australian site.
In part...
"4. Air density
Thick, dense air damps oscillations and delays the onset of flutter. It's like oil in the shock-absorbers of your car. Obviously you have direct control over the density of the air in which you fly. High altitudes and hot temps mean less damping and a greater chance of flutter."
Since you used the reducto ad absurdum of outer space, try the other direction - if you submerged your plane and tried to push it through water, I think you'd see the damping effect of the thicker medium, which would make flutter very unlikely.
That goes back to what was in the Pipestrel manual; that IAS is a good indicator below 13,100ft (the number they used) and above that one should use TAS. I can certainly buy the idea that there is some threshold air density below which oscillations are inadequately damped to use IAS as a reliable measure. If that is the case, and the aircraft is capable of flight above that critical altitude, then I think the manufacturers whould be making that crystal clear in their POH. My CTSW has a Vne by the POH of 145KIAS, and there is no mention of of an altitude limit on using that number. The POH lists the service ceiling for the CTSW as 14,000ft and change.
So I'm perfectly willing to concede that at higher altitudes the Vne listed in IAS might not work very well. I don't fly at those altitudes, so at least for me I think using the listed Vne in IAS is fine...but it's certainly something I will keep in the back of my mind when flying at 9500ft or higher to clear terrain.


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A multilayered, techno-thriller - Steven James has crafted a page-turner with his newest book, The Queen.
The fifth in the Patrick Bowers series, The Queen continues the story of Bowers, his stepdaughter Tessa, and a host of other characters.
While it is piece in James' bigger literary puzzle, The Queen can be read as a stand-alone novel, because the primary case (or plot) of the book centers around a series of murders and events in a small Wisconsin forest.
Graphic at times (but truly nothing that you won't see on CSI or Criminal Minds, or read in a James Patterson book), James fills his thriller with sub-plots of redemption, grace and real life situations.
Bowers is not a "squeaky clean" main character. His flaws are there, for the world to see - along with his vulnerabilities and his attempt to live life not only as a FBI agent, but also as a Christian.
I found this book hard to put down. In fact, I read it over the course of less than three days. As a "late-comer" to the series, I would like to go back and read the first three books, just so I could understand the continuing storyline a bit more.
I believe this is a strong series, and definitely one that you could hand to someone who loves James Patterson, as an introduction to Christian fiction without fear.
Judging from the last chapter, this series - and Bowers' tale - is not over. I look forward to the next installment, even though I know I'll be waiting a full year for its release.
More About The Author
Steven James has penned 30+ books spanning the genres of psychological thrillers, prayer collections, dramas, monologues, a nine book series on creative storytelling, YA fantasy, and inspirational nonfiction.
He has received wide critical acclaim for his work including four Storytelling World Honor awards, two Publishers Weekly starred reviews, and 2009 and 2011 Christy Awards for best suspense. His latest thriller, The Bishop, was named both Suspense Magazine's and The Christian Manifesto's 2010 Book of the Year.
Steven earned a Master's Degree in Storytelling from ETSU in 1997 and is an active member of International Thriller Writers, the Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and International Association of Crime Writers. He is a contributing editor to Writer's Digest, and has taught writing and storytelling principles on three continents.
He lives in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee with his wife and three daughters. When he's not writing or speaking, he's rock climbing, playing disc golf, or (shh....) slipping away to a matinee.
Online Resources
Read An Online Excerpt Of The Queen
Read More About the Bowers Series
Visit Steven James' Website
Buy The Queen at Amazon.com
Follow Steven James on Twitter
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Read my review of The Bishop (Book 4 in the Patrick Bowers series)
Watch a book trailer about The Queen
About Revell, The Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, offers practical books that bring the Christian faith to everyday life. They publish resources from a variety of well-known brands and authors, including their partnership with MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and Hungry Planet. For more information, visit www.RevellBooks.com.
Note: As a freelance journalist, I was provided a copy of this book by Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. This review was not influenced by a free book - just in case you (or the FTC) were worried about this detail.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Biog Tour: The Queen (Review)
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When an outbreak of an infectious disease occurs – thinks SARS or the newly identified MERS virus – human carriers who show no outward signs of the disease are often to blame for the spread of infection.
Case in point: Europeans who traveled to the Middle East and contracted MERS caused the first-known cases in Europe after returning to their home countries. People with MERS don't begin to show symptoms for about nine days, according to the latest estimates from the WHO. Because of its asymptomatic incubation period, MERS now has "pandemic potential," according to WHO experts.
Incubated diseases that are passed from human to human can even devastate entire families. In one Boston family, three generations of individuals are infected with tuberculosis – 15 people in all – though most don't show any symptoms, meaning they were spreading the disease without realizing it before Boston health officials diagnosed them with TB.
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Following the massacre of 11 Jews, and only Jews, at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, the local chapter of Bend the Arc, "the only national Jewish organization focused exclusively on progressive social change in the US," published an open letter telling President Trump that he is not welcome in the city. The reason, said the letter, is because "for the past three years your [Trump] words and your policies have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement. "
According to this faction of the Jewish community, the synagogue killer wasn't an antisemite, but rather a white racist who was supposedly empowered by Trump's supposed politics of hate against "people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities." Robert Bowers himself tweeted that the reason he hates Jews so much is because of their support for, most likely, Muslim immigration. "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people," he tweeted hours before his heinous attack. "I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in," and in he went. HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) was founded in 1881 to assist Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe. Today, it helps refugees in the US, as well as in many other countries. Since Trump's election, HIAS has shown itself to be vehemently anti-Trump.
After he was wounded by police responding to the scene of the massacre, Bowers was treated at Allegheny General Hospital by at least three Jewish doctors and nurses. This despite the fact that, according to hospital director Jeffrey K. Cohen, Bowers was still shouting, "I want to kill all the Jews." Accepting that Dr. Cohen's testimony is trustworthy, Bowers is without a doubt an antisemite.
But that matters little now that his unprecedented attack on Jews on American soil, which initially unified the Jewish people the world over, has been snatched up for petty political gain. Jews on the left blame Trump for the deaths of those 11 Jews, and those on the right slam the left for exploiting such a horrific event to further push the progressive agenda. That Bowers was both an antisemite and a white racist makes no difference. For the left, he is the product of Trump's policies. For the right, he is an example of the classic antisemite abusing American freedoms to promote and act on an extremist view.
Bend the Arc, which seized the opportunity to attack the president, ended up dividing the Pittsburgh Jewish community, for who is to tell whether or not among the victims at Tree of Life synagogue were a few Trump-supporters? The anti-Trump sentiment shared by most American Jews is apparently more powerful than the need for unity. When the same dividing line manifest itself in Israeli reactions to the massacre, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to put a stop to it, tweeting:
"Jews were killed in a synagogue. They were killed because they are Jews. The location was chosen because it is a synagogue. We must never forget that. We are one."
Similarly, at a memorial vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, said that "today, we stand in the shadow of death. In the shadow of evil. In the shadow of a cowardly, terror attack on Jews who were in a synagogue to pray. The deadliest antisemitic attack in the history of the United States."
Both Netanyahu and Bennett, right-wingers though they be, were clearly trying to mend what may turn out to be an unrepairable split in the Jewish world.
But, as in America, Israeli politicians and journalists from the left followed the example of Bend the Arc. The head of the far-left Meretz party, Tamar Zandberg, tweeted: "Horrifying massacre in Pittsburgh. Strength to the Jewish community. A terrible result of violent hate toward minorities, immigrants and Jews." Bowers, according to Zandberg, hated Jews just as he hated blacks, Hispanics and Muslims.
Chemi Shalev, an extreme-left Ha'aretz journalist, went so far as to say that "unfortunately, their [Israeli government representatives] message of sympathy is being undermined by the shameful effort by Israel's top diplomats in the US to absolve Donald Trump of any responsibility for fomenting an atmosphere of right-wing hate and, even more outrageously, to implicate antisemitism on the left instead."
This kind of argument prompted political commentator Gadi Taub to tweet what many Israelis think about this attack on Trump and Netanyahu in the name of 11 dead Jews: "I had to rub my eyes to believe that people are actually arguing that the most friendly administration to Israel since Truman, headed by a president whose daughter converted to Judaism and her husband is his [Trump's] close advisor, that this administration proliferates antisemitism. Wow. Wake me up when the discussion shifts back from the parallel universe."
The Israeli and the American flags are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City in solidarity with the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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You could probably flip a coin to decide which scares a motor carrier more – a full-blown, on-site compliance review or an IRS audit.
Neither one is a pleasant experience. They are both lengthy, burdensome processes.
The on-site compliance review – currently pretty much FMCSA's only tool in its enforcement arsenal – is such an involved process that with current staffing levels, fewer than 2 percent of the motor carriers in the country are audited each year.
That too will change with the launch of CSA 2010.
After all of the violations are entered, chewed up and spit out of the CSA 2010 Safety Management System, motor carriers will be rated in all of the BASIC compliance areas. The higher the ranking percentile, the more noncompliant the motor carrier. These rankings will be updated on a continual basis.
Those rankings will help FMCSA enforcement personnel determine what method of enforcement – now called interventions – to pick. Enforcement will no longer be a one-size-fits-all scenario.
Enforcement can be triggered by:
Intervention selection is influenced by safety performance, hazardous material or passenger carrier status, intervention history and investigator discretion.
Interventions include early contact in the form of a warning letter; carrier access to safety data and measurement information (where you can see your own rating increasing, making it easier to get ahead of the problem); and targeted roadside inspections. Enforcement steps up from there with investigations, which include off-site investigations, on-site focused investigations, and on site-comprehensive investigations.
Finally, to make sure compliance is achieved and maintained, FMCSA officials implemented "follow-on" interventions. These include the following:
The trick to the interventions is that FMCSA enforcement personnel can start the enforcement process anywhere along that ladder of enforcement. It does not necessarily start with a letter and progress through the steps.
The higher the risk posed by the motor carrier's lack of compliance, the more likely it is to face stiff enforcement in lieu of a warning letter. On the flip side, if the non-compliance is not as severe, the warning letter may be all that's needed to let the motor carriers know there is an issue, giving them the chance to fix it.
On the driver's side of CSA 2010, FMCSA enforcement officials will be able to review a driver's record across multiple employers. They will also be able to see drivers with severe violations when they are in the process of conducting intervention enforcement on the motor carriers the driver works for or is leased to.
If the violations and level of non-compliance is bad enough, individual drivers will face the notice of violation or notice of claim – which is the fine – just like motor carriers.


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continue our musician series with a very special guest. Her name
is Francie Bond. For over 10 years now many people from
Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois and right here in Indiana have had the
pleasure listening to her ministry and performances at benefits,
community events, retreats, Easter & Christmas programs, on the
Sky Angel network in Pigeon Forge and in Marion, OH on TV 39 on
the Saturday Night Live Gospel Sing which, like this show, is
streamed live on the net. There is a CD available in stores
titled "Livin' In The Rain". It is Francie's debut CD and
includes many great songs, some of which you will hear clips of
today as you just did right at the opening today. Joining her
today on our show is her husband Carl. Carl writes some great
gospel songs and is the manager. They have been married over 22
years! It is our honor to welcome to Your Life Matters and Your
Christian Life Matters, Francie and Carl Bond.
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Frank "Big Boy" Goudie
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About Frank "Big Boy" Goudie
Because Frank "Big Boy" Goudie's most famous recordings were made in Europe during the 1930s, he is sometimes thought of as a European even though he was actually from Louisiana. Goudie grew up in New Orleans, at first playing fiddle and then cornet. As a teenager, the musically inclined youth played piano for silent movies. Although he taught himself tenor and clarinet, he mostly played cornet while in New Orleans. Goudie performed with Oscar Celestin's Original Tuxedo Band, the Magnolia Band, Arnold DuPas, Jack Carey, and others. He toured with a minstrel show in 1921 and spent several years traveling the South and California with a variety of bands. Goudie moved to France in 1925 where he mostly played tenor and clarinet (and trumpet occasionally). He worked all over Europe with such bandleaders as Benny Peyton, Louis Mitchell, Sam Wooding, Noble Sissle, and Freddy Johnson. He performed and recorded with Willie Lewis between 1935 1938, and then worked with Oscar Aleman. He left Paris in 1940 and spent the next few years in Brazil and Argentina, performing with many local jazz bands. Goudie returned to France in 1946 where he worked with Charlie Lewis, Arthur Briggs, and Harry Cooper, among others. Other associations included Glyn Paque in Switzerland (1948-1949) and Bill Coleman (1949-1951). He led his own group in Berlin (1951-1956) and then moved to San Francisco in 1957. Although he spent part of his time working outside of music, Goudie still played clarinet locally, including with Earl Hines, Burt Bales, Dick Oxtot, and Marty Marsala. In addition to his sideman recordings (most notably with Lewis and Coleman), Big Boy Goudie recorded as a leader for Ultraphone (1935 with such sidemen as Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli on piano), Swing (1939 and 1946), Columbia (1952-1953), the Yugoslavian Jugoton label (1954), and made a final effort in San Francisco for American Music (1960-1961). ~ Scott Yanow


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At the end of the season there are always stalks and branches to be had. And when these are used in the right setting they become a valuable tool for exploiting color, form and contrast. Nowhere is this more doable than in the southwest when the agaves send up their enormous stalks to flower. Some types of yucca do the same and dasilirion, also known as the desert spoon is another contender. All too often these architectural byproducts of plants are chipped, crushed and thrown into the garbage, but if dried and preserved they make outstanding free outdoor decorations. This beautiful example of repurposed agave stalks illustrates how leftover paint can be put to good use. Note the turquoise window trim on the upper right of this photo. The paint left over was used to create a "wash" over well dried agave stalks. A wash is created with ordinary latex paint thinned down with water to create a more semitransparent stain-like application. If the stalk was simply painted, it would be far too uniform. The aged look shown here allows the original surface with its flakes and peels to show through. That is an artificial patina that can be created on any kind of twig, in this case to lend the Santa Fe look when set against a solid colored wall. This high contrast approach is the perfect way to add interest to nooks and crannies of architecture.
Dramatic and Free: Garden Decor
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Ugly Chandelier Painted Garden Beautiful
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A little paint, some beads and flickery bulbs is a small budget gardener's delight! This fab idea turns an otherwise ugly cast off dining room light fixture into the focal point of the porch. In a garden with little bright color, this hot pink painted beauty shows you how far to push your paint to create world class accents. Above all it casts the most romantic evening light with the flickering flame-like bulbs which give it powerful pizzaz. With about a thousand different light bulbs to choose from, imagine painting any light fixture from sleek modern to baroque for your own unique look and color sense. Cheap, easy to install and totally creative, this is how a small budget gardener can create one of a kind garden design.


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Tia is a lawyer who quickly embarked upon a path of success after graduation from college. After a tainted childhood, Tia was determined to never let another man hurt her. Just when she thought she could go through her life with casual sex, in walks Tomas. He has been chasing her for over two years and has decided enough is enough. He will make Tia his mate if it is the last thing that he does.
While Tia is doing everything within her power to keep Tomas at bay, she realizes he is the least of her problems. She has a stalker and he wants her dead and will kill any and everything in his path. Tomas refusing to let anything happen to his mate, goes on high alert. The stalker is someone who Tia would have never thought of but when you are a high power attorney for abused women, every man you have ever helped the woman get away from becomes an enemy. Will the stalker meet face to face with Tomas? Will Tia get out alive? Will Tia let down her wall and succumb to Tomas loving her? You have to check this book out to see.
The author does a good job of character development but I advise you to read part 1 before this book. Also, there are some parts of the book with non-consensual sex and may cause you to cringe a little at the rawness of it.
If you enjoy paranormal type of books, this is one for you.
-Reviewed by Lisa
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Whether you're just starting to get your wheels dirty, or you already revel in mixing it up on every ride, the Myka Disc 650b checks all of your required boxes for a fun, capable mountain bike. Not only is the ride dedicated to rolling over rough sections, but every facet of the bike is also specifically tailored to women, from the ultra-low standover to the saddle. And with the added benefit of mechanical disc brakes, you'll be inspired to seek out dirt with a level of confidence like never before.
- A1 Premium Aluminum frame construction ensures that the bike is lightweight and durable, while the Women's Sport Trail 650b Geometry and 650b wheels make for an extremely low standover and heightened sense of control to accommodate more women's body types and experience levels without sacrificing trail performance or handling.
- SR Suntour M3030 fork features 75mm of smooth suspension travel to effectively smooth out bumpy terrain. And to make sure of it, the fork carries our Women's Custom Tune that was developed specifically for women, so it's guaranteed to perform the task at hand on every ride.
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As a fellow Jane Austen fan, the Netherfield Park design has caught my eye, too. Great colors, great finish!
And look at you, doing French knots. Very nice touch!!
I've set grommets (eyelets) with a setting tool and a mallet before but decided to buy a Crop-A-Dile with a half-off coupon from Michael's. I thought it might be easier. Haven't tried it yet, though, so my only comment at this point is, "No comment."
Haven't watched "Lost in Austen" yet, but I need to . . .
Love both your finishes Michele. Lovely colours on both. I have the SAL charts saved and would love to stitch the two so far as ornaments.
I have a crop-o-dile for setting eyelets and it is brilliant!
Your sweet little bird with his red heart really makes me smile, Michele! So cute...
great finishes Michele :) Hope you get your sewing machine fixed soon!
Love the Netherfield Park finish! Thanks, too, for the tip about "Lost in Austen;" that sounds like a great miniseries!
French knots are trouble, trouble, trouble! But I love those finishes! I need to do french knots as well as you :)


text: Hei! I was in Moscow this weekend, and it was simply fabulous. It included great sights, fascinating architecture, Faithless playing with the Russian chamber orchestra Musica Viva, Kelis, Mark Ronson playing with Daniel Merriweather, Tom Middleton vs. Kissy Sell Out, interviews, lots of vodka, little sleep and great people. It was a huge Smirnoff Experience. Read more about it on smirnoff.com.


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My first blog entry.
My dad has been asking, or should I say hounding me to blog about what we have going on so in the interest of my sanity I am going to begin blogging on a regular basis.
6/19/2013 08:52:57 am
Hi, I saw a link for this on reddit.
6/20/2013 08:56:40 pm
Thank you for the words of encouragement. I am really excited to film the Kickstarter video next weekend. I will be blogging every day leading up to the shoot so I hope you check back in. :)
6/19/2013 02:02:46 pm
Also here from reddit.
6/20/2013 08:58:15 pm
I will keep everyone updated. I don't want to keep submitting my blog links to Reddit out of fear it will turn everyone off. I will be posting some pics Monday from a photo shoot we have planned, maybe I will share those.
Jennifer (aka "Sassy Devil")
6/19/2013 06:28:47 pm
I saw this link on Facebook, and I already commented at the Little Red Wagon Films/Grindhouse-Pictures.com blog, so I'm just saying hi! I want to connect with my fellow ladies of horror. :)
6/20/2013 08:59:09 pm
Thanks! I am so happy to be connecting with so many fellow female horror fans!
Chris K
6/19/2013 06:57:55 pm
Directed from Reddit
6/20/2013 08:59:53 pm
Thanks! Hope you visit my blog again!
6/19/2013 11:58:21 pm
Emily, I can already tell you're off to a great start. You sound bright, enthusiastic and-most of all-you love the creative process. That is SO awesome, and it delights me to see an enthusiastic young women working with a supportive parent getting into film making.
6/20/2013 09:03:49 pm
Don't worry, my dad will keep me grounded or I will be grounded...lol. In all seriousness though, the support I have seen so far has been amazing and the last thing I would or could ever do was be mean to someone. Even the people who have said negative things to me I have just laughed it off, not everyone is going to like me or what I'm trying to do and I get that. As for helping me reach more people...THANK YOU! I saw you tweeted my blog and then it got retweeted so every little bit helps. Pictures starting next week of props and other things associated with the Kickstarter. We film the promo next weekend!
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|Gordon, Sherald
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|Leathers, Timothy
|Reshetilov, Anatoly
Submitted to: Biosensors World Congress
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Publication Acceptance Date: 2/2/2000
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Technical Abstract: Although biosensors based on whole microbial cells have many advantages in terms of convenience, cost, and durability, a major limitation of these sensors is often their inability to distinguish between different substrates of interest. This presentation demonstrates that it is possible to use sensors based entirely upon whole microbial cells to selectively measure ethanol and glucose in mixtures. Amperometric sensors were constructed using immobilized cells of either Gluconobacter oxydans or Pichia methanolica. The bacterial cells of G. oxydans were sensitive to both substrates, while the yeast cells of P. methanolica oxidized only ethanol. Using chemometric principles of polynomial approximation, data from both of these sensors were processed to provide accurate estimates of glucose and ethanol over a concentration range of 1.0 to 8.0 mM (coefficient of determination, R**2 = 0.99 for ethanol and 0.98 for glucose). When data were processed using an artificial neural network (ANN), glucose and ethanol were accurately estimated over a range of 1.0 to 10.0 mM (R**2 = 0.99 for both substrates). The proposed method should extend the sphere of useful microbial sensor applications.


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Holiday Train Rolls Into Binghamton Tuesday November 26th
10/20/14: Please note that this is about the 2013 Holiday Train. The schedule for the 2014 Holiday Train visit will be released late October and as soon as we find out when the train will arrive in Binghamton we will let you know.
On Tuesday night, the Canadian Pacific Holiday train will roll into Binghamton's East Rail Yard on Conklin Avenue at 8:30pm.
You're invited to visit the train and bring non-perishable food items or a cash donation for CHOW. The rail cars will be decorated with hundreds of thousands of lights and holiday designs. A stage door will be lowered and music will be performed by Canadian Country Hall of Fame honoree Tracey Brown and The Claytones. The 30 minute show will include a mix of traditional and modern holiday themed songs.
Dr. Joseph Sellepack, executive director of the Broome County Council of Churches says: "The Holiday Train visit provides the public an opportunity to kick off the holiday season with an exciting musical and visual event and allows people to support their hungry neighbors at the same time. Broome County children will be on extended holiday break in December and will lose access to the nutrition programs normally available at their school. This event will help CHOW fill some of that void."


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Out Magazine had their official Los Angeles Fashion Week Party at Lure on March 11th, 2015 to celebrate their March 2015 Spring Fashion issue, which explores the cross-section of fashion and music. The event was sponsored by Lexus, who presented two cars from their 2015 models that included the top notch 2015 Lexus RC F. We got the chance to sit in the 2015 Lexus RC F, and let me
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We did not want to sound cliché with our title, but it really did feel like Spring Break 2004 all over again at The Billabong viewing party of their A Bikini Kind of Life Spring Collection on Thursday, March 5th, 2015 hosted by Olivia Lopez from Lust for Life. The Skybar @ The Mondrian Hotel was set up like a cabana which felt like an upscale Mexican resort in the
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11 Full Moons ago, The Mondrian Hotel welcomed all of us LA residents with The Full Moon Bazaar. There is so much going on in this city, that it is difficult to keep up with any monthly installments. The thing that sets The Full Moon Bazaar apart is that it established the standard for a chic gathering with friends. Since it occurs every full moon, their is always sort of
Main Picture: Tom Ford Praising the Crowd at the end of his Autumn/Winter 2015 Womenswear Collection Presentation – Runway which debuted in Los Angeles on February, 22 2015 at Milk Studios. Some say that is was bold move for Tom Ford to premiere his Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection in Los Angeles. I agree, it was a great marketing ploy, and I cannot believe no one has ever done it before. It's
The Red Carpet Green Dress Pre-Oscar Party, is an Oscar event hosted by Suzy Amis which celebrated her eco-fashion campaign Red Carpet Green Dress that started six years ago during James Cameron's press tour for Avatar. The Campaign challenges designers to come up with an eco-friendly outfit hence the "Green Dress." American Sniper actor Jake McDorman will wear the winning tuxedo design at this years Oscars on Sunday. All proceeds
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