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6 comments:
- cat said...
Amazing pics, XO.
Keep it up!
- 02 May, 2008
- mb said...
Great pitures... we look forward to viewing every day. Gog bless you all.mb
- 02 May, 2008
- navy mom said...
Cool pic. I found you blogspot while reading a story on the Lincoln. My son is assigned to the USS Lincoln. Any infor about what is going on where you guys are help familes a lot. Even though your not on the Lincoln I know your close. These spots and, emails from his ship is as comforting to us as your care packages and, emails are to you guys. I will follow you and, the Lincoln till you ALL come home. Stay Safe (from Michigan) We say a prayer everyday for all.
- 03 May, 2008
- vet66 said...
I never grow weary of celebrating the success of achievers, promotions, and cobalt blue waters.
I can smell the salt water in those pictures! What is being served in the galley today?
- 03 May, 2008
- NavyCS said...
Congrats Master Chief!
- 04 May, 2008
- maxxdog said...
He doesn't look old enough to be an E-9. I guess when I was 18 the Master Chief looked pretty ancient.
Congratulation Master Chief!
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A strategically tossed can of red paint wasn't enough for one Ohioan animal activist. Meredith Marie Lowell, a 27-year-old woman from Cleveland Heights, was arrested on Tuesday for attempting to hire a hit man on Facebook. Her target? Any random person—"older than 12, preferably older than 14 years old"—who happened to be wearing fur. Lowell, who posted under the alias "Anne Lowery," became more explicit when an undercover federal agent contacted her in the guise of a gun for hire. Lowell allegedly requested that the homicide take place at a local library and that she be present so she could distribute fliers about animal cruelty afterwards.
Fendi's Autumn/Winter 2012 show at Milan Fashion Week was awash in fur.
Lowell told the agent that she didn't have any money but could offer $100 in cash and some jewelry as payment, a total value of $730. Still you can't say the woman didn't have some boundaries. "I am paying you $730 to kill one person wearing fur who is 12 or older—hopefully at least 14 years, however 12 years old or older is fine," she wrote to him in an email. She also stated that the victim should die in less than two minutes but not be "anyone I currently know and definitely should not be anyone my family knows," because that would be awkward.
Lowell stated that the victim should die in less than two minutes but not be anyone she or her family knew.
Lowell stated that the victim should die in less than two minutes but not be anyone she or her family knew.
What Lowell thought would transpire after handing out anti-fur literature après-crime is anyone's guess, but an affidavit notes that she had at one point compared herself to civil rights activist Rosa Parks. During one exchange, she asked the agent for names of animal-rights activists who could help her free test animals from the Cleveland Clinic. She also grilled him on the difference between "animals being tortured in research and humans who were used in experiments in the World War II Holocaust."
In April 2011, Lowell allegedly sent an email to the Cleveland Heights police indicating that she was "investigating the fur industry and believes the police should also conduct an investigation," per the affidavit. Extremists are frightening, no matter how righteous they presume their cause. Here's hoping that Lowell will be locked away for awhile, preferably without access to Facebook or that jewelry stash of hers.
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When a major tech event is approaching, the rumor mill tends to go wild with alleged photo leaks and anonymous sources teasing all sorts of unconfirmed devices. The upcoming IFA 2012 is no exception either and the latest tip given to GSM Arena has Samsung launching a new, Android-based camera.
The new device will allegedly be called the Samsung Galaxy S camera and feature a familiar 4.8″ SuperAMOLED screen. It won't be running some stunted version of Android either, the tipster said it would come preloaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The device is described as a "Galaxy S III glued to the back of a point-and-shoot camera", so bye-bye physical buttons. The camera itself has a 16-megapixel sensor, pop-out Xenon flash, 10x zoom, and a curved right side for easy handling. Reportedly, Samsung will fit all that into a package 1.5 to 2 times thicker than a Galaxy S III. GSM Arena created a realistic-looking photoshop render based on the rumors, which we've included above.
In terms of connectivity, the Galaxy S camera will potentially come in two versions: one equipped with Wi-Fi only and one sporting both 3G and Wi-Fi. Don't expect to replace your smartphone, however, as the device is said to only support mobile data, meaning voice calls and text messaging will be absent. We can't imagine many people would want to carry around a point-and-shoot as their main device, but it would be nice for photo-enthusiasts to have the option.
The Galaxy S may not be the first Android-powerd camera to reach the market, but it could be the first to get it right. After all, a connected camera would be very popular in today's sharing-obsessed culture. Just keep in mind this is all speculation until the truth is revealed at IFA in less than a week. It is worth noting, however, that Samsung is known to introduce experimental products at IFA like last year's Galaxy Note phablet.
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IHROMCLE . ? ^[W^^^endng Colxunbus and Central Ohio Jewish CoinmunitY\J/\\^ Tol. 20, No. 9 COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1041 Devoted to Anerleaa Bnd Jewish Ideals Strictly Confidential TIdMM Fran Bverrwhere By PHINRAS J. BIRON LISTEN HERE Strange though It may seem, those Jewish art dealers who still have their shops in Hol¬ land have found an excellent new customer In none other <han our old enemy Field Mar «hal Hermann Goering . . . "Warning to refugees: It's not a good idea lo meet In tbe cafes of New York to discuss ways and means of rescuing what's left of your fortune from Nazi hands. . . The local Gestapo representatives have caught on to this tendency, and frequent your haunts for the express purpose of listening in . Noting the recent death of the Third Reich's Minister of Jus tlce, Walter Winchell comments Ihat the deceased no doubt has gone to Join Justice herself . . The toast of Broadway as we write this is a song by Irving Berlin, called "When That Man Is Dead and Gone," and refer¬ ring to that happy day when Chariie Chaplin's mustache will have lost its imitator . . The furore about the Fuehrer was Introduced at Fefe's Monte Car¬ lo by Miss Ethel Waters, her- ~ self distinctly not an Aryani . . 'vrii'Rn TEiiiiiNG xov ^^ ,Thla time there'3 no .maybe B'nai B'rith Red Cross Co-Ordinate Natl Defense Efforts NEW YORK (WNS)—Synchro¬ nization of the national defense endeavors of the B'nal B'rilh and the American Red Cross "by co-ordtnatlng our respective divisions of military and naval welfare service" was announced here by Norman H. Davis, Chair¬ man of the American Red Cross, as he received the 97th anniver¬ sary award of B'nai B'rith's Dis¬ trict at a covenant breakfast at¬ tended by 3,000 members of B'nal B'rith and leaders in all walks of Hfe at the Waldorf-As. toria Hotel. In presenting the award to Mr. Davis, Henry Monsky, presi dent of B'nal B'rith, the oldest and largest national Jewish ser vice and fraternal organization, declared that "the machinery of the 900 B'nal B'riths units Ihroughout the country, and the manpower of their 150,000 men and women have been placed at the disposal of the Red Cross to aid in the execution of its home service program for the famil¬ ies of men called Into the arm¬ ed service of the United States. We are happy to record this co. operative effort In aiding our national defense." 'Honored' In recognition of his -hlinMltatii&n,servlve.,a8 lier-*—* ISSUES STATEMENT hhti^atiOf I'mohthi l8"bver< Thaf' full-page, ad of' the '.Prot¬ estant' Digest's, which wiU ap¬ pear in the New York Times t^y the time this column reaches you. Is a corker ... It asks the Christian world what Jesus would have said to the pogroms In Rumania . . . For the sake ot Orthodox Jews who Uke Chi¬ nese food one factory that pre¬ pares such delicacies as Chinese almond cakes, fried noodles, etc., has engaged a rabhl to see to It that everything In the place ts kosher and parve . . . Tbe Jew¬ ish Education Committee of New York Is Inaugurating courses in music and dramatics, and an art workshop . . . Which Is a splendid Idea . . . But why did they omit courses In danc¬ ing? ... A very interesting course In Jewish-Oriental danc¬ ing, in line with the Committee's program, could be developed, we think—and, If anybody wants to know, the Ideal person to direct such terpslchorean act¬ ivities would be Lilian Shap¬ ero, who has been responsible for some of the most fascinat¬ ing Jewish dancing productions in this country . . . SUR-PBIZE OFFER We have the urge to ask our readers a question the answer to which we ourself didn't know tiU the other day ... It is: What masculine first name oc¬ curs most frequently in the whole world? ... To Ihe firsl three readers who send in the correct answer we. In our turn, will send a copy of the lale Dr. Emanuel Lasker's last book, •The Comn^unity of the Fu ture" . . . STAGE AND SCREEN To Curt Bols, the comedian I who made such a hit In "The Lady In Question", is credited the remark tliat Hedy Lamarr "runs the gamut of emotions from A to X-stasy" . . . Which reminds us to tell you about Jotta Goudal, whom some of you may remember as the Hedy Lamarr of the 'twenties . . . She dropped out of pictures > (Continued on Fags 8> 'T^--AptB^teJffri?i!a:ettigraft*W'* tII-Ji'..mL.^Jlf. Aii--.^.ln,ili->V-Erj., J:til.,fe Insiseencd'>t]iat:]RM Crops'r^Ue^ supplies'" in the Qehn^-Cohtrbl- led areas of war.torlr~ Europe be distributed on a completely non-sectarian basts, Mr. Davis received a plaque emblematic of "honor, duty and achieve¬ ment." Sisterhood Sabbath To Be Observed At Temple Tonight All plans have been completed for a most Inspiring program In observance of the Rose E Lazarus Sisterhood Sabbath, which is to be held this Friday, (tonight) Feb. 21, at 8 o'clock, at the Bryden Bd. Temple. Those who are to participate in the religious service are: Mrs. Harry Kohn, opening prayer; Mesdames Ben Lurie, Alien Gundersheim¬ er, readers; Mrs. LeRoy Morris, closing prayer. Ushers for this occasion will be Mesdames Mor¬ ton Gumble, Meyer Hoffman, Dr. Jonah B. Wise Dr. Jonah B. Wise, a Vlco- Chalrman of the Joint DlstH- bntion Conrmlttee and a Na¬ tional Chairman of Its Fnnd Raising Committee, has as¬ sumed the additional post of Chairman of a United New York Appeal for 1041, In which tbe J. D. C. will participate. "I am deeply gratified to serve In the great City of New York In the cause of minister¬ ing to the domestic and ovei^ seas needs of oor stricken brethren," Dr. Wise stated. J. D. C. Launches Campaign For $11,250,000 Hope Is Expressed For United Apped Alla£!M^er'.at)d' Jack; iS.'.Besler. At tile cgncluslon'bf the reUg¬ ious portion df the service, the program will continue in the Temple vestry with a Round Table discussion on the subject "Half of Us are Women" In which the following will parti¬ cipate: Mesdames H. H. Cohen, Samuel M. Gup, Reuben Hor¬ chow, Norman Lakin and Herb¬ ert Wise. A Social Hour, with Mrs. Jack Resler as general chairman and Mrs. Ben Rich as Chairman of refreshments, will conclude the Sisterhood's annual Sabbath ob¬ servance. The hospitality com mittee includes Mrs. Albert Schlff, chairman, and Mesdames Jos. Engeiman, RusseU Joseph and Harry Lurie. The public Is cordially Invlt e<l to attend. NEW YORK (WNS)—Leav¬ ing the door open for negotia¬ tions leading to the resumption ot the United Jewish Appeal, an extraordinary meeting of the American Jewish Joint Distri¬ bution Committee launched a na¬ lional campaign for $11,260,000 for the relief and rehabilitation of overseas Jewry In 1941. Near¬ ly 1,000 Jewish Ieatiers from all parts of the country attended. Edward M. M. Warburg, son of the late Felix M. Warburg, was unanimously elected chair¬ man of the J. D. C., succeeding Paul Baerwald, who has been serving In that post since 1932. Mr. Baerwald and Mrs Felix M. Warburg were named honor¬ ary' chairmen of the relief agency. The conference heard a mes¬ sage from President Roosevelt praising the work of the J. D. C. and expressing his wishes for "the success of Its endeav¬ ors." Roosevelt's Message "I have long known of the distinguished record of your organization tor widespread hu¬ manitarian service In behalf ot the victims of war and perse¬ cution in many lands overseas. Because I know that mlUions of men, women and little children look t(> you for rescue,.'{or food; for.-t«lugie.,Bnd;aBylum(l*B'*-^toT'' .",i lutteaBe^fro!irf:ihMr;voii^*rw}ie'm^ Ing- hurdensi'; I ani glad.' t?jtaBAN vey to' the extraordinary .meeP"-; ing of the Ataerlcan j Jewish Joint Distribution Committee my best -wishes for the eucceess of Its endeavors. "Your cause is the cause of all Americans, for democracy must begin with man's humanity to man. Through the activities of your organization and other Well Known Men To Discuss Iniportant Jewisli Issue Monday An Open Forum discussion on the "Proposed Referendum ot National Advisory Budgeting Service" will feature the B'nai B'rith meeting next Monday evening, Feb. 24 at the Broad St. Temple auditorium. Those who are to participate in the evening's program, which will begin promptly at 8 o'clock, are Dr. E. J. Gorddh, Justin L Sill¬ man, Robert L. MeUman and Dr. B. W. Abramson. The plan, which revolves around on how the Jewish doi iar should he distributed by na. tional and overseas relief agen cles' has encountered much op¬ position throughout the country from the time the proposal tor the establishment of a Nalional Budgeting Committee was made at the recent Atlanta, Ga., con¬ ference of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. The func¬ tion of the Budgetary Commis¬ sion Is to make allocations ot funds to the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal, and 'the National Refu- gft^.S^rvlce*'-''"-'^, A'^ *i"i ~'^. ' 'r,'BB(aus?--''tiilf-Wwoaffibtt^'jm strongly .'.bppbsed' at'the. general conf erence-in Atlanta it'was not voted upon there, but is being submitted to a referendum of each Individual Welfare Fund and Community Council through¬ out the country. A decision must be reached by April 1. Although this proposal tor a Budgetary Commission is in¬ tended lo bring about a measure of unity between the three na- American agencies of mercy, dig- tlonal and overseas organizations nily, self-respect and hope for a Don't forget the coming Hon¬ or Ball which will take place at the Deshlei^Walllck Hotel on Saturday night, Feb. 22. which has Just split up on the question of their share of the funds lo be collected from Am¬ erican Jewry, there is really more to the matter than that which greets the eye. That is why the discussion next Monday evening should prove most Inleresling to every Jew in our community, and B'nal B'rith in particular. PRES. ROOSEVET'S PROCLAMATION ON BROTHERHOOD WEEK, FEB. 22 TO 28 With reverent dependence on God and faith in our tiestiny as a people, let us meet in church and school, in cathedral anti synagogue, in public hall and home, during Brotherhood 'Week, the week of Washington's Birthday, to purge our hearts of all intolerance and to bind all our citizens in a common loyalty. The defense of America begins in the hearts of our countrymen. In this hour of emergency, let us set aside time to build our unity from ¦within, to renew our faith in brother¬ hood, to quicKBn our national life, and to reinvigorate our patriotism with a renew¬ al of that vision of deipocracy without which we perish as a people. Many To Attend Junior Hadassah Honor Ball Saturdaj Night --//^/i/^*^/fii*^9Uf'^^ The second annual Junior Hadassah Honor BaU is to be held this Saturday, Feb. 22, al the Deshler-Wallick Hotel Tommy Van and his orchestra, of Cleveland, O., has been en. gaged tor the evening's program. There will also be a profession al floor show. The proceeds trom this affair will be used to benefit the fol¬ lowing four aims ot Jr. Hadas. sah: Meier Shefeyah, which last year made a beginning to¬ ward the rescue of the Jewish refugee children by admitting 25 children trom Europe; Youth Aliyah, the Immigration move¬ ment which has already settled 5,000 European children; The Henrietta Szold School of Nura- Ing; Pardess Anna, an orange grove used for training In cit rus farming. To date the following mem¬ bers of Jr Hadassah have pledg¬ ed to the Honor BaU: (Continued on Page S) better order of things have been restored to millions of men and women. They have thus been reminded that they are not alone in their travail and suffer¬ ing; that free men and women ot good will hope for their liber¬ ation and in the meantime are ready to come to their assist¬ ance." Speakers at the meeting in¬ cluded Governor Herbert H. Lehman ot New York; Dr. Paul Van Zeeland, ex-Premier of Bel- glum; Edward M. M. Warburg, now J. D. C. chairman; Paul Baerwald, retiring chairman; Morris C. Troper, chainnan of the European executive council of the J. D. C; Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-chairman of J. D. (ConUnued on Page 8) DR. HABER RETURNS TO POST AT MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK (WNS)—Dr. WU¬ llam Haber, executive director of the National Refugee Service for the past 20 months, has re¬ turned to his post as professor of Economics at Ahe University of Michigan, it ySls announced by William R(^;enwald, presi¬ dent of the agency. Pending the selection of a suc¬ cessor, Arthur D. Greenlelgh, executive assistant to Dr, Ha¬ ber, will serve as acting execu¬ tive director. Shew yoar .DpreclatloB lo tha Chronlole'. 1» Tear, ol sanlea t% Colambas Jewish Commanlty by par¬ ing y.as sabscslDtloa Bevr—(S.Ot A y«>». i '- ¦! -^ ' , .is t%:.nl&^^ ."te^NONfSr-iWiuniMHiHIUllHUiMUbsKn"-'
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Wolves 1 Crystal Palace 2 - analysis and pictures
Stale Solbakken's Championship education continued last night with a lesson from someone who surely doesn't belong in it.
Bigger and better things lie ahead for Crystal Palace's highly coveted 19-year-old Wilfried Zaha but unfortunately for Solbakken's Wolves he was on hand to rip this contest from their grasp.
Two goals in six minutes, the second of which will struggle to be bettered at Molineux this season, meant that a fifth victory in a row proved a step too far for the work-in-progress that is Solbakken's team.
They should not spend too long beating themselves up about it. The Norwegian could mount a strong case for this being a better all-round performance than any which brought about his winning run.
Bu if he didn't know before he certainly does now - the Championship makes a fool of footballing logic as it winds its marathon course through 10 gruelling months during which the only certainty is this will not be the last time Wolves will be confounded by an outcome.
This was a game they looked as if they had in their pocket after Sylvan Ebanks-Blake had taken advantage of a defensive howler from Palace defender Damien Delaney to claim a 53rd minute lead.
Before and after that strike, there were enough opportunities for the team to put the contest safely to bed especially with Bakary Sako continuing his new love affair with an increasingly appreciative Molineux audience.
But the chances slipped their grasp and how Zaha, a target for any number of Premier League clubs and watched by Villa manager Paul Lambert last night, punished them.
It brought Solbakken his first home defeat in front of Wolves' lowest league gate for five-and-a-half years although he was more worried by the loss of another wide player, Slawomir Peszko, to injury which left his team lop-sided for the final 20 minutes.
Out on the left flank, however, he continues to see Sako produce the kind of football which is rapidly turning him into the great new hope of the Molineux throng and Wolves will be kicking themselves they were unable to make more of his regular supply of menacing deliveries.
He remains the most exciting of Solbakken's summer recruits and a player already assuming high importance for the progress of this team which unveiled another dose of the controlled, patient, possession-based game to which their new manager leans.
There are still obvious signs of difficulty as old habits clash with new demands but Solbakken still saw his Wolves work plenty of openings to have made it five on the bounce.
Inside the first 10 minutes, for example, Roger Johnson had been unable to take advantage of the first of a stream of corners Sako arced into tempting areas while a lovely exchange which finished with Kevin Doyle squaring a thoughtful pass to Ebanks-Blake proved just too acute an angle for the striker to punish.
Palace keeper Julian Speroni distinguished himself on 31 minutes with a one-handed save after Stephen Ward and Sako had opened up Palace for another Ebanks-Blake effort before Doyle just failed to reach another opening crafted by some crisp exchanges involving Ebanks-Blake and Peszko.
It was encouraging football, though, from a home side which negotiated the half having protected Carl Ikeme satisfactorily from Palace's obvious, Zaha-inspired threat out wide, one tremendous saving tackle by Kevin Foley on Yannick Bolasie their only moment of real concern.
The rewards that had eluded Wolves before the break were then handed to them on a plate when Delaney dithered and mis-controlled on the edge of his area. Ebanks-Blake, alert and powerful, dispossessed the centre-half and smashed home his gift.
Wolves were in calm control at this point but maybe the game turned against them in the moment before Palace's 67th minute equaliser. With David Davis replacing Karl Henry to add impetus to a sweeping move upfield, a blocked Sako shot fell to Doyle who lashed the loose ball against the bar.
Having escaped a 2-0 deficit, Palace were level within a minute. Zaha struck with a cool finish after Wolves had been caught out by a straightforward ball over the top in which two Palace players Solbakken insisted were offside escaped attention.
But the way in which he defeated the efforts of Johnson and Christophe Berra's to shut him down before beating Ikeme with a crisp angled finish was a warning of what would follow.
In the 73rd minute, substitute Andre Moritz's crossfield pass found the Palace striker isolated with Ward, who conscious of the lack of support around him, opted to stand off Zaha. It was a reasonable decision but a fatal one – the England Under 21 man took his yard of space and let fly with a piercing 25yd drive which left Ikeme motionless.
Berra might have equalised from yet another swinging corner by Sako but headed over before the game finished with the French star's one free-kick chance rising high into the new stand in stoppage time.
It was that sort of night. But then it's that sort of Championship.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will travel to New Orleans Monday to deliver the keynote address at the Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), the largest annual water quality conference and exhibition in the world.
Administrator Jackson will speak on the progress made in ensuring clean water and emerging opportunities for innovation in water infrastructure. The year 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
Prior to the her keynote, Jackson will also join U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Francisco Sánchez to officially launch the U.S. Environmental Technologies Export Initiative. This new initiative is designed to foster greater interagency collaboration in U.S. government trade, technology exports, and international environmental activities. The initiative launch is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. in the WEFTEC Global Center, Hall G, New Orleans Morial Convention Center.
What: Administrator Jackson to deliver WEFTEC keynote address: "40 Years of Clean Water and Innovation for Tomorrow"
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Moose takes stroll along golf course
Moose takes stroll along golf course
Moose takes stroll along golf course
LOVELL, Maine —
A few rounds of golf were likely held up over the weekend as a moose leisurely strolled around a Maine golf course.
Emily Poitras, who works at Ebenezer's Pub at the course, says the moose walked to the middle of one of the courses at a Lovell country club Sunday and stood there for around 5-10 minutes. It then resumed its slow walk across the course.
Poitras called game wardens as she had seen the same moose around the course a few times over the course of the week.
Officials told her they weren't alarmed and guessed the moose was likely trying to molt, a process where moose shed their heavy winter fur for a lighter summer coat.


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Day One of Tourism Week Takes Us tothe Children's Museum
Day one of the VPU Tourism virtual road trip took us north to Brookings to visit Susanne Hegg at the Children's Museum of South Dakota. The museum is a converted 1930's elementary school in the heart of downtown Brookings one block south of Highway 14.
As the name states, this is a museum for and about children from infants to 12, with the understanding and acceptance that adults love to be kids sometimes, too.
Exhibits are hands-on and interactive. Since this is a former school, the outside playground area is still a playground but with interesting exhibits to play on, in, and under.
Susanne Hegg clearly loves her job. She had a tough time deciding her favorite exhibit stating, "it would be like telling which one of my children is my favorite."
The Children's Museum of South Dakota is open Tuesday-Sunday. Ten to five, Tuesday-Saturday, and noon to five on Sunday. Admission is only $6. !!!
Children are asked to keep an eye on their parents and grandparents so they don't get lost. It usually takes anywhere from one to five kids to keep track of an adult. It's a rule.
The webpage to pay a virtual visit to get a feel for the real thing is:
Because of Susanne's enthusiasm, I will take a day trip to Brookings, and I don't even have young children or grandchildren.
Day one of the VPU tourism trip was a success.
Day two will take us to Vermillion. They has a tourist attraction or two, besides the Dome.


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Special Features
- Original feature-length Rough Cut with optional commentary by Carl Macek
- Deleted scenes with optional commentary
- Imagining Heavy Metal - documentary
Inspired by stories from the fantasy graphics magazine Heavy Metal, this five-part animated feature combines the talents of hundreds of artists and animators from 17 different countries. A glowing green orb called Loc-Nar that contains the sum total of all evil in the universe travels through space and time, spreading violence and discord in its wake. The stories that follow demonstrate Loc-Nar's malevolent presence throughout the universe. In New York in the year 2023, cabbie Harry Canyon picks up a fare who turns out to have Loc-Nar in her possession, and it turns out to be one trip he wishes that he had never made. In contemporary suburban America, a nerdy high school kid finds the orb in his backyard and is transported to a comic-book universe where he's a mighty warrior and famous spoiler of women. A robot created by an alien race falls in love with a secretary from Earth who was kidnapped by his masters, while she is at once fascinated and repelled by his sexual talents. And finally, Loc-Nar crashes into a mountain, and a world of fantasy and danger spontaneously appears in its wake, ruled by The Defender, a beautiful amazon who rides on a giant bird. The voice cast for Heavy Metal includes John Candy, Harold Ramis, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Richard Romanus, and John Vernon. The sound track features selections by Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Cheap Trick, Devo, and Grand Funk Railroad. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Cast & Crew
- Rodger Bumpass - Fiste, Dr. Anrak
- Jackie Burroughs - Katherine
- John Candy - Desk Sergeant, Dan, Den, Robot
- Don Francks - Grimaldi, Co-Pilot, Barbarian
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Its looking like we will be coming down to the wire on our final four releases of 2013. We hope to have that awesome box set wrapped up this week along 3 other stellar titles. It's all in the hands of the studios now. In the meantime, this Tuesday we have two great releases coming out - Day of the Dead and Black Beauty along with a great sale on our horror titles. Oct 22 originally was supposed to be Grimm and another Elfman title, but we recently got an unexpected quick sign off on a great horror title that we should unleash before Halloween. So, that title will be released instead of the Eflman. It's a classic from one of the modern day greats! That Elfman title has been bumped to Nov 5 where it might share the release date with another title or two...or perhaps nothing if we don't have any sign offs soon. lol Since we are gearing up for our final four it looks like we will be skipping Nov 19 and just heading toward our finish line for 2013 with our Black Friday titles. As specified above, we have no idea what they will be. I will say this -- we have a pool of 10 titles to choose from -- what doesn't make the cut in 2013 will certainly make for one hell of a 1st quarter 2014!
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Icon packs are a cheap, easy way to beautify your phone but they can take up a lot of precious application space and they're usually designed to be used with one desktop manager. Here's a simple way to make them easier to handle. You will need root access on your phone. If you don't have root, you can try the JesusFreke Images or Haykuro's.
An Android application file (extension .apk) is just a zip file in disguise. Replace the a-p-k with z-i-p and they will be recognized as a zip archive by any zip archiver like WinZip, Windows Explorer (seen as compressed folders), StuffIt etc. This also includes the handy ASTRO for Android. You can use any combination of these tools to do the same thing, but I'm going to use ASTRO because you can actually do all of this on your phone without developer tools like adb.
If you have the SDK and know how to use adb, just replace the terminal commands with commands in "adb shell." It's also easy to type "adb pull /data/app/the.icon.pack.name.apk" and work with it from your desktop. First, open Terminal Emulator. Type "su" to get super user privileges. At this point you may get a prompt from "Superuser Whitelist" if you're working with a JF Image for root. Add Terminal Emulator to the whitelist and you're free to go on as root.
cd / chmod 777 data cd data chmod 777 app cd app
You're now in the directory with all your .apk files. Do an "ls" to see everything that's in there. I picked the RBO icon pack as an example.
mv com.betterandroid.icons.robo.apk com.betterandroid.icons.robo.zip chmod 777 com.betterandroid.icons.robo.zip
You're done with Terminal Emulator for now. Open ASTRO and browse to the zip file. Tap on it and it should open. Go into the "assets" and then the "icons" directory. You should see a list of .png files.
From here you can do what you want with the images. You can hit menu, Edit, Select All, then menu, Edit, copy and browse to the directory where you want them (I recommend /sdcard, which will put them on your sd card) and hit menu, Edit, paste to copy them there.
Deleting the icons you don't want in place doesn't work. You won't be able to see the application on your desktop anymore or reinstall it because the signature won't work with fewer files in the archive. This shouldn't matter, however, because applications like BetterCut that allow you to change shortcut icons work just as well from the raw file on your sd card.
If you're going to get rid of the icon pack, the safest thing to do is change the extension back to .apk (you can do this with ASTRO now that the file permissions are set) and uninstall normally. Luckily, ASTRO does that too. Just click on the apk and hit "Uninstall." You can also just delete the .zip file, although there will be a reference in Settings ⇒ "Manage applications" to the icon pack that will need to be removed as well. You can uninstall it as if it were an application.
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The past year has not been an easy one for general aviation. The slow pace of economic growth, government spending cuts, and state efforts to find new revenue sources are just some of the issues that have plagued GA in the form of user fee proposals, tax increase plans, and cuts to vital services.
But AOPA has fought back, and won! AOPA's advocacy efforts have paid off with record support in Congress, tax cuts in the states, a new law supporting aircraft certification reform, the FAA's withdrawal of its sleep apnea policy, and other significant gains.
The most recent victory is also the issue that raised the most ire among pilots—the FAA's sleep apnea policy. AOPA received hundreds of member comments when the FAA said it would require sleep apnea testing for any pilot with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher. Over time, the agency planned to expand the mandatory testing to any pilot with a BMI of 30 or higher. But on Dec. 19, the FAA suddenly reversed course, announcing that it would not pursue the policy and would, instead, open discussions with stakeholders to find better ways to address concerns about sleep disorders.
The decision was announced in a phone call to AOPA and followed intense outcry from the aviation community. AOPA had been among the most vocal critics of the plan, and AOPA President Mark Baker had discussed the issue during a meeting with FAA Administrator Michael Huerta just one day before the agency said it would withdraw the policy. Baker had previously sent a letter to Huerta asking that the policy be withdrawn or that the FAA go through the rulemaking process. Congress had also registered its opposition by introducing a bill that would require the FAA to use the rulemaking process before implementing any new policy on sleep disorders.
That bill originated with members of the House General Aviation Caucus—a group that, with the Senate General Aviation Caucus, provided unflagging support for GA. This year was a milestone for both caucuses and by the end of 2013, more than half the House had joined, bringing membership to a record 236. In the Senate, too, support was strong with a record 41 members.
Early in 2013, when user fees were once again rumored to be in the president's budget, AOPA turned to Congress for help. GA caucus members responded, leading the opposition that resulted in 223 House members signing a letter declaring they would not support user fees for GA.
A few months later, when sequestration budget cuts led the FAA to threaten closure of 149 contract towers at GA airports without a full evaluation of the consequences, AOPA again looked to Congress for decisive action. Caucus members stepped in, supporting legislation that gave the FAA needed funding and flexibility to keep the towers open.
Aircraft certification reform was another big issue in 2013, and once again GA caucus members provided support. With a goal of changing the aircraft certification process to provide "twice the safety at half the cost," an aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) set out to reform Part 23 certification rules. As a member of the ARC, AOPA helped develop recommendations that will make it easier and more affordable to upgrade existing aircraft and, ultimately, to bring innovative designs to market. That effort received critical support from lawmakers who passed the Small Airplane Revitalization Act, which was signed into law just before Thanksgiving. The Small Airplane Revitalization Act gives the FAA until December of 2015 to make the recommended reforms, establishing both the importance and urgency of overhauling the certification process.
While some members of AOPA's advocacy team were busy developing a new approach to aircraft certification, others were engaged in redesigning the way airmen are trained.
An industry working group co-chaired by AOPA developed recommendations for creating a single airman certification standard to be used for both the knowledge and practical tests. The proposal would integrate the knowledge, skills, and risk management elements in each task of the current practical test standards into a single standard, with the goal of making training and testing more relevant to the way pilots really fly. The panel's final report and recommendations for modernizing and streamlining training for private pilots, the instrument rating, and certificated flight instructors were released in November and are awaiting action by the FAA.
Elsewhere on the regulatory front, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tried to prohibit the certification, manufacture, importation, sale, and use of 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs), AOPA stood up to defend pilots and their pocketbooks. The association argued that the FCC was effectively forcing GA pilots to replace their functional 121.5 MHz ELTs with costly new 406 MHz ELTs, which will themselves soon be obsolete with the widespread adoption of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) mandated by 2020. A group of Senate GA Caucus members also lent their support, sending a letter telling the FCC to abandon its pursuit of a ban.
Also in 2013, the FAA released its long-awaited "Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Roadmap," paving the way for integrating unmanned aircraft into the aviation system. For more than a decade AOPA has insisted that unmanned aircraft meet the same standards as manned flights so that they can operate within the existing aviation system, rather than imposing additional requirements, such as new equipment or airspace restrictions, on other types of aviation operations. The roadmap reflects AOPA's concerns and opens the way for work on integration to begin at six test sites around the country.
AOPA's advocacy team had a busy year dealing with national issues like these, but some of the biggest victories came in the states, where AOPA worked with lawmakers to lower, repeal, or prevent state taxes on general aviation, saving pilots millions of dollars every year.
Perhaps the biggest win came in Indiana, where AOPA led the charge to repeal two significant taxes—one on fuel and one on aircraft parts and labor. The elimination of the fuel tax saves aircraft owners as much as 40 cents per gallon, while the end to the 7 percent tax on parts and labor can save pilots hundreds or thousands of dollars on typical maintenance, upgrades, and repairs.
The tax cuts had an almost immediate effect, spurring GA activity in the state and leading aviation businesses to hire more people. The swift and dramatic impact prompted other states to consider similar measures in the hope of boosting economic activity.
In Pennsylvania, a new law was signed exempting aircraft parts and components, as well as services to aircraft, from a 6-percent sales tax. And in Grand Junction, Colo., AOPA supported a measure to exempt aircraft materials, parts, and components from a 2.75-percent city sales tax. Those items were already exempt from the state's 4-percent sales tax.
In other states, AOPA helped win extensions of critical tax cuts. In Maine, a two-year-old exemption from sales and use taxes for aircraft and parts was extended until 2033.
Meanwhile, in Nebraska, AOPA backed a measure that will keep instrument approach paths free from new obstacles. The law expands airport approach zones from three to 10 miles and revises outdated language in the state's Airport Zoning Act, bringing the state into compliance with FAA zoning requirements.
In Tennessee, AOPA worked to negotiate an exemption for flight schools from state education fees and related administrative burdens. The state legislature passed the law after a court challenge of the regulations failed. Flight schools had calculated that the fees and other expenses would have cost them between $6,000 and $15,000, forcing them to raise prices and potentially drive students out of state.
Despite so many significant victories in 2013, AOPA is not resting on its laurels. Next week take a look back—and ahead—at some of the big issues still on the table as AOPA moves into 2014, including changes to the third-class medical standard, the future of avgas, and the association's action to prevent unwarranted stops and searches of domestic GA flights.


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12" x 12" Oil on Stretched Canvas
This still life depicts a bunch of freshly cut pink peonies from the garden and placed in a glass. A single petal sits on the table and reflects in the metal planter sitting nearby.
I painted it feeling nostalgic for my pink rose painting days.
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Hey there. I got this sweet jacket and it was a little too big for me. I didn't buy it from somewhere with a sympathetic return policy and no longer have use for it, as I have bought a Medium and absolutely love it.
It can be yours for $199. Pretty great deal considering it retails at $279.
We could meet up if you live in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, or Washington, as I frequent these states occasionally, or you can send me a check/money order/cash/pay pal payment. I will ship it to you in whatever way you would like it shipped. I prefer priority 2-3 days, but I could also ship overnight if you pay a little extra for shipping.
Stay safe out there!


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Two teenagers were shot and seriously wounded this afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, among at least 15 people shot since midnight Monday, three of them fatally, authorities said.
Paramedics were called about 4:30 p.m. to the 2600 block of West Chicago Avenue for two people who'd been shot, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
They were both taken in serious to critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, said Langford.
Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala said the victims, both males in their teens, were shot in the chest and their conditions had stabilized at Stroger.
Earlier, a man was shot to death in the 4500 block of South Champlain Avenue, in what was believed to be the second homicide of the new year.
What appears to have been the third homicide of 2013 took place about two hours after the Champlain killing. About 4:56 p.m. in the Gage Park neighborhood, a man was shot in the chest in a possible drive-by shooting in the 5800 block of South Sacramento Avenue, Zala said about 7 p.m. He had no further details to release.
The man, identified as Devonta Grisson, 19, of the 6700 block of South Artesian Avenue, was declared dead on the scene at 5:05 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.


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Have You Heard About… Cherry Blossom Capers
…the latest mystery and murder in Washington D.C? Cherry Blossom Capers* by Gina Conroy, Frances Devine, Cara C. Putman and Lynette Sowell has something for everyone in this four-in-one collection of short stories. Each novella is a standalone, but the characters are Tara, an assistant chef at the White House, Susan, who owns a sweetshop, Ciara, an attorney, and Samantha, a budding archeologist. They each show up in other stories and are neighbors.
While mystery and murder are the theme of each novella, romance also plays a big part. The murder of a judge runs through each storyline, making these stories loosely connected. When each story ends, it's not really the end of the mystery as it's continued into the next story line, making for some really puzzling red herrings that will keep you reading in large blocks of time to the last page.
*Cherry Blossom Capers is part of the Romancing America series of unconnected inspirational romance novels.
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We are pleased to announce that we have ported Paradox Engine and Yebis 2 Post-Processing Middleware to Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation®4.
In order to successfully achieve this, we have managed to develop a a full C++ compatible Direct3D11/DXGI/D3DCompiler API layer on top of Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation®4's existing low level graphics API.The layer is extremely performant, and Yebis and Paradox could run with high quality settings. We plan to use this layer to port other middleware developed in our company.
um.. cool. No idea what it means but it looks kinda cool nonetheless.
"Yebis and Paradox could run with high quality settings."
That is awesome.


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Sarah Doukas is Britain's alpha fashion scout and founder of Storm Modelling Agency. She tells Luke Leitch how she spots fashion diamonds in the hoi-polloi rough.
BY Luke Leitch | 17 October 2012
Photo: Venetia Scott/Centrefold
She saw the dog first. A few months ago, Sarah Doukas had nipped into Knightsbridge for a lightning spot of lunch-break shopping, when a comely canine caught her eye. "That dog was just gorgeous," says Doukas. "And when I looked up, so was the girl walking it. So I stopped her." Doukas swooped and now that girl, 16-year-old Anya Taylor, is signed to Storm Models. "We're doing incredibly well with Anya," reports Doukas, "and she's acting and going up the movie path, too."
READ: Are these the new supermodels?
Spotting Anya is the last time Doukas felt the tingling thrill that comes when she sees a face in the crowd that she knows might make it as a fashion model. And Doukas's facility for scouting models, while not unerring (she recently brought back a handsome road sweeper to her office, only to have him rejected by her men's team) is as good as anyone's in the business.
Her most famous "scout" came in 1988, a year after she had founded the model agency, Storm, from her bedroom. Waiting for a flight back to London from New York, Doukas saw a beautiful 14-year-old in the queue ahead of her. On the plane, hemmed in in a window seat, she dispatched her brother and business partner, Simon Chambers, to approach the girl. Chambers reported back that her name was Kate Moss and, yes, she was rather interested in modelling.
IN PICTURES: From rags to riches: model discoveries
But Doukas is always asked about Moss - so today, sitting in a glass-walled office that insulates us from the hubbub of her ranks of phone-toting model agents outside, we move on. The floor of this ugly Chelsea building that has been Storm Models' HQ for 19 years has only recently been refurbished, and although Doukas is proud of her gleaming new workspace, she is edgy that she can no longer see the front door from her seat - just in case the next big thing walks in and she misses it.
In her 25 years as the matriarch of Storm, which now has 400-ish models on its books, Doukas has personally scouted scores of successful girls, including Liberty Ross (spotted in the Virgin Megastore on Tottenham Court Road) and Behati Prinsloo (spotted when Doukas was on holiday in South Africa). Her reputation is for giving hopefuls that other scouts might overlook a crack at the catwalk: from Moss herself - far shorter than most successful models - to Andrej Pejic, the effeminate Australian male model who has found particular success modelling womenswear.
READ: Andrej Pejic, the top model who won't get out of bed for less than $50 a day
Sometimes, Doukas's scouts have to pan the streets to strike gold: Jourdan Dunn, who in 2008 became the first black model on the Prada catwalk since Naomi Campbell in 1997, was found by Storm larking around in a Primark store. And sometimes fortune falls right into Doukas's lap. Cara Delevingne, indisputably the star model at the recent round of international fashion shows, has known Doukas since she was four years old: "She's my middle daughter's best friend. And she always had bags of personality."
IN VIDEO: Cara Delevingne gets dressed and shares her secrets
To mark Storm's 25th anniversary, the latest edition of the high-production, limited-circulation fashion magazine Centrefold has dedicated itself to the lavish editorial shots of the agency's best-known stars, as reproduced on this page. Photographing Cindy Crawford (on Storm's books for a decade) in New Mexico, Cara Delevingne in Manhattan and a tranche of its "Allstars" - including Eva Herzigova, Lily Cole, Lily Donaldson, Alek Wek, Pejic and Ross - was underwritten by Harry Handelsman of the Manhattan Loft Corporation, who says: "Sarah's work has credibility and intelligence: when done well, fashion can change people's perceptions."
READ: Cindy Crawford's design debut for C&A
Working with a property magnate to produce a fashion magazine is precisely the type of convoluted connection Doukas says is Storm's bread and butter. "Working here is very addictive. There are terrible dramas, and seemingly impossible problems to solve. There are double-bookings and clients changing shoots worth tens of thousands of pounds at the last minute. I'm always on two phones and you have to be manipulative sometimes."
The phones at Storm are in constant use - and not always on conventional fashion business. Sylvester Stallone and Warren Beatty have called Storm in search of models' phone numbers - and Doukas gets letters from Parkhurst prison, too: "There is always crazy stuff going on," she says.
She is scathing about many of fashion's ugly contradictions, including its continued emphasis on Caucasian models in the European fashion powerhouses. "When you've got a girl as beautiful as Jourdan, then she will work anywhere. In America, because of the population, it is much more balanced. Here, though, it is still more of a token thing, and that is infuriating. Although you are now getting a lot of Asian girls coming through."
The international catwalks, says Doukas, remain the aspirant model's ultimate ambition, because they expose them to so many influential photographers and editors in one fell swoop. "But to go off to do the shows at 16 - New York, Milan, Paris - the craziness of it all is so much I don't know how someone aged 21 does it, let alone aged 16.
"London is easier: we are a lot softer here and people are more caring, in my opinion. But when the Russian scouts send out girls aged 14 to do the shows; as a parent I think it's just not on."
Hence, she says, she will never send an under-16 year-old abroad (under-age girls are prohibited on London's catwalks) and even when they are a bit older, they will often be chaperoned.
IN PICTURES: Britain's next top model Cara Delevingne stalks the spring/summer 2013 catwalks
As for the body-shape demanded by designer catwalk castings, Doukas is equally trenchant: "They have to conform to a ridiculous ideal. They've got to be exactly 5ft 10in, 5ft 11in at the most, they can only have a 34-1/2-inch hip, maximum - how could somebody of that height be that tight? If you've got a big frame, forget it."
She adds: "I do get crazy about it. And I'm not passing the buck, but the girls still really want to be in those shows. Because if they are they will do the best editorial, be the top girls, and get the best campaigns. But I think the shows are a nightmare. They are put under extreme pressure, flown to four countries under an appalling show schedule - some of them do 35 shows in Milan - so by the time they get to Paris they are burnt out and tearful. But they do it because once you've got Anna Wintour and all the editors looking at them, it's their showcase."
Doukas concedes that she doesn't always bag the beauties. She rejected Stella Tennant - "She was one that got away, you have to be phlegmatic" - and recently, while on a narrowboat near Lewes, recalls seeing a glowingly gorgeous young girl coming out of a travellers' caravan alongside. Doukas dived in, made her pitch, and took the girl's number. But this one got away, too. "She just didn't want to leave her world."
READ: Older models: the golden girls
Doukas says she can't imagine stopping work any time soon, and will always be on the lookout for that next discovery . "I love watching people; young, old, anyone. And while I don't think about modelling morning noon and night, it doesn't matter where I am - if that face is there, I will spot it."
Kate Moss on the cover of issue 8 of Centrefold PHOTO: Venetia Scott
Move over, Harpers : it's quite some coup for a high-concept fashion magazine like Centrefold to have secured the sheer strength-in-depth of high-fashion talent that stars in its latest issue.
IN PICTURES: Storm models for Centrefold magazine
Founded in 2003 in London by creative directors Andrew Hobbs and Warren Beeby, Centrefold is an unabashedly specialist title that's tilted squarely at print-obsessives. Hobbs says: "We have always loved the relationship between good design, paper quality and high-end printing, all married to great imagery. We work to showcase the work of photographers and graphic designers using our concept of having a fold-out poster at the centre of the magazine. And then we send it out to leading creatives in the UK and internationally, as well as making a limited selection available for sale at specialist stores." This Storm-celebrating issue number 8 - whose pictures we exclusively reproduce here - was supported by the Manhattan Loft Corporation and riffed, says Hobbs, on the concept of "space". Thanks to Andrew, the MLC and Storm for allowing us use of Centrefold 's work. To learn more check centrefoldmagazine.blogspot.com and, on Twitter, @CentrefoldMagUK.


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Zen Forum International began as an alternative (of sorts) for Zen practitioners to E-Sangha, an online forum that doesn't exist today which many criticized as being sectarian in tone and autocratic in governance. It was supposed to be a place where views could be expressed without suppression, a place where "controversial" takes on teachings like rebirth could be expressed without literal banning or threat of banning.
First, let me state that I've never understood the need for moderators on forums all that much – certainly not moderators who are doing things beyond daily maintenance and removing truly obvious internet trolling. I understand it is a private forum and that it is financed by some of those who moderate, so they can administer it however they like. That said, I don't understand why people can't just say anything.
I've always felt that open dialogue is the only way to go. When we try to control conversations, it only builds resentment and prompts one to suspect the moderator's motivation (it led to Zen teacher Jundo Cohen leaving the forum, stating, "I resigned (I was not banned, though it was rather mutual) from ZFI because I ran into trouble with the owners there who did not care for my critical style on certain topics, pretty much the very same essays and opinions I posted (or Shel has posted) in this very thread in fact (same cause at E-Sangha too)."
Is Zen Forum International a place where tough issues affecting the Zen community can be discussed? Well, it has been, at times. Recently threads are being locked down and many posts are being deleted by members who are not acting appropriately. They aren't talking about what those who run the place have decided is appropriate on a forum dedicated to Zen Buddhism. Apparently, that includes discussing further the Eido Shimano scandal (interesting timing, considering) or, now, the one involving Open Mind Zen and Fusho Al Rapaport. Both threads are locked.
On the thread titled "Teacher Sexual misconduct -Eido Tai Shimano, ZSS, and others," a thread which became a catchall for all Zen teacher mess-ups, the moderator locked the thread on the 17th stating:
"I have just removed several more posts. Everything that can be known about Eido Shimano and ZSS, and the past and current state(s) of affairs has been fully set out here by participants with differing points of view. Nothing new is being added, merely points scoring and/or personal bickering over whose allegations and views are more or less "true."
The spectacle we're witnessing on this board now is adding nothing to the body of knowledge or understanding, and is more posturing and insults.
I am locking this topic. The moderators will review whether or not it will be reopened. Nonin will be asked to recuse himself form the moderators' discussion, as he has been an active participant in the exchanges here. If you want to communicate your views about whether the topic should remain locked or be reopened you may do so by PM either to myself or to "Global Moderators" — but NOT on the open forum."
This is exactly how E-Sangha operated. Open discussions on autocratic decisions affecting the free speech of others were never welcomed, and one's only recourse was to talk to the very ones doing the censorship. Not exactly a fair system but then, as we said, they are a private forum and can do whatever they like. Such measures do not lead to discussion (ahem, forum!) and just send folks away.
Another thread was begun on the 17th by Kobutsu Malone (of the Shimano Archive) regarding Sweeping Zen's recent coverage of the Open Mind Zen controversy. This, also, was locked down shortly after appearing. It seems that Zen Forum International is not a place for critical discussion, which is sad. They had the opportunity to really go in a different direction than that which was taken by E-Sangha – a direction which included individuals who always had the final dharma word and who censored and suppressed the speech of folks.
So what if people get cranky on the forum? So what if someone called me a name?
What are we, on a playground? Is there a list of books we need to burn, too?
UPDATE: The thread on Eido Shimano has since been reopened, and I appreciate the way in which it was handled. It's nice to see that we can disagree and be critical of one another without taking offense. Keeping that thread open is extraordinarily important, as we see from the events of August 12 where Shimano was back on ZSS property for Obon and Sanmon Gate ceremonies. Note that Shimano's regalia is quite more elaborate than Shinge Chayat, and note who sits at the center of the group photo. All has been said on the matter? Not hardly.
I do take issue with, "…We have decided to reopen the topic for one purpose: to provide a place for reporting new information concerning changes in the Shimano/ZSS situation that may occur.
If you have such a report for posting please send it by PM to "GLOBAL MODERATORS." We will not approve opinion pieces or commentary or discussion. The moderation team may edit any post before approving it.
Moving forward, we will not allow open-ended discussion on this topic…"
I've had to revise my previous update. This is silliness. Basically, the moderating team will now completely dominate the discussions on Shimano…and revise…anyone's post on the matter…as they see fit.
In other words, they can make you say something you did not. If the worry is over accuracy, there is some real irony here.


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When getting there is assumed and what counts is your arrival, you need a ride with Coach cachet, Ferragamo flair, Saks snobbery, Vuitton verve.
In the travertine halls of the Somerset Collection, a ritzy shopping enclave in the Detroit suburb of Troy, Michigan, our quintet of all-weather Arrival Vehicles—let's call them AVs—basked in admiring glances. Burberry and Ralph Lauren behind showroom glass, Lexus and Mercedes out front, the coveting begins at 10 a.m.
Of course, an AV will get you to most any terrestrial destination; all-wheel drive, traction control, stability control, and onboard navigation see to that. But it's the designer details and gilt-edge labels that mark an arrival.
Arrival—as opposed to just plain ol' arrival—naturally costs a little more, the price of moving up the status pyramid far enough to be where everybody isn't. Unrolling 45 or 50 thou won't put you up in the thin oxygen, but the manners are more polite and the leather is softer.
This comparison test is prompted by four new entries in this so-called "compact-luxury sport-utility" class. We're facing them off against the veteran BMW X3, first introduced in 2004, the winner of our last roundup [July 2007]. For the record, these crossover vehicles are all based on passenger-car platforms.
The Audi Q5, newborn for 2009 and Audi's first entry in the segment, is based on the similarly new A4 sedan. A 3.2-liter V-6 and Quattro all-wheel drive are standard equipment.
The new-for-2010 Lexus RX350 follows the formula that made its predecessor the bestseller in the segment, a sumptuous leather cabin riding on a creamy suspension. Choose front- or all-wheel drive.
Mercedes-Benz, long a lofty presence in heavyweight SUVs, for the first time lowers its sights to the compact segment with the 2010 GLK350, which is based on C-class architecture. A 3.5-liter V-6 is standard equipment, backed by a seven-speed automatic, with your choice of rear- or all-wheel drive.
Volvo's swoopy XC60 debuts as a 2010 model, a shortened and much resculpted take on a platform shared by the V70/XC70/S80 models. The 3.0-liter, turbocharged inline-six spools up to 281 peak horsepower, making it the top performer of this group, on paper at least.
Golf clap, please, for these five AVs.


text: I'm currently in my second semester at Cooley. Yes, I know the reputation they have. I currently have a 3.88 at Cooley, undergrad GPA of 3.91, and terrible LSAT of 147. I'm looking to transfer after this semester, and really looking at Northeastern. Any thoughts from somebody that goes there or transferred in the past? Also considering Penn State, Hofstra, and St. John's. What are the chances of getting in at these schools and anybody know what the financial aid situation is for transfers? Thanks.


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by by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne
Illustrations by Franklin Habit
The problem ladies have all the answers!
Dear Problem Ladies:
I don't even know why I'm writing, because I'm not even asking a question. It's just that I think I'm done with knitting. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm just working too much these days to knit. And all this yarn I've stashed is bringing me down.
Partied Out
Dear Partied Out:
WHAT? HOLD ON! Sit down here for a minute. Here's a cup of Tang. Have a saltine.
We are so glad you wrote, because we would like to talk you down from the precipice.
We have been there. We have hit rock bottom on knitting. There have been moments when we wondered if we would ever knit again. These periods tend to hit when we have frankly over-knitted—when there are globs of incomplete knitting stuck to all the upholstered surfaces of our home. When the bales of yarn under the bed actually become the bed. When there's a Hefty bag sitting in the middle of the den, and we know there's yarn in it, yet we can't remember what kind. When we've come home from Rhinebeck so jacked up on kettle corn and lanolin that we sit in a stupor for three days, shuddering with the overstimulation of it all.
This is all part of what it is to be a knitter. It's a peaks-and-valleys thing, once you really hurl yourself into it. Unlike most things in life, a pastime like knitting allows for wild and unbridled obsession. You can go all the way—you can get down into 0000 needles, making a lace collar for a stuffed mouse. You can make eighteen cowls. You can amass a perfect inventory of every shade of Rowan Lightweight DK. In this world, there is no such thing as too much. Until, of course, your inner regulator fires off a signal and you discover that, incredibly enough, there is a limit to where knitting will lead you.
In our experience, that's a great thing. In fact, we would suggest that these periods of lying fallow are actually productive, even necessary. Will you ditch knitting forever? Um, we would bet money that you won't. Once a knitter, always a knitter.
Our only advice is not to ditch your stash. (Yarn is pricey.) Or, if you're seeking catharsis, ditch only the yarn you bought on sale, because we all know that that stuff represents the weaker side of yourself. Just put it all away, forget about it, and work on your rubber stamping, or gardening, or aphorism writing. It'll be there on that day—maybe years from now—when you rediscover it, and knitting will be so great, all over again.
Dear Problem Ladies,
Just saw a report from the big yarn trade show that eyelash yarn is back. What up with that?
Dear Dismayed,
Yeah, we saw that too. What is it about disconcerting things returning from the past? American Express just emailed us that we were eligible to pre-order tickets for a Van Halen concert next month. We didn't want to do that in 1977, never mind 2012.
This is not Betty White reappearing for a triumphant victory lap. This is a jowly politician from 1994 lurching back into view. We have still not seen a project involving eyelash yarn that makes us sigh with delight. We're not saying it's impossible, but we look at a lot of knitting. Seriously, we think there are a lot of yarns more fun to work with, more satisfying in the end, than eyelash yarn.
Zen koan: If you can't see the stitches, is it knitting?
Take Your Beloved Stash on a Vacation
Dear Problem Ladies,
Have you ever been on a knitting tour? Was it fun?
Dear Andrea,
Oh, every single trip we take is a freaking knitting tour. Anytime we hit the road, for any reason at all, we spend more time calculating our knitting requirements than figuring out the clothes. It's how a person ends up at the beach with eight skeins of mohair/merino worsted weight yarn and no underpants.
As for one of the organized trips that seem to be cropping up more than ever, we wistfully press our noses against our computer screens and wish for the moment in life when we could stop, drop, and wander around, say, Scotland, trailing yarn behind us and meeting fascinating yarn makers. We keep reading about trips to Iceland. That sounds incredible to us: sitting in a geothermal pool while binding off a sleeve. Wallowing in a vast pile of lopi. Staring into some steamy crevice and considering the immortal, while knitting in the round.
Knitting's best teachers are often a feature of these trips. It all sounds just great.
How to Talk to Your Dog about Yarn
Dear Problem Ladies,
How do I convince my terrier that the bags of yarn lying around the house are my toys and shouldn't be killed?
@SilknLinen, via Twitter
Dear SilknLinen,
As you no doubt have discovered, the terrier race is not known for being open to persuasion. Given that terriers were bred for catching rats and other small, greasy scavengers, it is upsetting to see how much a terrier loves kid mohair. It doesn't bear thinking about.
The motto of the realistic terrier owner has got to be: Pick Your Battles. Here's what the terrier-cohabiting half of the Problem Ladies does: she lets the terrier win a few. When, through owner error or sloth, a ball of potentially rodential yarn makes it into the terrier's mouth, she adopts a wait-and-see attitude. If the yarn is meant to survive, it will be abandoned in favor of the squeaky hedgehog toy, or the aroma of someone making a smoked turkey sandwich in the kitchen. (Problem Lady also worries about the possibility that rats taste like smoked turkey. Sorry about that.) When you think about it, losing the occasional ball of fine fiber is pretty low on the list of Problematic Terrier Behaviors.
Does Washing Lace Mean Re-blocking It?
Dear Problem Ladies,
Do I really have to re-block a lace garment every time I wash it?
@moniru1, via Twitter
Dear moniru1,
You sound strikingly like a young boy we know who asks questions such as: "Do I really need to put the remnants of my Hot Pocket somewhere other than on the floor of the den?" and "Are you seriously suggesting that four hours of Xbox in one day is too much Xbox?"
We think you know the answer to this question. But we don't blame you for asking. Once you wash a lace garment and decide to punt on the re-blocking, we think you'll naturally reach for the blocking pins, because that lace is not going to look as fabulous as it did back when you blocked it the first time.
Dear Problem Ladies,
I keep seeing hemp yarn. Everybody says it's like linen only softer; like cotton only better. I am a little embarrassed to ask this, but what exactly is hemp? I thought it was, like, you know, related to pot. I know it's not pot, but how not pot is it?
Law-abiding Knitter
Dear Law-abiding Knitter,
We love hemp yarn! It's sturdy, it's un-wooly, and it makes the most amazing string bags (and garments, and scarves). We are completely, 100% pro-hemp yarn. However, like you, the Problem Ladies have had a foggy, bleary-eyed, dazed understanding of this fiber.
But now, all has been made clear, thanks to the North American Industrial Hemp Council, an organization working hard to explain hemp. Here's what they tell us:
Hemp has been grown for at least the last 12,000 years for fiber used in textiles and paper, as well as for food. Industrial hemp and marijuana are both classified by taxonomists as Cannabis sativa, a species with hundreds of varieties. Industrial hemp is bred to maximize fiber, seed and/or oil, while marijuana varieties seek to maximize THC (delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana).
According to the NAIHC, to receive a standard psychoactive dose would require a person to power-smoke ten to twelve hemp cigarettes over an extremely short period of time. The large volume and high temperature of vapor, gas and smoke would be almost impossible for a person to withstand. Alternatively, if one tried to ingest enough industrial hemp to get a buzz, it would be the equivalent of taking two to three doses of a high-fiber laxative. Please let us know if any of you attempts this, because we like knowing people who do totally wacky stuff.
Hemp was grown commercially (with increasing governmental interference) in the United States until the 1950s, only to be doomed by the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which placed an extremely high tax on marijuana and made it effectively impossible to grow industrial hemp. While Congress expressly expected the continued production of industrial hemp, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics lumped industrial hemp with marijuana, as its successor the US Drug Enforcement Administration, does to this day.
Net result: you're not going to find American-grown hemp, unless you've got some cousin up in the Appalachian mountains who likes a challenge.
Finally, if you're still reading this, HIGH FIVE! You are clearly hemp curious, so here is some Platinum Access hemp lore, courtesy of the NAIHC:
- George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper.
- Because of its importance for sails and rope for ships, hemp was a required crop in the American colonies.
- Industrial hemp has a THC content of between 0.05% and 1%. Marijuana has a THC content of 3% to 20%.
- More than thirty industrialized democracies distinguish hemp from marijuana. International treaties regarding marijuana make an exception for industrial hemp.
- Canada now allows the growing of hemp.
- Wearing a hemp necklace will make you as supermellow as Jack Johnson. (Okay, we were just testing to see if you would read this far.)


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After taking your gas-powered equipment to hell and back year after year, the engine's eventually going to conk out. And when that day inevitably comes, it doesn't make sense to buy a whole new set-up, not when the only thing broken is the engine. Sure, you could get it repaired or try to fix it yourself, but that's a crap shoot at best. For the price, you should just replace the engine.
The Predator 212 cc, 7 HP OHV Horizontal Gas Engine is fierce on power and performance, but really easy on price. That said, it's also gained a large following with those looking to replace the engines on their wood splitters, lawn mowers, roto-tillers, pumps, compressors, snow blowers, lawn vacuums, leaf vacuums, generators… you name it. I even saw one guy who put it on his wakeskate winch.
The Predator engine is also the "green" choice with its super-efficient, clean overhead shaft design, which passes Carb and EPA standards in all states (there's also a California-approved model!),and delivers a cooler performance and longer life. In short, the horizontal shaft makes this an ideal all-purpose replacement engine.
And now, during December 2012, Harbor Freight Tools is offering the hot Predator 212 cc, 7 HP engine for only $99.99 with coupon! Check out the store's homepage to find this great deal.
Check out the Predator 212 cc and other Predator gas engines now available online and in your local Harbor Freight Tools store.


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Yesterday at Tech Ed IT Pro 2008 in Orlando we announced some of the enhancements we're making in Internet Explorer 8 to help IT Professionals deploy and manage IE8 within their organization. We wanted to share those with the IT Pros on our blog.
Over the last year we've surveyed over 2000 IT Professionals to understand their concerns and priorities for deploying and managing desktops and software within their organization. We learned that IT Pros have a lot of things to worry about - more than 30 different concerns came up. However, some topics arose considerably more frequently than others. Here are the top ones:
- Deployment and implementation of new technology
- Managing updates and upgrades
- Application compatibility
- Security of data, network and systems
Internet Explorer 7 already has a pretty strong deployment and management story. For IE7 IT Pros are able to:
- Generate customized builds that include company's settings and branding by using Internet Explorer Administration Kit(IEAK)
- Centrally manage browser settings through group policy
- Use common deployment infrastructures like Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, Systems Management Server and Active Directory
In addition to deployment and management support, IE 7 introduced a number of features intended to help your users browse more safely and hence protect your corporate data, network and systems:
- Phishing Filter
- ActiveX Opt-in
- Extended Validation Certificates
IE7 did a lot to address the concerns of the IT Professionals but we felt there were some places we could improve. Yesterday, we announced some of our new features:
Slipstream Support in Internet Explorer 8
We got consistent feedback from customers that deploying Internet Explorer 7 as part of Windows XP is hard. Many IT Pros want to update their Windows XP images to contain IE7 by default, so IE7 gets installed as part of the OS install. To do that the IT Pros need to boot their existing images of Windows XP, install IE7 and then recapture the image. This process roughly takes 2 hours per image.
With Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Vista you'll be able to "Slipstream" Internet Explorer 8 into a Vista image so that when you deploy Vista it already contains Internet Explorer 8. To slipstream IE8 only takes 10-15 minute per image. You'll also be able to slipstream IE8 cumulative updates so that you are shipping the most up to date and secure image.
Look out for a forthcoming post to learn more about Slipstreaming IE8.
Application Compatibility and Internet Explorer 8
You have seen a lot of discussion on this blog about our decision to ship Internet Explorer 8 with standards mode switched on by default. Today, not all sites are built to conform to web standards so we've given end users and developers control over how sites display in IE8.
How about IT Professionals? For one, we're adding new events to the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) that help you detect and resolve potential issues between IE8 and your internal applications and web sites. For another, we're providing Group Policy settings that help you control, with great granularity, those settings that most impact compatibility. Lastly, we're looking at how to intelligently solve this problem for intranets - providing the greatest application and web site compatibility while still maintaining our core tenets of security, performance, and reliability.
Security in Internet Explorer 8
The Internet has changed the way that people live and work. People are spending more and more time on the web but this growth in web usage also attracted people who have malicious intent. From phishing scams to sites which install malware, the web can be a dangerous place to be. Who hasn't had to jump across the keyboard/mouse to stop a friend or loved one visiting a phishing site or installing a piece of suspicious software? What happens when that person doesn't have their tech-savvy friend watching over their shoulder?
Did you know that more than $3 billion has been lost in Phishing scams? The browser – and particularly in IE8 - plays an important role in helping protect users against a range of attacks, from social attacks like phishing to browser based exploits.
Rather than cover those features here, we've already posted information about some of the ways we're helping your users browse more safely:
There's more to come around security in later blog postings.
Updates to the IEAK
The internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) enables IT Pros to customize IE for their company's needs. You might be familiar with this tool since it was available for IE6 and IE7. In IE8, IEAK is getting a facelift. We have fixed a number of bugs and added some enhancements to improve the performance of IEAK. IEAK8 will support custom IE8 builds for new platforms: Vista and Windows Server 2008 and new IE8 features like Activities and Web Slices.
Stay tuned for a follow-up blog post that will contain more detail about IEAK8.
Wrap Up
We plan to include all of the above mentioned features in our Beta 2 release which is planned for August 2008. As always when developing software, features can get cut or postponed if we find bugs that affect ship quality but right now we're on track to have these features for Beta 2.
IE7 was a great browser to deploy and manage in an enterprise or business environment. With IE8, we're doubling down on that investment to make sure that we have the best browser to deploy and manage in an enterprise environment.
Jane Maliouta - IE Program Manager
James Pratt - IE Product Manager
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Gerard Butler Parties 'Gangnam Style' with Psy!
Gerard Butler wears a newsboy cap and rides his bicycle on Wednesday (September 19) in the Soho neighborhood of New York City.
The 42-year-old actor reportedly partied over the weekend with pals Leonardo DiCaprio and Stacy Keibler along with "Gangnam Style" singer Psy after his surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live.
The group sat in a VIP section in the Meatpacking District's 1Oak, but didn't get up and dance when "Gangnam Style" played that evening, according to the New York Post.
Last week, Gerard attended events at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.