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And that's just a quick sample of the acronyms in use. Not only is this rather overwhelming, but it's pretty obvious that none of these can be pronounced without enunciating every single letter in turn. The most ridiculous one was allegedly coined by a representative of Wesleyan University, and goes something like 'LGBTTQQFAGIPBDSM...' which stands for 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Flexual, Asexual, Genderqueer, Intersex, Polyamourous, BDSM and anything else we might have forgotten'. Great, but what are the chances of anyone actually remembering that?
The only suggestion I came across that actually comes close to rolling of the tongue was coined by the magazine Anything That Moves, and that's 'FABGLITTER' (Fetish, Allies, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Intersexed, Transgender, Transsexual Engendering Revolution). Unfortunately, even this doesn't include every possible sexual or gender-identity minority out there.
One has to ask the question: Isn't there a better way of being inclusive than stringing letters together to form cumbersome abbreviations? What's wrong with naming your organization the 'Queer Alliance' or 'Rainbow Alliance', or something equally pronounceable like that?
Apparently, it all started in the 1980s. According to the wikipedia article on LGBT history:
Since the mid-1980s students at high schools and universities have organized LGBT groups, often called Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) at their respective schools. The groups form to provide support for LGBT students and to promote awareness of LGBT issues in the local community.
But even within these groups, there have always been tensions regarding inclusivity. From Wikipedia's LGBT page:
after the initial euphoria of the beginnings of the Stonewall riots wore off, starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a change in perception and some gays and lesbians were not very accepting of bisexual or transgender people.
It was thought that transsexual people were acting out stereotypes; and bisexuals were simply gay men or lesbian women who were simply afraid to "come out" and be honest about their identity. Like many organizations, the movement underwent growing pains, and these are seen even today in the fact that there is no agreement as to whether the acronym should be GLBT or LGBT.
Not until the 1990s did it become common to speak of "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people" with equal respect within the movement. Although the LGBT community has seen some controversy regarding universal acceptance of different members (transgender individuals, in particular, have sometimes been marginalized by the larger LGBT community), the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion.
These days, people are coming out or labeling themselves with all sorts of different things though. Apart from us Asexuals, there are the those who are Transsexual, Intersex, Pansexual, Omnisexual, Genderqueer, Two Spirit, Unsure, Curious, Fetish, and numerous others that don't come to mind right now. As the existing LGBT groups decide to accept more and more of these groups into their organizations it seems only logical at first to just tag on another letter or two. Until, that is, you get to the point where you have to widen your doors to fit all the letters on the plaque.
'So, what does this have to do with asexuality?', you may ask. Well, I'll tell you. Like most other sexual and gender-identity minorities, we collectively tend to expect Queer organizations to welcome us into their groups with open arms. I'm one of the collective and I'd love to see evidence of at least the recognition of asexuality on more of these organizations' websites. It has to be said that some of them do more than this, offering information on asexuality, links to our community sites and allowing asexuals to join their meetings. But I can totally understand why the ones who don't do any of this may have a problem with being an umbrella for everyone who doesn't quite fit in with the norm. And I definitely understand now why they are loathe to add yet another A onto their already cumbersome acronyms for us. But as I see it, there are two alternative paths we can take:
- We drop all the acronyms, revise our missions statements, and group everything under an all-inclusive name like Gender & Sexuality Variation Alliance (or the more traditional Queer or Rainbow Alliance) that won't have to be changed every few years.
- We fragment into dozens of different types of organizations, each with just one sexual or gender-identity minority in its remit. We have a Gay Society, a Bi Society and an Asexual Society and never mix.
Obviously, the second one is impractical, as there are generally very few members of any one minority in any particular area (try setting up an Asexual Society in your town and see how popular it is…). And let's not forget that there is strength in numbers - that's the very reason why LGB organizations were created in the first place, right? So shouldn't we – meaning everyone, including the open-minded heterosexuals - stop focusing on what makes us different from each other and start working together to educate society about the very real and natural variations in gender and sexuality that occur? Sorry if I'm starting to sound like a John Lennon song, but doesn't that make some sense?


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Bradley Cooper & Zoe Saldana: 'The Master' Movie Date!
Bradley Cooper holds his rumored girlfriend Zoe Saldana close as they leave the ArcLight Dome Theater on Saturday night (September 22) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 37-year-old Silver Linings Playbook actor and Zoe, 34, went to see the flick The Master together.
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Earlier that same day, Bradley was spotted leaving Zoe's house after reportedly spending the evening there. The Words co-stars were in a relationship earlier this year, and it appears as if they have rekindled their romance.
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Snow moving into Maine Monday
2 to 4 inches expected west, south of Portland
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Dating sites can be haven for sex pests, say cops
Some people online might not be who they say they are
The capital's coppers are warning lonely hearts to think about their safety when signing up to online dating sites because they can be a haven for sex offenders.
"Whilst the majority of clients are unlikely to have ulterior or dubious motives for using dating sites, it could still be something of a refuge for potential sex offenders to carry out their criminality undetected," Detective Sergeant Gary Welsh of Sutton CID said in a canned statement from The Met.
The law said that there was often a lack of checks on dating sites for new clients, particularly those sites which do not require you to identify yourself or enter your credit card details to sign up.
The warning comes after cops in Sutton, in southwest London, started an investigation last week into allegations that a man harassed a woman he met through an online dating agency on social media, including Facebook.
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Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was fined for taunting Houston's D.J. Swearinger after the Texans defensive back forced Denver receiver Wes Welker out of last week's preseason game with a concussion.
Welker left the contest after taking a hit from Swearinger late in the first half and Manning completed a touchdown pass on the next play. Manning raced into the end zone and yelled at Swearinger, drawing a taunting penalty.
The Denver Post and ESPN reported the fine to be $8,258 and Manning was quoted by ESPN as saying it was "money well spent."
Welker is still recovering from the concussion, his third in the past 10 months, and coach John Fox has said the receiver will return when he's medically cleared.


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BUHLER — Eldon L. Jost, 87, of Buhler, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Nov. 20, 2012, at the Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler.
He was born the fourth of five children to Frank R. and Marie (Loewen) Jost of rural Hillsboro, on March 6, 1925. He married Luella L. Schroeder of Buhler on July 17, 1947.
Upon marriage and moving to Buhler, in 1952, Eldon and Simon Wiens began Jost & Wiens Construction Co., which was known for several prominent buildings, and many houses in the area. In 1987, he formed E.L. Jost Construction.
Eldon was a loving and devoted husband and father who enjoyed his family, work and church and community service. He served on the Buhler USD 313 school board from 1967–1987 with 12 years as president; as well as the Hutchinson Hospital board, the Hutchinson Home Builders Association, and numerous church and community boards and organizations.
Eldon and Luella celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in July with family and friends.
He is survived by his wife, Luella of Buhler; children, Randy and Debbie Jost of Ottawa, and Roger and G.B. Jost of Newton; a brother, Victor and his wife, Myrna Jost of Hillsboro; grandchildren, Mitchell and Nikki Jost of Tulsa, Okla., Claire Jost of Wichita, Aaron Jost of Arkadelphia, Ark., and Andrew Jost of Salina; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives, friends and loved ones. Eldon's mother, father and three siblings preceded him in passing.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at the Buhler Mennonite Brethren Church, Buhler, with Pastors Nick Rempel and Brent Warkentin. Burial will follow at Buhler East Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6 to 8 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at Buhler Mortuary, Buhler.
Memorials may be sent to Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler Mennonite Brethren Church or Tabor College, in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 N. Main, Buhler, KS 67522.
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Allow me to go out on a limb here and predict that President Obama and Republican leaders will agree to raise the debt ceiling, averting an economic crisis. This prediction is based in part on reports I am hearing of tentative progress: Administration sources say both sides are agreeing to cuts in spending in a cordial and serious process, and that the cuts are distributed among the constituents of both parties. If they continue making progress, they'll be able to win the votes from House Republicans and nervous Senate Democrats to pass a debt ceiling increase.
But you don't need to know any of that to make this prediction. You simply need to recognize exactly where we are in the midst of a familiar storyline. The debt ceiling fight is just like the fight over funding to keep the government from shutting down, which was just like the fight over extending the Bush tax cuts, which was just like … well, you get the idea.
Washington has become a Saturday serial like the kind they showed at the cinema in the middle of the last century. Each episode ends with a cliffhanger in which the hero or heroine is placed in a situation of imminent peril, from which there is no possible escape. Viewers had to return the next week to see how the last cliffhanger was successfully resolved and be introduced to the next cliffhanger.
Here's a brief viewers' guide to the action so that you can anticipate what's going to happen next and comfort your little sister, who is easily scared:
It's All About Economic Fear. All sides agree that failing to reach a deal on tax cuts/ funding the government/raising the debt ceiling would severely affect the fragile recovery. Agreement on this fact foreshadows the happy ending because in the end no wants to get stuck with the blame for harming the economy.
No New Taxes. Republicans refuse to support any deal that includes a tax increase. The president met with Republican senators last week and said any significant deficit reduction required to raise the debt ceiling could not be reached without some kind of tax increase. A House leadership aide says that House Speaker John Boehner expects the president to cave on this position as he did on tax cuts for the wealthiest.
Hostage-Taking. Last year, the president famously said "Republicans [were] holding middle-class tax relief hostage because they're insisting we've got to give tax relief to millionaires and billionaires." During the shutdown fight that was Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer's claim. Last week White House spokesman Jay Carney took up the charge.
Enter the Vice President. To solve the situation, Joe Biden is called in to negotiate with leaders of both parties. The meetings are cordial. He appears afterward to offer his assessment of how well they went.
No Progress. News accounts say that no progress is being made. Pundits sound the alarm.
Progress. Meanwhile, negotiators are making progress. Pundits sound the alarm.
DemocraticFreakout. Democratic officials complain that the president isn't doing enough. He's selling them out in a final deal with Republicans. Democratic senators expressed this sentiment in a meeting with Obama and his aides last week.
Tea Party Freakout. Various Tea Party-affiliated activists claim that House GOP leaders are selling out. (This also happens with each sunrise.)
Uh-Oh, Daddy'sHome. Obama weighs in and tells both sides to stop playing politics in order to get a deal. If you want a good seat for this coming act, go to the White House briefing room: That's where he did it during the tax cut fight and government shutdown tussle.
We're All Doomed. News reports quote aides who say both sides have never been farther apart. A deal, if there ever was one, is crumbling.
Let's Make a Deal. Both sides believe doing nothing would harm the economy; they make a deal. That pressures the president because he'll get the large share of the blame if the economy slides. Republicans make a deal because they are boasting they're the adults in Washington, and shutting down the government or defaulting on its obligations doesn't suggest adult behavior.
Saturday serial hero Captain Marvel had a niftier suit than the boxy ones Washington politicians wear. But his ability to avert a crisis that looked certain to cause destruction was just as predictable. Of course, Captain Marvel faced outside forces of doom. In Washington, the politicians are just saving themselves from themselves.
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Children In Need line up and discussion post
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DONT FORGET TO DONATE HERE www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey OR ON 03457 33 22 33
From Doctor Who to Strictly, Top Gear to Tim Minchin, here's what to expect from the BBC charity extravaganza.
7:00pm The One Show: Children in Need Special Ahead of tonight's charity telethon, Matt Baker and Alex Jones are live at Television Centre to welcome Team Rickshaw to the finish line after their 400-mile journey. Plus, One Direction will be in the studio and the show's reporters reveal some of the more unusual ways people have been raising money up and down the country.
7:30pm Children in Need Terry Wogan, Tess Daly, and Fearne Cotton present the marathon night of fun and fundraising, which begins with a performance by boy-band One Direction. Then there's the first of two Children in Need Doctor Who exclusives: a prequel to this year's Christmas Special written by Steven Moffat.
8:00pm Russell Grant and Ann Widdecombe join Anton Du Beke and Flavia Cacace for what promises to be a memorable Strictly Come Dancing charity dance-off.
8:30pm Next comes an exclusive trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special, which will give viewers their first look at the Doctor and his new companion. Then Aled Jones faces the daunting task of uniting thousands of children all over the UK to sing live in a mass nationwide choir. Plus Pudsey Bear will be dancing with his namesake – Pudsey the Dog from Britain's Got Talent.
9:00pm Girls Aloud make their return to the stage with a live performance of the Children in Need single Something New.
9:30pm Zara Phillips, Tom Daley, Ellie Simmonds and a host of stars from Team GB strut their stuff in a fun-filled music video, before Susan Boyle and Girls Aloud perform in the studio
10:00pm Sarah Millican's Television Programme The Geordie comedienne presents a Children in Need special of her comedy show, and there's more music from One Direction.
10:35pm Children in Need X Factor winners Little Mix kick off BBC1's second round of Children in Need with a performance. Then the Top Gear lads will entertain the BBC's newsreaders, who'll be facing off against one another to find out who's the fastest in a reasonably-priced car.
11:00pm Not Going Out Lee Mack stars in a Children In Need special of the BBC sitcom, and Leona Lewis sings live. Plus there's a look at Children in Need fundraising parties taking place all over Britain.
11:30pm Misery Bear and Geri Halliwell reveal what happened to Pudsey's eye.
12 midnight Nick Grimshaw takes over hosting duties, and both Paloma Faith and Tim Minchin will be singing live. To finish there'll be a look back at the evening's highlights before the grand total of the night's charity spectacular is revealed.
All timings from 8:00pm are approximate
Make donations to Children in Need with a credit or debit card by phone via 0345 733 2233 or online at bbc.co.uk/pudsey
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How is this possible?
My hubby bought this this bread about end of March 2013 with best by date April 21. (sometimes he is home sick after the good old American store bought bread). He did not finish it because he did not like it . There were still some pieces left in the bag. After a few weeks I wondered because the bread still looked and felt the same so I decided to leave it so we would see what would happen. The closed bag with the bread in it sat all summer in my hot kitchen (no AC) .There was and still is not any change in the bread (it is now Dec.)!
As you see it is labeled as no artificial Colors, flavors or Preservatives and No High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Ingredients: whole Wheat Flour, water, sugar, wheat gluten, cultured wheat flour, molasses , salt, soybean oil, wheat bran , datem, monoglycerides, calcium sulfate, citric acid, grain vinegar, soy lecithin, potassium iodate, soy flour.
I always tease him because he really gets a lot more! for his money than with my bread (flour, water, salt and yeast).
So how is this possible???


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Linked by David Adams on Tue 9th Dec 2008 16:46 UTC, submitted by weildish
Sometimes it seems that every new OS that comes out these days is ultimately and altogether quite similar. "It's all been done before," we sigh as new system after system is released with only eye-candy the apparent difference for most users. This new OS, named "g-speak" by its creators, will give one a run for his money. Using special gloves, a user of the system gestures his way about the OS on several wall-sized displays that interact with one another. The makers of g-speak call it "the first major step in [a] computer interface since 1984." Perhaps they are right. See the neat video here. You can even go so far as to dust off your Tom Cruise Minority Report action figure to better savor the future with.
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Hi, I am quite stumped by a recent development. My little guy (5mths old) has been fairly consistent eating at 8:30pm, then sleeping until 5am, feeding and then returning to sleep until 8:30am.
However, over the past week, he has stopped waking for the 5am feed, and sleeps right until 8 or 8:30 am. However, it seems like now that he does this, as soon as he finishes his morning feed (of approx 10 mins on one side). He has a burp, and then a huge barf. This is fairly large and covers his entire burp cloth, bibb and most of my shirt. Anyone has any experience with this situation? This did not happen when he was feeding at 5am.....
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. It is also worth noting that he is very happy and smiley after the barf, not upset. But then I do end up feeding him again 30mins later (with no barfing) as I fear he has no food left in his tummy to tide him over till the next feed.


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Rick Steves' Europe "Denmark: Beyond Copenhagen" Rick visits Aarhus with its ruddy affluence, charming open-air museum and well-preserved ancient bog man. Roskilde is impressive with its royal burial church and the best Viking ship museum anywhere.G
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Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way "Dinner Party Special" Jacques develops his own version of Tibetan flatbread, which is cooked in a frying pan. Next, Jacques fixes risotto with broccoli stems.G
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Rhode Island Says Police Can Decloak Anonymous People Online If They Find Them Offensive
from the anonymity-is-protected-by-the-first-amendment dept
Fears about the scope of this bill are not exaggerated. In the past year, there have been two highly publicized incidents of police seeking to track down the posters of comments posted online about political figures. Last fall, the Rhode Island ACLU called on Narragansett's Police Chief to drop criminal "cyberstalking" charges lodged against two town residents in separate incidents. Under this bill, police could unilaterally issue subpoenas to obtain the information.


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MALDEF, NDLON, Jose Jose, Dolores Huerta and Dream Act Students Organized Phone-Banking Outreach Event to Urge Passage of Dream Act in Senate
LOS ANGELES, CA - This past Saturday, MALDEF partnered with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) as well as Dolores Huerta, José José and students from DREAM Team LA and the Orange County DREAM Team to organize a phone-banking outreach event to urge passage of the DREAM Act in the Senate. Over 60 undocumented DREAM Act college students and graduates made cell phone calls to elected officials throughout the day to urge support for the DREAM Act. Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta is now on Day 7 of her water-only fast in support of passage of the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act would provide a qualified path to citizenship for thousands of immigrant youth and young adults seeking to obtain a college degree or to serve in the U.S. Military, and who otherwise meet the conditions of the law. For the last decade, MALDEF and other organizations nationwide have pushed to transform the bi-partisan supported DREAM Act into a reality.
DREAM Act students like Carlos Amador feel that this dream is finally within reach:
"We have never been so close to pass the DREAM Act. Saturday's event shows the strength we have as a movement. We made hundreds of call on Saturday and we will continue to make them to ensure that the Senate passes this important bill."
To the DREAM Act students, José José gave these uplifting thoughts:
"Don't give up, remember the sacrifices of your parents and what they have done for you... Now what you do, you do for the future, and for your children..."
Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF, stated:
"Like MALDEF, Dolores Huerta and José José recognize the strength and character of the DREAM Act students and what they can contribute to our nation if provided the opportunity. That strength and character both demonstrates why the DREAM Act is a much-needed stimulus to our nation's continued development and why we can and will achieve enactment of this critical legislation."
Dolores Huerta, President of The Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America, stated:
"Senator John McCain has associated himself with Cesar Chavez and his message for justice. So this is what the students who are fasting are saying to Senator McCain. 'Remember where you stood. You cannot associate yourself with Cesar Chavez and his life for justice and then turn your back on these students who are trying to get the DREAM Act.'"
Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, stated:
"Undocumented students have earned their right to stay in this country with full rights and equality. In the process, they've emerged as leaders of the immigrant rights movement, and they've overcome the regressive voices of the day and restored this country's proudest tradition as a nation of immigrants."
For more information about MALDEF's efforts to improve access to quality education for all children, please visit: http://maldef.org/education.
DREAM Team LA and the Orange County DREAM Team are organizations composed of immigrant students and supporters who strive for improved support for all talented, promising children and young adults seeking a quality education in the U.S., regardless of the student's immigration status.
Dream Team Los Angeles (DTLA) is an autonomous group of students and community members working toward the empowerment of immigrant youth and the passage of the DREAM Act. DTLA is led by undocumented students in Los Angeles who are undocumented and unafraid and have been organizing locally and nationally for the right to legalization of undocumented youth.
The Orange County Dream Team (OCDT) was born out of a community's profound need to help its talented undocumented youth obtain access to higher education. Established in 2004, the OCDT began with a small but diverse group of high school, college and university students united under a common goal of passing the DREAM and Student Adjustment Acts.
At present time, the OCDT has grown into a dedicated Organization and has gained support From several community organizations such as Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC #147), and Los Amigos de Orange County. We will continue to grow and strongly believe that all sectors of the Orange County Community will ultimately benefit from our accomplishments.
The mission of the National Day Laborer Organization Network is to improve the lives of day laborers in the U.S. visit: www.ndlon.org.


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WALTHAM — Leaders in the offshore wind energy industry Wednesday discussed the importance of using specific offshore projects such as Cape Wind as a platform for developing the entire American offshore wind business.
WALTHAM — Leaders in the offshore wind energy industry Wednesday discussed the importance of using specific offshore projects such as Cape Wind as a platform for developing the entire American offshore wind business.
"What this industry needs is a broad push to get people on board, not just project by project but for the industry as a whole," said Fara Courtney, executive director of the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative at a meeting in Waltham.
Speaking at a meeting of the Massachusetts Wind Working Group, Courtney described the industry beginning to develop key components in wind turbine development even though the United States is "still waiting for wet steel," or its first turbine in the water.
Chief among these components is New Bedford's South Terminal, which has been specifically designed to accommodate the deployment, construction and assembly of offshore wind turbines.
Bill White, director of offshore wind for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, said South Terminal's 1,000-foot bulkhead capable of holding 4,000 pounds per square foot will make it one of the highest capacity ports in the world. That's something that will not only be useful for Cape Wind but for future offshore wind projects.
In addition to Nantucket Sound, where Cape Wind intends to build its 128-turbine wind farm, Massachusetts is home to two other so called "wind energy areas." One is shared with Rhode Island. It covers approximately 164,750 acres and is located 9.2 nautical miles south of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island coastline.
The other, which is "the largest wind area along the East Coast," according to White, is located 13 nautical miles southwest of Nantucket and extends 33 nautical miles north to south and 47 nautical miles east to west.
"This is an area that can change the world," White said, adding that the state has already had 10 developers express interest in the area.
Mark Rogers, spokesman for Cape Wind, supported the idea that his project is part of a greater push to develop an offshore wind industry in the United States and, specifically, New England. He said his project will be the stepping stone for creating an offshore wind workforce, starting what he called a "skills transfer" between European laborers familiar with working with turbines and the local workforce, which will need to learn to apply its skills to turbines specifically.
"Once you see several wind farms in development in the U.S., that's when you're going to see in-market manufacturing beginning and factories being built for that," he said.
Joel Whitman, former CEO of Global Marine Energy, which installs transmission cables for offshore wind turbines, called offshore wind a "smoking hot industry" and said Massachusetts should do as much as it can to become involved in environmentally friendly wind energy.
"This is the first time you can produce an amount of energy that is competitive with other sources that will help and not hurt the environment," he said. "Massachusetts hasn't had a home-grown energy industry since whaling. That wasn't so green, but New Bedford's making up for it this time around by getting in at the ground floor."


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TOWAMENCIN, Pa. (AP) - January 18, 2013 --Three suburban Philadelphia teenagers face charges after police say they brought weapons onto school property in separate incidents.
Police in Towamencin say two Pennfield Middle School students, ages 14 and 15, brought a pellet gun and a BB gun to the middle school and to North Montco Technical Career Center, which they also attend.
The Intelligencer reports police were called to the technical center Thursday. The weapons have been confiscated and juvenile charges are being filed.
Also Thursday, Towamencin police say they were called to North Penn High School after multiple knives were discovered in a truck parked at the school.
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Get the Chip It! Button: Turn Your Inspiration Photos into a Paint Palette
Inspiration can strike in unusual places, can't it? Hunting for your perfect moody blue for a bedroom? What if you find it in a dusky sky, or a friend's photo of her trip to Paris? That's why our friends at Sherwin-Williams have just introduced Chip It!, a new tool that lets you turn any image into a perfect palette, pulled from more than 1,500 Sherwin-Williams paint colors!
When you see a photo online with colors you like — on any website or photo-sharing site, like Pinterest, Facebook, Picasa, etc. — click your new Chip It! button and watch the matching magic happen! Then you can save it for later, in your own Chip It! albums, on Pinterest or Facebook, or on your desktop. So now you can use the colors that inspire you while surfing the Internet to help make paint color selection easier — in your bedroom, bathroom, kitchen or any room in between. You can also upload photos directly to Chip It!, so your own favorite snapshots can become color inspiration, as well.
Find out how Chip It! works with this short video:
Vacation Chip It! Challenge
Now that you know how to Chip It!, get your vacation photos ready — this summer, we're teaming up with Sherwin-Williams to bring you the Pinterest Chip It! Challenge, where you can submit and vote for your favorite vacation photo palettes. We'll start accepting submissions in mid-June, so start snapping and uploading those gorgeous vacation photos, and then you can Chip them with your new Chip It! button and get them ready to submit!
(We used the Chip It! tool on some favorite images: 1 Surfposters1.com; 2 & 3 Maxwell's Five Days in Mustique, West Indies; 4 & 5 Roostblog.com; 6 DIY Outdoor Pop-Up Party Spaces for Memorial Day Weekend; 7 Vacation Inspiration: Parisian Blues.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Sep 2006 15:38 UTC, submitted by Tomasz Dominikowski
The SkyOS team has released build 6179 of SkyOS. Highlights: "Mono 188.8.131.52 and updated MWF (System.Windows.Forms) port; embedded Gecko widget; remote command interface for applications; binary image caching; inital DDK [ed. note: trust me, Robert's making a lot of people happy with this one)." This new build also includes new ports, such as Quake III, Python, SDL with OpenGL support, and much more. You can find details in the changelog.


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By burdastyle
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We love this cute velvet jacket, perfectly romantic for a lovely spring. With its asymmetrical collar, gathers and peplum, it is sophisticated and sassy at the same time. We made it in a rich chocolate velvet, but we can't wait to see the fabrications you choose!
Material Notes
velvet, lining, buttons, interfacing
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Mar 4, 2009, 05.14 PMby reneebeth
I think this is really beautiful, and though it's really luxe looking in this shiny fabric, I think it'd be great in an equally beautiful but more matte fabric to really let the details stand out. I'm loving the collar, and I don't think it looks boxy; I think that it gives a good illusion of curves, though the waist could maybe be a little more fitted. I usually don't buy patterns, but I'll have to think about this one…I've got some fabric stashed away that seems to have this jacket's name written on it….
Mar 4, 2009, 01.37 PMby ledthread
PLF—this jacket is a silk blend velvet… There's a little bit of something else in it, maybe rayon, I can't remember. colerose76—the plus version is coming on Monday!!!
Mar 4, 2009, 01.08 PMby colerose76
i've tried on a jacket like this, it's very flattering. why isn't the pattern any bigger, i'm a plus woman and would like to make this.
Mar 4, 2009, 12.48 PMby plf
This is wonderful…and it looks like SILK!! I. MUST. MAKE. THIS. JACKET. :)
Mar 4, 2009, 05.43 AMby zuluqueen
Love it. Looks like a fun staple to have in the wardrobe for jeans, a fierce pencil skirt, some wide-legged strides, or…shorts. Thank you, Burdastyle!
Mar 3, 2009, 05.17 PMby nysister
I'm not overly impressed. Fairly cute, but it's lack of tailoring would hide curves and make one look a bit boxy a tad frumpy and well curveless. I'd like to see it with a more fitted feel, without the arm ruffles, or perhaps a bit more structured ruffles. Don't get me wrong, it's kind of and I love ruffles but I can just see form being lost in it.
Mar 3, 2009, 02.44 PMby lovinthemailman
It's cute but too froo-froo for my daughter and too young for me. I am anxious to see the "cleaner" version you promised.
Mar 3, 2009, 02.42 PMby linda25
Even though this jacket would not suit my figure type I just have to say I love it anyway. Beautiful design, love everything about it. Feminine, classy and original with that great collar. Just love it!
Mar 3, 2009, 11.46 AMby safemme
Ah…I guess I am the only one that doesn't like this jacket! It looks a bit too boxy for me, with the waist at such a weird spot. Not at the waist, not empire…I don't know. This just isn't doing it for me. (I do agree with everyone about the shoes though!) Thanks though, for the time and effort put into creating this pattern!
Mar 3, 2009, 08.03 AMby benedikta
I will ask the stylist about the shoes for you!
Mar 3, 2009, 06.59 AMby benedikta
I am so glad to hear that you like it! We had a great time designing it. For this pattern we have to size ranges, this being the first one running from 32 to 42. Next week we will give you the other size range from 44 – 54. In that version we will also show you how to get rid of the ruffles in case you feel like Kiraph and you would prefer a cleaner, less romantic look. >/br> Benedikta
Mar 2, 2009, 11.44 PMby neighbourhoodgal
Nice! I bought it – I'll probably lengthen it in the bodice a bit. I have a great skirt that needs this kind of top. Hooray!
Mar 2, 2009, 07.55 PMby imnotyrbabe
So great ^^
Mar 2, 2009, 02.57 PMby dianacirne
Uou! This is a great pattern!!! Lovely! And looks great to alter as we wish!! Thank you!
Mar 2, 2009, 02.51 PMby kiraph
I like the collar but I feel the ruffles on the cuffs and hem make it a little frumpy, they look like they aren't full enough to me. Thanks for another new pattern though, burdastyle!
Mar 2, 2009, 01.41 PMby carlatv
Great pattern but I have to ask, where did you get those shoes? I have to get a pair!
Mar 2, 2009, 01.27 PMby sunnyb64
So good to see a new pattern for women again! I really like this—both fun and sophisticated. Seems to have a bit of a vintage vibe too that I'm liking.
Mar 2, 2009, 10.23 AMby anek
@zora I'm sure it's very easy to lengthen the sleeves. sewing is all about trial & error. just give it a shot.
this photoshoot looks very sexy and mature. could be a shoe ad, too! and thanks for making me like velvet a little bit more :)
Mar 2, 2009, 09.38 AMby stacey6907
Oooo! Love it!! Can't wait to make one!
Mar 2, 2009, 09.32 AMby victors
lovely! great fabric choice, luckily there are some Very similar patterns as this in recent BWOFs'. may give it another go! thanks ;)
Mar 2, 2009, 09.20 AMby lunatepetal
gorgeous jacket!! can't wait to see ppl's creations with this pattern as well.
Mar 2, 2009, 08.07 AMby easbrooke
Beautiful! I love it. :)
Mar 2, 2009, 08.04 AMby nuiwida23
finally! i love this pattern, it's gorgeous. the only problem is i just bought a jacket thats very similar so its not very practical for me to make one :( very good job burdastyle team!
Mar 2, 2009, 08.00 AMby sunnilj9
Darling! I love this jacket! What a great spring addition!
Mar 2, 2009, 07.44 AMby ichigogirl
Ah, great jacket, a very nice and feminine style. Perfect for spring. I bet there will be heaps of different variations of it on Burdastyle soon!
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Workforce Development strives to keep our community competitive and our economy strong by providing the most advanced, flexible, and applicable education and training for business and industry in Louisiana.BPCC's Workforce Development has partnered with businesses, chambers of commerce, and public workforce systems to create workforce solutions - initiatives that increase our relevance to the local economy.
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Here are the winners of the 2010 Eastern Christian New Media Awards! The voting numbers were again quite a jump from the preceding year - a trend we are happy to see. Thanks again to all for making this such a success. Please take the time to visit these sites as well as those of the nominees. A complete nominees list will be made available shortly.
To those that won, your banners will be available in email this week. If your blog, podcast, or website does not list contact information please email the Awards (contact information on the sidebar to the right) so that it can be sent to you. In addition, as promised this year the winners will be given prizes. More will be said about that next week as gift options are being finalized.
Best Church News Blog
- Winner: Orthodox Christians for Accountability
- Runner-up: Byzantine, TX
- Winner: Glory to God for All Things
- Runner-up: Pithless Thoughts
- Winner: American Orthodox Institute
- Runner-up: Again and Again in Peace
- Winner: Frontier Orthodoxy
- Runner-up: Fr. Ted's Blog
- Winner: Journey to Orthodoxy
- Runner-up: Scholé
- Winner: Evlogia
- Runner-up: Byzantine, TX
- Winner: Pithless Thoughts
- Runner-up: Orthodixie
- Winner: Monachos.net
- Runner-up: Orthodox Forum
- Winner: The Illumined Heart
- Runner-up: Speaking the Truth in Love
- Winner: St. Barnabas Antiochian, Costa Mesa, CA
- Runner-up: St. Nicholas Russian, McKinney, TX
- Winner: Orthodox Church in America
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Photographers Brian Kaplan and Neal Rantoul look beyond the quaint views of seaside villages of Cape Cod.
Don't expect to find "sandy dunes" and "quaint little villages'' in Brian Kaplan's and Neal Rantoul's photographic "Views from Cape Cod and the Massachusetts Islands" at Panopticon Gallery.
Their rundown motels, kitsch merchants and soaring aerial views are both too gritty and too ethereal for the "Old Cape Cod'' Patti Page sang about.
Organized by gallery owner Jason Landry, these "Views'' are the real Cape.
Working from dissimilar backgrounds, Kaplan and Rantoul discover distinct sides of the Cape that have their own character and charm though not the kind found on postcards.
Rantoul, recently retired director of the Photography Program at Northeastern University, is showing 15 aerial landscapes taken from an airplane that record topographical scenes with abstract beauty.
An attorney with a discriminating eye, Kaplan is showing 18 harder-to-define images that might be described as portraits of the characters and quirks of the new Cape Cod.
Reflecting their different approaches, they've captured everyday people and scenes and gorgeous overviews of the beaches, coast and ocean that make the Cape special.
Landry said Kaplan and Rantoul employ different perspectives to photograph very different subjects.
"Neal shoots from the air and Brian shoots from the ground,'' he said in the gallery on the second floor of the Commonwealth Hotel. "But both display a sense of place of an iconic Massachusetts location.''
Kaplan's photos from his series "I'm Not On Your Vacation'' record the tacky and touristy side of the Cape with a compassionate eye, discovering a sort of seedy charm that probably would've sent Patti Page back for that "lobster stew served by a window with an ocean view.''
In "Gouda,'' a woman stands amid a forest of bright plastic trinkets with the expressionless look of either a tourist who's sick of souvenir shops or a salesclerk who got stuck with a job she loathes.
A gooey blob of soft serve ice cream and food coloring, spilling from a plastic cup labeled "Joy,'' spreads like toxic waste across a parking lot.
A mini-mountain of cheap television sets have been dumped in the parking lot of the drab "Sandcastle Resort'' with its drab identical balconies. Patti Page did not sleep here.
At first glance, four figures wade through small pools at low tide across a vast stretch of beach reaching to a distant horizon. Digging clams for a fish fry or some traditional Cape activity? Not really; the title - "Searching for a Lost Wedding Ring" - captures another vacation disaster.
From an airplane, Rantoul photographs the Cape from a cleansing altitude, capturing its manifold natural beauty from too far away to see the litter or human impact.
In "Martha's Vineyard,'' a forest of leafy tree tops reaches to the very coast line except for a spit of pristine beach, poking into the shimmering ocean.
It's just impossible to look at the wide white swath of beach edging "Tuckermuck Island'' and not dream of walking barefoot through the hot sand.
The island known as "Noman's Land'' meets the Atlantic Ocean along a jagged coast that signals eons of time passed.
Sometimes, as in "Cuttyhunk, Elizabeth Islands," Rantoul's photos seem to mainly record the forces of nature - earth, water and wind - still at work shaping a landscape of wild and tempting beauty.
When not documenting the budget motels and tourist traps, Kaplan shoots revealing portraits of "real'' Cape Codders, performing traditional jobs or preserving its natural splendor.
Dressed for foul weather, a grizzled man shucking oysters named "Leo'' appears as indomitable as the rocky coastline.
Working for Mass Audubon, the statuesque woman named "Lyn'' clears brush in a Cape scene far removed from the Dairy Queens and traffic jams.
With his yellow hard hat, protective glasses and dirty face, the man named "Hawk'' looks like he spends his time putting out brush fires with a fierce determination.
Patti Page had never visited Cape Cod until after recording the song which came from a Boston-area housewife's poem that was set to music and became a hit.
Kaplan and Rantoul probably can't sing a lick. But each photographer has recorded their own true version of Cape Cod.
"Neal Rantoul and Brian Kaplan: Views from Cape Cod and the Massachusetts Islands"
WHEN: Through May 13
WHERE: Panopticon Gallery, 502b Commonwealth Ave., Boston
INFO: 617-267-8929, www.panopticongallery.com


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IMHO, at the moment, Oracle is just not that competitive.
We are throwing all our Sun kit (and HP Itamium for that matter) out at the moment. Just because the maintennance charges on the Sun kit have become silly (it is less than 3yrs old btw) and we use the HP stuff to run Oracle......
So it is X86 everywhere from now on. Sadly this is the wrong solution. SAP + Oracle on X86 is like trying to walk through a vat of treacle.
I'm having to put code in to a lot of JBOSS services to slow down the SAP calls as far too often we are getting 'SAP is already processing that order. Please try later' type of message.
Then the beancounters want to put it all in the cloud.
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A Little Christmas in Every Room of the Home
As Thanksgiving weekend gets underway, many will be turning their attention toward Christmas decorating in their homes. Some go all out on the exterior, others have a room dedicated to the holiday. We love the approach used in this cottage: a smattering of subtle little touches of Christmas here and there, in every room of the house:
Can you find the Christmas in each of the rooms above? Sometimes it's just a small handmade wreath, or candles burning near a warm mug of cocoa. We love that none of it is in-your-face, but it all works together to infuse the home with the warmth of the holidays. Some of the small holiday touches used here are great for small spaces where you don't want to overwhelm your home with seasonal clutter.
Do you, too, spread the holiday decor throughout your home? What small ways do you decorate spaces like the bathroom? It might be just a candle or a special hand soap. The kitchen? Maybe a bay leaf wreath. Let's hear your ideas in the comments below.
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By Himat Kaur
In the midst of a long, several-year cycle of immense internal and external pressure for change, April 2014 stands out as a "pressure-cooker" of a month. The biggest astrological factor in April is the fifth of seven Uranus-Pluto squares (between June 2012 and March 2015), exact on April 21st. This upcoming square is powerfully poignant and penetrating, because Jupiter and Mars move into a formation that turns the Uranus-Pluto square into a cardinal "grand cross"—where there are planets at four equidistant and tense cross points in the sky.
Mars-Sun Opposition
On April 8th, Mars is nearly half-way through its retrograde period (March 1st through May 19th) when it forms an opposition to the Sun. Mars retrograde puts us in touch with deep, internal energy, passion, ambition, and even anger/rage. If we have not owned those Mars energies within us in the area where Mars is transiting, we experience friction and frustration that presses for action. The first half of the Mars retrograde cycle tends to build increasing pressure within us, where we hopefully notice places or ways that we've been stuck…ways that we have not been true to the aliveness that seeks to express through us.
It may be that others are blocking our expression of energy, passion and ambition, or it may be that we have not owned it within ourselves, and therefore play "smaller" than we should in our own lives. Our emotions and life circumstances during the first half of the Mars retrograde cycle can help us identify what needs some breakthrough and action in our lives. Trust your self-awareness about where you are called to take action and make a change.
When we experience the Mars-Sun opposition around April 8th, we may find that the built-up frustration reaches a "boiling point" when something breaks through for change. There's a great line from A Course in Miracles which says, "Tolerance for pain may be high, but it is not without limit." Sometimes the Mars-Sun opposition doesn't stimulate breakthrough, but instead builds more tension, requiring that we stay alert and keep working on a conscious response to it.
The opposition should bring helpful awareness that we can work on consciously before Mars moves into position as part of the grand cross later in the month. We may find that Mars adds pressure to catalyze change indicated by Uranus and Pluto, or even that the Uranus-Pluto square, with Jupiter's support, provides stimulus to push us into action and change where Mars is marching through our natal charts.
Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse at 25 Degrees Libra
On April 15th, we have a Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse at 25 degrees of Libra. Eclipses have a strong effect on us, particularly if we have a natal planet near the eclipse points. The signs of Aries and Libra are already prominent this month due to the huge grand cross including Uranus in Aries and Mars in Libra. This Full Moon will make us much more sensitive to the polarity themes of self vs. others, personal will vs. cooperation and compromise.
Fun fact: Astronomically, this Lunar Eclipse is called a "Blood Moon," as when the full Moon is fully eclipsed, the face of the Moon will look dark red in color. Get your binoculars out and ready! This is also the first of four successive, total Blood Moon Lunar Eclipses in a row, which is a rare occurrence. (The total eclipses are not necessarily visible from every place on Earth.)
Support through Focus on Consciousness, Self-Responsibility and Grace
April 17th through 19th are days when there are softer planetary aspects, and this can be a good time to begin meditations that support and keep us calm and centered through the most intense period of the grand cross April 20th through 23rd.
The Grand Cross—Pluto, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars
In terms of timing, Uranus and Pluto are in a close aspect throughout the month of April, with the exact square occurring on April 21st. Jupiter is also in fairly close aspect to Uranus and Pluto much of the month, with the exact square to Uranus and the opposition to Pluto on April 20th. Mars slides into the configuration forming a square to Jupiter on April 22nd, and opposing Uranus and squaring Pluto on April 23rd. So, the 20th through 23rd may be the most intense of days, though we will certainly be feeling the pressure for change throughout the month and after.
I've already written quite a bit about the Uranus-Pluto squares over the last year-and-a-half, so let me add to the basic understanding by considering how Jupiter and Mars add to the mix. Taken by themselves, a close aspect of Jupiter and Mars is quite a dynamic combination. If we respond positively and constructively to this combination, Mars' assertiveness, passion, ambition, sheer desire and strong will could be bolstered and expanded by the expansiveness and self-assurance of Jupiter.
If we have been stuck for a long time in limiting patterns where Uranus and Pluto are transiting our charts, and if we have felt the evolutionary pressure but hesitated to make changes for whatever reason, we might find that we suddenly have the confidence, insight, drive and willpower to make needed changes now.
A word of caution for your awareness: If we are already very strong-willed and assertive, perhaps overly confident and a bit arrogant, this combination of Jupiter and Mars could lead to ploughing over other people in ways that damage relationships, situations and reputations. However, in some stuck situations, that level of overpowering strength is exactly what's needed to catalyze change. Just walk mindfully, purposefully and with consciousness to make any needed changes personally and in your social spheres.
The signs Jupiter and Mars might lend some softness and consciousness by default, if we are sensitive to the energies they carry.
Jupiter in Cancer asks us to be aware of our internal dialogue, emotions and intuition, as well as to care for the people we consider family/tribe/support system.
Mars in Libra asks us to be aware that when we fight, we're fighting for Good, Equality, Balance and Justice. Holding that awareness helps us fight the good fight fairly, or to remember to rebuild things with fairness and care in the aftermath of changes we work.
So the combination of Jupiter and Mars in the grand cross may very well embolden us to fight the fight that's needed, to get up and make changes. But Cancer and Libra energy do ask us to be conscious and of high caliber… to make sure that whatever revolutionary, transformative actions we take to bring change to our lives and cultures, that we keep in touch with what we're doing it for: the care and sustaining of the relationships and families that make it all worthwhile.
In each of our individual charts, the signs of this grand cross will fall in different houses and contain different natal planets. If you are self-aware, you will already have a solid sense of what needs to change within yourself or in your life. Here are key questions to help with your navigation of change:
Pluto: How have you experienced some level of wounding that leaves you feeling out of step with your role in society, or a way you would like to be "anchored" on the planet?
- If there are ways that you have not owned your own purpose, how can you heal and transform your relationship to that feeling of purpose, or to how you express it in the world?
- Your relationship to being anchored to life and to the world, taking your place in this grand play, needs to change in some way.
- If the way you express yourself does not reflect who you are inside, what can you do about that?
Uranus: How solidly are you centered in being authentically yourself?
- Are there ways in which your sense of aliveness and drive have become dull?
- Are there ways in which you have followed a path that others envisioned or set out for you, but which no longer fit who you are deep inside?
- Can you reignite a spark within yourself, envisioning a way you can shake off the chains of what no longer fits for you, and stepping out into a new version of yourself?
- Can you claim it even if others around you don't understand or feel comfortable with your changes?
Jupiter: How have you underestimated the value of being attuned to what's happening deep within yourself?
- How have you become distant from or undervalued the importance of deep, bonded connection with others who love you unconditionally and who are there for you over the long haul in life?
- Have you separated yourself from the realm of emotions, judging them as silly, insignificant, impractical or weak?
- How can you reconnect with your inner experience, and reorient yourself to emotions as valuable tools for feedback on how you're doing with being yourself and going for what you need?
Mars: How do you carry yourself in one-on-one relationships?
- Do you interact as an individual with a solid, healthy, functional ego structure, being real and honest and true to who you are?
- Do you sacrifice yourself in some ways, going into orbit around other people and moving in their scenes?
- If you are being subjugated by another person in a way that undermines you as an individual, how can you stand up for yourself?
- If you witness someone oppressing another person or a group of people, will you step forward to defend the oppressed?
- How can you get in touch with your personal passion, drive, ambition, energy… even enlightened, purposeful anger?
- How can you take action where it is needed for yourself and others?
New Moon/Solar Eclipse at 9 Degrees Taurus
There is a New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Taurus on April 29th that can do a lot to bring peace and stability coming out of the exact grand cross period. We will surely feel the deep need for ease and rest after the intense month of evolutionary stimulus. It is a great time to plant seeds of peace, and to soothe ourselves with music, meditation, grounding ourselves and slowing down through gardening or walking in nature. It is a time to feel solidly good about ourselves, fortifying ourselves with self-love after any cathartic stress and change we wrought this month.
What You Can Do
Yogic suggestions for support this month follow below. Remember the Aquarian Sutra, "When the time is on you, start and the pressure will be off."
- Stress Set for the Adrenals and Kidneys (1)
- Wahe Guru Kriya (Trikuti Kriya) – to maintain grace under pressure (1)
- Conquer Inner Anger and Burn It Out (2)
- Ego Eradicator Exercise (3)
- Meditation for Release of Cold Depression
- Meditation on Change (4)
1 Kundalini Research Institute. The Aquarian Teacher Level One Yoga Manual. Espanola, NM, 2003.
2 Kundalini Research Institute. Reaching Me In Me. Espanola, NM, 2003.
3 Kundalini Research Institute. The Aquarian Teacher Level One Textbook. Espanola, NM, 2003.
4 Kundalini Research Institute. Kriya. Santa Cruz, NM, 2013.
© Himat Kaur Khalsa, EvolveWithAstrology.com
Himat Kaur has a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Religion, and is an evolutionary astrologer and Certified Professional Coach. She offers private astrological consultations as well as life coaching, and can be reached at (813) 444-6285
[(813) 4-HimatK]. Visit Himat's website and blog at EvolveWithAstrology.com.
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Expectations for the South Carolina baseball program will remain high with Chad Holbrook now running the show.
There will be a new coach leading the way this season after Ray Tanner transitioned from the dugout to the athletic director's office, but the expectations for the South Carolina baseball program will remain high with Chad Holbrook now running the show.
Despite losing Tanner, its top two pitchers in Michael Roth and Matt Price and its best hitter in Christian Walker, South Carolina is preseason No. 5 in the USA Today coaches poll, while Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball have the Gamecocks No. 7 entering the season.
Holbrook, who served as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for four seasons before being appointed head coach by Tanner, is excited about the opportunity to run the Gamecocks' program, but says he knows it'll take a lot of hard work for USC to continue its success.
"You don't win a national championship in January and they don't give you a ring or trophy based on how good they think you're going to be," Holbrook said at a press conference last week. "I have a responsibility to keep that tradition coming. I've been blessed with an incredible opportunity. I'm not going to let the expectations be a burden for me. I look at the expectations of this program as an awesome opportunity. We're going to do our best to make our fans proud."
The expectations will certainly be high as USC has played for a national title each of the past three seasons, winning the College World Series Championship in 2010 and 2011 and finishing as runner-up in 2012.
Star pitchers Roth and Price are gone after playing critical roles as both leaders and players, but Holbrook believes that his pitching staff will remain solid moving forward.
Jordan Montgomery and Colby Holmes are penciled in to two of the weekend spots, but there's some uncertainty as to who will pitch on Sundays for the Gamecocks.
Freshman Jack Wynkoop seems to be the most likely candidate at this point, but Holbrook said that could change in the coming weeks.
Holbrook also mentioned Nolan Belcher, Patrick Sullivan and Forrest Koumas as potential starters, with Tyler Webb the likely closer.
"I think one of the strengths of our team is our pitching depth," Holbrook said. "We have a lot of work to do and a lot of decisions to be made based on who we're going to put in what role, but we feel good about our front two guys. Not sure what we're going to do on Sunday yet. There's some competition there for that Sunday spot."
Offensively the Gamecocks will try to be aggressive on the bases. Holbrook said he intends to take advantage of the team's speed, adding that he and Tanner share the mindset of cashing in on opportunities to steal bases when they're available.
"I think one of the things about our program is we've always been aggressive. Coach Tanner's an aggressive coach, I think I'm an aggressive coach. We've got some guys that can run. I wouldn't be a very good coach if I didn't try to utilize their strengths," he said. "The one thing I'm going to try to do is utilize the strengths that some of our kids have. We're blessed to have some foot speed, and I intend to give them a green light and let them run."
In addition to losing Roth and Price, USC also lost its best hitter in Walker. The first baseman hit .321 with 11 homers and 55 RBIs last season to lead the team in all three categories.
The Gamecocks will turn to a freshman in Max Schrock to take over Walker's spot as the third hitter in the lineup. While it'll be a challenge to replace Walker, Holbrook believes Schrock has earned the opportunity to hit third.
"He's physically strong, stronger than most freshmen. He's mature. I'm counting on Max to be a special, special player here. Any time you put a freshman in the lineup hitting three-hole opening day, that's the ultimate confidence from a coaching staff," he said.
Holbrook, who will be serving as a college head coach for the first time, said that Tanner has been very helpful in making the transition as smooth as possible.
"(Tanner) has a way of giving you an incredible amount of confidence and belief in yourself. The transition has been a whirlwind; it's been a lot of fun," Holbrook said. "I think as you watch our team play you're going to see a lot more similarities than differences when it relates to my team versus Coach Tanner's team. Coach Tanner's fingerprints will be all over our program. I think that'll be easy to see. I'm going to utilize him as much as I possibly can."


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, is a pitch-black thriller with ruthless drug bosses and relentless paparazzi sharing bad guy billing. Would that the movie were pitch perfect as well.
It's clear that writer-director William Monahan, in adapting the Ken Bruen novel, had strong feelings about the almost inescapable grip of both the criminal underworld and modern celebrity culture. But in trying to take a bite out of crime and another out of fame, he's ended up with more than he can chew for his first time in the director's chair.
"London Boulevard": A review of the film "London Boulevard" in the Nov. 11 Calendar section said that the movie opened Friday at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood. The film is scheduled to open at the theater Nov. 18. —
The story is really about crossed paths and crossed wires — danger and romance hanging heavy in the London fog. Mitchel (Farrell) is just out of prison and determined to cut ties with his unlawful past, primarily a clingy small-time grifter named Billy (
) and a scorned big-time mobster called Gant (
). His ticket out may be playing part-time protector for Britain's current "it" girl, Charlotte (Knightley), a somewhat crazed recluse, almost as fearful of her shadow as the pack of paparazzi who dog her every move.
Whether they will escape their fate is the question, that they will fall in love is a given. Though time is spent on the budding romance, most of the sparks fly as the two run the various mazes the filmmaker has constructed. As always there are complicating factors and other players, the central ones here are Mitchel's sister, Briony (
, lovely as a lush who needs looking after), and Charlotte's best friend, Jordan, played by
's" Professor Lupin), quite wonderful as he goes from cowardly lion soft to sardonic steel.
It's nice to see Farrell back to playing the bruised hunk, closer to his
best — a relief after the barely funny balding lech of
The actor can show a world of hurt in those eyes. Knightley, so waifishly thin here she looks as if a strong wind will blow her away, brings her own brand of haunted to Charlotte. They make a good, if broken pair, especially nice as Mitchel and Charlotte try out the new emotional terrain of trust.
As these sorts of run-and-gun affairs go, "London Boulevard" is a stylish proposition. With Oscar-winning cinematography Chris Menges ("The Mission," "The Killing Fields") behind the camera, the film is a beautifully bleak brush stroke of contemporary noir, always an appealing backdrop for violent tales.
And violent it is. Monahan isn't shy about taking his film to brutal extremes. Winstone is particularly chilling as Gant, a bristling bit of rage willing to eliminate whomever or whatever to get Mitchel back in his camp. It's not that Mitchel is so valuable, it's more that Gant just hates to lose. There are other tantalizing fragments scattered throughout the film, they just never come together in a satisfying way.
That the plot is the problem comes as something of a surprise given Monahan's pedigree. The well-regarded screenwriter ("
," "Kingdom of Heaven") won
for the deliciously conflicted cops and crime twister of 2006's
Thematically, "London Boulevard" put him very much in the same neighborhood. Too bad he couldn't quite find his way.


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THE OSCARS: Giannandrea, the Stylist Behind Naomi Watts' Style
The Oscars are the crowning moment of an awards season that begins in November. For nominated actress, Naomi Watts, this meant months of premiers, parties, and press events. For her hairdresser, Giannandrea Marongiu, it meant a clear strategy and vision. "When I work with someone, I take them on a stylistic journey," says Marongiu. "They will be seen in London, Madrid, Los Angeles, at places with distinct personalities, and the hair should reflect that."
On the 2013 Oscars Red Carpet, Naomi Watts' hand-shaped hair complimented her stunning metallic gown and Marongiu shares how he designed this couture style:
STEP ONE—Begin with clean, wet hair. Apply BB Creme from Pantene, a prepping moisturizer/texturizer. Rough dry to remove excess water
STEP TWO—"I took a large round brush to give a full blow out, amplifying the volume and creating a base."
STEP TWO—Section the hair (8 sections) and with a one-inch curling iron, create a combination of slight curls with waves. Used Pantene Style Heat Protection Spray. "It allows me to create a good separation and definition and it holds the wave. For the next step, this is important, because you want to be able to create the 'grooves' in the hair."
STEP THREE—"After curling, I used my hands with a tiny bit of BB creme and ran my fingers through the hair, just lifting from the roots and creating those finger lines."
STEP FOUR—"Then I started pinning using straight pins--short and long—and bobby pins (blonde or gold, of course). You have to start gently pulling back—softly, gently. You don't want to pull too tight because you need the softness. You start twisting it into an unconventional bun—not smooth, with intricate texture, as you twist and pin into place. You'll notice that the separation you created with the curling iron will create this lovely texture. Situate it midway between crown and nape."


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Budget cuts, PSU probe hurt Corbett's popularity
HARRISBURG — Republican Tom Corbett is the "invisible" governor to W. Wesley McDonald, a professor of political science at Elizabethtown College.
"He's invisible. That's his main problem," said McDonald, a conservative who voted for Corbett.
McDonald, who makes it his business to keep up with politicians, thinks he doesn't know enough about Corbett. He can identify the agendas of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but not Corbett's; he watches New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on television, "but not Corbett."
Almost midway through his four-year term, Corbett's popularity has plummeted, polling shows. In addition to the perception that he's not publicly accessible, he proposed two years' worth of drastic budget cuts to education and human services programs, and he lost favor with some Penn State University fans over the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse investigation, begun when Corbett was attorney general.
A poll by Lancaster's Franklin & Marshall College in September found 65 percent of Pennsylvania voters thought Corbett did a fair or poor job of handling the case involving the former assistant football coach imprisoned for sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years.
Corbett "understands leadership is not a popularity contest," said spokesman Kevin Harley.
"(Poll ratings) will go up and down over four years. He's trying to create an environment where business can flourish and an economic climate to create jobs. The governor's message is certainly getting out there: to reduce the size and cost of government without raising taxes," Harley said.
Corbett's lack of visibility across the state and apparent unwillingness to sell his agenda, especially coming on the heels of gregarious Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, prompt some to wonder whether he wants a second term in 2014.
Corbett noted last week that every governor since 1968, when the state Constitution was amended to allow a second term, has served consecutive terms.
"I don't plan on breaking that trend," he said.
The notion that Corbett, a Shaler native, is a Capitol recluse is an "old narrative," Harley said, spun from the time the governor spent working on the budget.
"He said at the very beginning, when he ran for office, that the (fiscal) problems were so severe he might be a one-term governor," said Maura Donley, a business consultant and co-host of "Behind the Headlines," a public interest cable TV show.
GOP consultant Charlie Gerow of Harrisburg thinks Corbett's sagging poll numbers do not portend anything for 2014.
"I would say watch his smoke," Gerow said. "He's beginning to pick up speed."
Contrary views
Larry Ceisler, a Democratic strategist and public relations consultant in Philadelphia, thinks Corbett's problem politically is his reluctance to act as a salesman.
"I think he is still a prosecutor at heart. He's a black-and-white type of guy. As governor, you have to wade into the gray," Ceisler said.
G. Terry Madonna, a political science professor at Franklin & Marshall, agreed: "(Corbett) still has not embraced a full-blown PR campaign to promote his agenda."
Some view a strong showing in the Nov. 6 election by Attorney General-elect Kathleen Kane as partly a referendum on Corbett. Kane, who outpolled President Obama and the rest of the Democratic ticket, campaigned with a promise to investigate why Corbett and his successor, Linda Kelly, took 33 months to investigate Sandusky rather than arresting him when investigators confirmed the existence of one victim.
Corbett, who denies prolonging the investigation, said he welcomes Kane's review. He doesn't think her election reflects how voters feel about him, saying voters turned out for Obama and for the first woman to run for attorney general.
Kane spent about $2 million of her family's money in the primary, which gave her voter recognition.
"Let's hope she can put the rhetoric aside," Corbett said.
He said he and Kane spoke after her election because the governor's lawyers often work closely with the Attorney General's Office.
Asked what Kane said, Corbett replied: "She listened."
Corbett said he ran the attorney general's office with integrity for six years — and for 1½ years in the 1990s as an appointee of Gov. Tom Ridge to restore integrity to the office after Attorney General Ernie Preate pleaded guilty to mail fraud and resigned.
"Anyone can come in with Monday morning quarterbacking," Corbett said. "I know I didn't commit any criminal act."
Democrat sweep
Democrats swept the state row offices of auditor general and treasurer, leading party Chairman Jim Burn of Millvale to conclude that people voted for candidates running "against Tom Corbett's unpopular and harmful policies."
In a party memorandum on Friday, Burn said Corbett is in a "perilous" position.
"Pennsylvanians backed Democrats in every statewide office, and most pundits see it as a personal rebuke to Gov. Corbett and his failed policies," the memo said.
In Centre County, where Sandusky committed his crimes, Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney deadlocked at 49 percent while Kane, a Democrat, outpolled Republican candidate David Freed by 17 percentage points. That shows Republicans crossed over to vote for Kane, Madonna said.
Corbett, as governor, was a member of the university board of trustees that abruptly fired legendary head football coach Joe Paterno. That stirred people's passion, as did accusations in a university-commissioned report that Paterno and top administrators engaged in a cover-up in the Sandusky case.
Paterno died in January.
Former university President Graham Spanier and two other administrators face criminal charges.
Anthony Lubrano, a Republican businessman and Penn State donor who joined the university's board in July, said on Facebook that he intended to vote for Kane. He attended her victory celebration in Scranton.
"I was fully confident she would investigate the Sandusky matter," Lubrano said.
An estimated 315,000 Penn State alumni live in Pennsylvania, according to the university, along with hundreds of thousands of other Nittany Lions fans.
"People want us to move on and forget it," said former Steeler Franco Harris, a star running back under Paterno. "Penn Staters are not going to do that."
Harris supported Kane and urged others to do so. He believes she will help provide answers.
"We want the truth. It doesn't matter who it implicates," Harris said.
"This is the first investigation I've ever heard of to look into a successful prosecution," Corbett said.
Second year important
The second year of a governor's first term often is precarious in terms of popularity, said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Corbett's job approval rating dipped to 30 percent in a Quinnipiac survey in June. His disapproval rating has hovered there, although it edged up recently.
"The post-election honeymoon passes; inevitable budget cuts arise — in Tom Corbett's case, unpopular cuts to the state education budget," Malloy said. "He has company. Governors (John) Kasich in Ohio and (Rick) Scott in Florida are in no better shape."
Pundits dubbed Ridge "One-Term Tom" midway through his first term, although he easily won re-election in 1998.
Rep. Joe Markosek, D-Monroeville, said he heard plenty of anti-Corbett talk as he knocked on thousands of doors this summer in his successful re-election campaign. He said voters can't put aside the Sandusky investigation and Corbett's budget cuts, particularly to education.
The Democrats took every opportunity to tell Pennsylvanians that those cuts were "harmful to the fabric of our society," Markosek said.
Still, no lawmaker wanted to raise taxes, and Corbett faced a $4 billion deficit upon entering office. He made it clear during his campaign that he would cut spending.
"He is living up to his campaign promise, of course, but people are not always going to like that," Donley said.
Brad Bumsted is state Capitol reporter for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 717-787-1405 or email@example.com.