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Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, is calling on lawmakers to disclose details about their outside income to the Moreland Commission. Recently, elected officials in both the Assembly and the Senate denied a request by the Moreland Commission, which was appointed by Gov. Cuomo to clean up corruption in Albany, to turn over information about their outside income. Ceretto maintains revealing such details will help increase public confidence in government.
"Disclosure of outside income is a simple step we can take as lawmakers to increase the people's trust in their elected officials," he said. "Transparency in government is a good thing, and I welcome the chance to show my constituents that I am not beholden to special interests.
"I hope my fellow lawmakers will take this opportunity to listen to their constituents and be open about their outside income. It is the right thing to do."
In response to the recent corruption scandals in the state legislature, Cuomo formed the Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in Albany. Lawmakers in both the Assembly and the Senate have denied requests by the Moreland Commission to disclose details about their outside income, claiming the commission is unconstitutional because of separation of powers between the branches of government.
Ceretto's camp said disclosure of outside income is a very important tool in cleaning up government corruption. Outside income can create a conflict of interest if a lawmaker stands to gain or lose financially from pending legislation. This creates the possibility of lawmakers voting based on their personal finances instead of for the good of the people.
"This is a simple issue to me. We should disclose our outside income because the people want assurance that their representatives are honest. After all, if we have nothing to hide, then no harm comes from disclosure," Ceretto said.
Ceretto said he chooses not to have any outside income. He said he works on behalf of the people 100 percent of the time because he takes his responsibility to his constituents seriously.


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I hope that everyone stays safe and sound tonight and that you all ring in the New Year with whatever or whoever makes you happy.
For me it's my husband, champagne, laughter and good friends.
Let's have a toast to the people we love and give thanks to all that we have.
I hope you get a kiss from someone special and
have a wonderful year ahead filled with
happiness, good fortune and good health.
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UPDATE: St. Cloud Police Have Found Missing 5-Year-Old Girl
ST. CLOUD - St. Cloud police have located the missing five-year-old girl.
St. Cloud Police responded to a report of a lost 5-year-old girl in the 1400 block of 4th Street North this morning (Tuesday).
Police say the child walked away from the house sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. without her babysitter's knowledge.
The girl was found by another daycare provider at 4th Street and 14th Avenue North about 9:45 a.m.
The daycare provider brought the girl back to her home and was able to located the girl's aunt, who came and took custody of the girl.
It is believed the girl was already in the custody of her aunt before police were contacted.
Police say the child was unharmed and no criminal activity occurred.
St. Cloud police was assisted by the Stearns County Sheriff Department's bloodhound, which did track the girl's scent up to the door of the daycare provider that had located the girl.


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hi tehere and ty for your responses as usual
i have adsl connection through adsl modem with integrated router and nat firewall .have static address.
how safe is that from me being attacked??
since i have opted for static address i have not had any alert from my zone alarm(maybe because my ip is not any more on nett?
may please somone excplain too me little bit how it works and how safe i really am


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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — A cargo plane owned by a private company crashed Friday near the airport in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killing at least three people, officials said.
The Soviet-made Ilyushin-76 belonged to Trans Air Congo and appeared to be transporting merchandise, not people, said an aviation official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The plane was coming from Congo's second-largest city, Pointe Noire, and tried to land during heavy rain, he said.
Ambulances rushed to the scene in the Makazou neighborhood, located near the airport, but emergency workers were hampered by the lack of light in this capital, which like so many in Africa has a chronic shortage of electricity.
"At the moment, my team is having a hard time searching for survivors in order to find the victims of the crash because there is no light and also because of the rain," Congolese Red Cross head Albert Mberi said.
He said that realistically, they will only be able to launch a proper search Saturday, when the sun comes up.
Reporters at the scene fought through a wall of smoke. Despite the darkness, they could make out the smoldering remains of the plane, including what looked like the left wing of the aircraft. A little bit further on, emergency workers identified the body of the plane's Ukrainian pilot, and covered the corpse in a blanket.
Firefighters were trying to extinguish the blaze of a part of the plane that had fallen into a ravine. They were using their truck lights to try to illuminate the scene of the crash. Although the plane was carrying merchandise, emergency workers fear that there could be more people on board.
Because of the state of the road connecting Pointe Noire to Brazzaville, many traders prefer to fly the roughly 400 kilometers (250 miles).
Africa has some of the worst air safety records in the world. In June, a commercial jetliner crashed in Lagos, Nigeria, killing 153 people, just a few days after a cargo plane clipped a bus in neighboring Ghana, killing 10.


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Microsoft Game Studios livestreamed a full hour of Xbox One exclusive and launch title Ryse: Son of Rome finally giving us an extensive glimpse on the single player campaign.
In addition to that, they also shown a glimpse of a new multiplayer level named "Sandstorm" at the end of the livestream.
Here you can see the full recording of the livestream and 170 screencaps from it, showing the most relevant, spectacular and brutal scenes.
pretty game that plays horribly. Those are my thoughts after watching a good chunk of that.
Very beautiful. Maybe it is a bit repetitive, but I've heard that there are final bosses and of course the hack and slash genre is repetitive...so it is not a surprise.
A game I'll get bored of playing before I'am at looking at it. Great graphics though.


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Detroit's automakers showed December U.S. sales gains of 5 percent, slightly better than analysts' expectations, but likely not enough to stave off market-share gains by Japanese rivals.
General Motors Co posted sales growth of 5 percent compared with the previous December, Ford Motor Co increased sales 2 percent and Chrysler Group LLC's sales rose 10 percent.
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Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> reported a 9 percent U.S. sales increase for December, which met analysts' expectations.
Both Toyota and Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, which reports monthly and annual sales later on Thursday, and are expected to end the year with much better sales gains than their U.S. competitors.
Toyota's 2012 U.S. sales rose about 27 percent, compared with gains of 3.7 percent for GM, 4.7 percent for Ford, and 21 percent for Chrysler.
Those automakers, the top four as measured in U.S. sales, showed a combined 6 percent gain in December sales.
Volkswagen AG reported a 30 percent increase for its namesake brand and luxury brand Audi in December and a 31 percent gain for the full year.
Industrywide, U.S. auto sales for 2012 are expected to show a 13 percent rise to 14.5 million new vehicles, the best performance since 2007, driven by the slowly recovering economy, more available credit and the need to replace aging cars and trucks.
Polk, a research consulting firm, said it expects U.S. auto sales to hit 15.3 million vehicles in 2013, an increase of nearly 7 percent.
Jonathan Browning, head of Volkswagen's American unit, was cautious about 2013, in part because of uncertainty regarding major economic issues including the expected congressional fight over the U.S. debt ceiling in the coming months.
"It would have been nice if all the open questions had been resolved in the 'fiscal cliff' discussion over the holiday, but clearly they weren't, and that does extend this period of uncertainty from a consumer point of view," he told reporters on a conference call on Thursday.
Chrysler said that December auto sales will show a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of about 15.5 million vehicles, not including medium and heavy trucks. Ford said it expected monthly sales near the same level.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected a 15.2 million annualized sales rate for December.
Chrysler easily beat analysts' expectations and had its 33rd consecutive month of year-on-year sales gains. Its annual sales rose 21 percent. Chrysler is managed by its majority owner, Italian automaker Fiat SpA .
December sales fell 12 percent for Lincoln, Ford's luxury brand.
Aided heavily by consumer incentives that reduce the price of the vehicles, GM in December dramatically reduced its inventory of full-size pickup trucks to 80 days of supply from 139 days at the end of November. Most automakers like to have about 80 days of supply of these pickup trucks.
For the overall industry, the pace of annual sales increases has been in the double digits since the market bottomed in 2009, when it hit the worst annual sales rate since World War Two, adjusting for population.
Auto sales are an early indicator of consumer demand each month. Another indicator issued on Thursday was U.S. same-store sales, excluding drug stores, which rose 4.5 percent versus analysts' expectations of 3.3 percent, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
GM shares were up 1.8 percent at $29.66 and Ford shares were up 2.5 percent at $13.53 on Thursday morning on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Bernie Woodall and Ben Klayman in Detroit; editing by Maureen Bavdek and Matthew Lewis)


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John Guare's 'Free Man of Color'
December 29, 2010 | CUNY Lecture Series, Graduate Center
Set in New Orleans on the eve of the Louisiana Purchase, John Guare's new play, "A Free Man of Color," centers around the son of plantation owner and a slave. "The key to the play is one of the nightmares of being a minority in America — that you don't own your story and you're not in control of your narrative," says the Tony Award-winning playwright about his latest historical comedy. "The power of narrative is something I like to write about." Guare read from his play and discussed the production, currently at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, with David Savran, Distinguished Professor of Theatre at the Graduate Center.
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Twenty-one families signed up for the CSA last year and he would like to get more involved this year to take advantage of the locally grown and fresh produce.
"I really like being in the CSA and the way it makes the whole valley feel more neighborly," he said. "I also like the savings on gas, time going into town, and food prices for those of us who aren't growing our own produce."
For those who are interested, Peck will email an application if you contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. He can also be contacted by phone at 435-259-8454, or application forms can be picked up at the farm. Castle Valley Farms is planning another farm tour on April 12 at 4 p.m., and everyone is welcome to come to the tour even if you aren't interested in the CSA this year, according to Peck.
A single share costs $250, payable at the time of application or with a $100 down-payment and the remaining $150 to be paid by June 6. A double share will cost $450. The sign-up deadline is April 12, the day of the farm tour. All baskets will be available for pickup at Castle Valley Farms on Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. Members are responsible for picking up their baskets at the designated time but if this doesn't work, prior arrangements can be made for a different pickup time or for someone else to pick the basket up for you.
Members will receive a basket of produce each week for a total of 18-20 weeks, starting June 6. The types of produce will vary throughout the season and the possibilities include beans, beets, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, eggplant, melon, okra, peppers, potato, pumpkin, summer squash, tomato, winter squash, Swiss chard, watermelon, apricots, peaches, cherries, plums, apples and pears.
Everyone is encouraged to attend the farm tour and meet our friendly neighbors at the Castle Valley Farm, a division of the Day Star Adventist Academy.
Just a reminder that there will be no construction work on the Colorado River Pathway Project from March 23 to March 31 to accommodate the annual Easter Jeep Safari. Starting April 1 at 11:30 p.m., the nighttime closures of the road will take effect.
The nightly closures will continue Sunday night through Thursday nights for three weeks. Hours of closure will be from 11:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
The Castle Valley Fire Department is gearing up for the upcoming wildland fire season with a shift in training from structure firefighting. Residents have and will see firefighters walking down Castle Valley Drive at a brisk pace as part of their test requirements to be wildland firefighter certified. They are required to walk three miles in 45 minutes while carrying a 45-pound pack. They must also complete a four-hour refresher course and be able to unfold and climb into a fire shelter in 20 seconds. Newer firefighters must also initially complete a 40-hour training course in addition to the other requirements.
Some of the local fire personnel will attend the annual Utah Wildland Engine Training, which will be held in April in Moab this year. Firemen from all over eastern Utah will attend this training. Over the past few years, the State of Utah has been experiencing a higher frequency of both wildland and urban interface fires. The intent of the engine training is to gather personnel from multiple fire departments in one location to train. Their objective is to refresh understanding of wildland fire tactics and strategies by utilizing hands-on training.
Twenty-five years ago this week, this column featured four handsome young men in the valley who were starting a new retail business. Benny Whitney and Levi Whitney, and cousins Ammon Martineau and Jacob Martineau bought copies of The Times-Independent while they were still hot off the press and sold them wholesale to residents of the valley. Sales were slow at first but they built the business up as time went on. They later expanded their business to include a monthly national publication.
During that time, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Plastow announced the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Melissa, to Bryan Conklin of Oregon City, Ore. They were later married in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. An open house was held in their honor at the Plastow home in Castle Valley.


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Puget Sound Energy owns the natural gas pipelines up to your meter. From there on, they belong to you. It is your responsibility to maintain them.
For example: If any of your natural gas piping runs underground to serve a hot tub, pool, shop, other building or for a natural gas fueled standby generator — or if your meter is located away from the wall of your building — it needs to be maintained by you.
If your buried piping is not maintained, it may leak or corrode creating an unsafe condition. Be sure to periodically inspect buried pipes and if the piping is metallic, inspect for corrosion. Make sure repairs are done immediately. A corrosion-control company, or a plumbing or heating contractor can help inspect and repair it.
If you plan to excavate near your buried piping, it should be located in advance and the excavation should be done by hand. A service can help locate the piping if you are not sure where it is. To locate PSE-owned lines — from the street to your meter – for free, call 811. Please allow two business days before you dig.
If you smell natural gas, call PSE 24/7 at 1-888-225-5773 and we will investigate. For emergencies, call 911.


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GPSolo December 2006
Assuming you have planned ahead and backed up all your critical files in an off-site location that is not destroyed by the same disaster (or act of theft or system crash) that wiped out the files and hardware in your office, you can get up and running again simply by purchasing new hardware and loading it with your stored data. Here's how:
Locate your most current backup and/or "image" of your computer.
Locate your system specifications and determine which software is mission critical (or just plain helpful) to getting your office back in operation. Tools to help you maintain an inventory of your hardware and software can be found at www.belarc.com/free_download.html and www.gtopala.com/about_siw.html.
As you'll be replacing your hardware anyway, determine if you should upgrade any of it to better run your mission-critical software.
Determine which online vendor you wish to purchase your new computer from. If you're ordering from one of the major vendors such as Dell or Gateway, you may want to check www.gotapex.com or www.dealuniversity.com.
Contact the vendor to determine how quickly they can deliver a system meeting your requirements. Next day?
Once you receive your new computer, set it up and make sure all components are operational. Connect to the Internet and update your operating system. If your new computer includes restore disks, then you can go to the next step. If you did not receive restore disks, however, you may wish to make a backup of the new system at this point, which will make restoring much easier if a problem should arise when installing your backup.
Install or attach your backup device to the computer and install any software and necessary device drivers, including any updates from the Internet. If you stored your backup files or backup image on removable media such as a CD or DVD, have the disk present.
If you have a backup of your entire hard drive including the operating system and programs, you must decide if you're going to overwrite the new hard drive or if you are only going to recover your data. Overwriting the new hard drive may pose problems if the new computer hardware differs from your old computer. The computer may or may not start, or you may have to install updated drivers for your motherboard and other components. However, this method does have the benefit of allowing you to restore all of your programs and data in a shorter period of time.
If you only have a backup of your critical data, you will need to ensure that you have all your mission-critical program disks, serial numbers, and license keys, as well as an Internet connection to download updates.
Restore from your backup set:
- If you are not going to restore your entire hard drive, then install your mission-critical programs, and if you wish, install the secondary programs (e.g., programs that aren't critical but that make things easier for you). Then restore your data from your backup set.
- If you are going to restore the entire hard drive, then do not install any programs; at this time restore the entire hard drive from your backup image or complete backup set.
- Restart your computer to ensure proper operation. Install any required drivers for new hardware.
Once your new computer is fully operational, make a new backup of everything on the hard drive so that you can restore to this point, if necessary, in the future.
Nerino Petro Jr. is the practice management advisor for the State Bar of Wisconsin. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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The last month in the calendars of the Men of Middle-earth, approximately equivalent to modern December (though in fact running from modern 21 November to 20 December). The Sindarin name was Girithron.[1]
The word obviously contains the word ringa "cold". David Salo notes that the ending might be also seen in the abstract nouns almare "blessedness" and fanyare "the skies". Therefore the meaning of Ringare is equivalent to "*coldness".[2]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
- ↑ David Salo, "queren, ringare", Elfling (accessed 24 September 2018)


text: Red Bull Vettel fastest on opening practice for 2013 Australian GP Published 6 years ago on 2013/03/15 By thisisf1 Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel set top fastest lap-time on season opening practice session for the Australian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Felipe Massa and his team-mate Fernando Alonso made second and third fastest respectively. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has set fourth quickest lap-time ahead of local boy and Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber. Early pace setter Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen managed sixth fastest. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg set seventh fastest lap-time ahead of Force India's Adrian Sutil and McLaren's Jenson Button, Mexican Sergio Perez completed the top ten in the first practice time-sheet. More Follow… First free practice results – 2013 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix Images © Red Bull Racing Join Formula 1 OnLive Facebook fan page for all the latest updates… http://www.formula1onlive.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss Related Topics: You may like Comments Latest Results 2018 F11 week ago 2018 F1 Standings After Singapore GP Lewis Hamilton secure the victory from pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday as the Mercedes driver extended... Latest F1 News 2018 F12 days ago I can still become world champion with my own power – Vettel According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the highly influential Italian sports daily, Sebastian Vettel said "Ciao Mondiali" to his hopes... 2018 F13 days ago Vettel misses Schumacher amid 2018 F1 struggle Sebastian Vettel thinks he would benefit from the advice of his old friend and mentor Michael Schumacher. One analysis of... 2018 F14 days ago Verstappen says Red Bull never considered deal with Alonso Max Verstappen says Red Bull never considered signing up Fernando Alonso for 2019. That is despite the fact that, recently,... 2018 F14 days ago Honda poised to overtake Renault for power Honda could be poised to overtake Renault and cease having the least powerful engine in F1. Auto Motor und Sport... 2018 F16 days ago Pascal Wehrlein on pole for 2019 Toro Rosso race seat Pascal Wehrlein has emerged as a top candidate to return to F1 next year. Just days ago, Mercedes admitted that... 2018 F16 days ago I'll be with Force India until the end of 2018 – Ocon Esteban Ocon says he should keep his Force India cockpit for the rest of the 2018 season. Earlier, there was... 2018 F16 days ago FIA clears legality of Ferrari's camera-blocking 'fan' F1's governing body has cleared Ferrari to keep using a controversial airbox fan. In the Singapore pits, the Italian team... 2018 F17 days ago Ricciardo is worth top dollar – Alain Prost Paying the big bucks for Daniel Ricciardo is an expense that Renault can fully justify. That is the view of... 2018 F17 days ago Vettel feeling pressure of 2018 F1 title battle – Red Bull Sebastian Vettel often struggles with pressure. That is the view of Adrian Newey, Red Bull's famous technical boss who penned... 2018 F11 week ago Red Bull excluding Ricciardo from meetings Daniel Ricciardo is set to be given the cold shoulder by Red Bull. The Australian is moving from the energy... Most Popular 2018 F16 months ago Haas F1 VF-18 100% a Ferrari, don't build, they buy one – Renault 2018 F12 months ago Alonso could leave F1 for 2019 Indycar – McLaren boss 2018 F16 days ago Pascal Wehrlein on pole for 2019 Toro Rosso race seat 2019 F12 months ago F1 2019 'interim year' for Red Bull-Honda – Horner 2018 F12 months ago World to leave Michael Schumacher 'in peace' – Todt 2018 F12 months ago Giovinazzi targeting 2019 Sauber race seat 2018 F17 days ago Ricciardo is worth top dollar – Alain Prost 2018 F12 months ago Villeneuve plays down 'Hamilton-Jesus Christ' comparison


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Jack Dennis Roberts, age 80, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at his home in Ardmore. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013, in Rose Hill Cemetery with Robert Gill officiating.
Jack was born March 7, 1933, in Tecumseh, Okla., to Charles Franklin Roberts and Nettie (Boling) Roberts. He married Barbara Jean Crownover on June 1, 1957, in Ardmore.
Jack served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1954, during the Korean War. He received his honorable discharge April 30, 1967, at Ft. Ord, California. He then transferred to the Army Reserve. Jack received the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. While in the service, Jack became the Staff Sergeant, Section Leader of the 21st A.A.A. He worked for Baker-Hughes in Oklahoma City for 19 years. Before his health failed, he owned his own business, Roberts Turbulater Company, in Oklahoma City. He attended school in Ardmore at Franklin Elementary and Jr. High at Ardmore. Jack was an avid golfer and enjoyed woodworking, canning vegetables from his garden and was a "Find a Grave" contributor. Most of all, he loved being at home with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Edith Gill and Verna Lee Hambrick, infant sister, Odie May Roberts and Willie Belle Mapp Brown; three brothers, Verden L. Roberts and Dan F. Roberts, and infant brother, Lloyd R. Roberts; and one daughter, Jacqueline Diane Roberts.
Jack is survived by his wife, Barbara of the home; daughters, Pamela Denise Melendez of Moore, Okla., and Tammie Jean Murdoch of Oklahoma City; grandsons, Austin Marc Melendez and Dustin Anthony Melendez, both of Oklahoma City; brother, Andrew M. Roberts of Oklahoma City; and many nieces and nephews.
Family visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013, at Griffin-Hillcrest Funeral Home, Ardmore, Okla.
Condolences may be left at www.Griffin-HillcrestFH.com.


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Leonardo DiCaprio & Bradley Cooper Let Lenny Kravitz Into Their Bromance!
Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper snap a photo with Lenny Kravitz while hanging out together on Saturday (February 1) in New York City.
"At Joe's Pizza #NYC with Leo and Coop," the 49-year-old rocker wrote on his Instagram account. Looks like the guys let Lenny into their bromance!
All of the guys are presumably in town to attend the 2014 Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, which will be played right outside of the city tomorrow night in East Rutherford, N.J.
Leo is back in the states after doing some promo work for his movie The Wolf of Wall Street in Japan.
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There are certain things I just won't cut corners on. I won't make cookies from a box, bag or anything that says "break and bake." I won't ever buy marinara sauce from a jar. And I certainly wouldn't dream of buying a pre-made cake.
But, before you think I don't have a full-time job, multiple hobbies and a life outside the kitchen, let me tell you what I DO cut corners on. I will, every once in a while, buy a pie crust (my grandmother would cringe). I have been known to buy jams from a jar, salsa from a jar and – gasp – dips from a jar. But the one shortcut I did every week, every Thursday, without batting an eyelash, was buy fresh pasta. That is, however, until I went to Italy.
When I experienced a cooking class outside of Varenna with the talented Moreno, I had a new outlook on Italian cooking. Much like the view I have on cooking, Italians enjoy making the food as much as eating it. And, the more steps of the process your hands touch, make or mold, the more love you can put into the dish you will serve your loved ones. Dear Moreno made pasta from scratch. No attachments to mixers. No crank machines. Just his hands, a rolling pin and a few simple ingredients.
I would be fooling myself (and overestimating the size of my kitchen) if I thought I could make pasta with a rolling pin. But it did inspire me to make pasta. After all, I call it a sin to not make your own gravy, so why would I buy fresh pasta?
Step one was a pasta maker, and I was lucky enough to get one from my parents for Christmas. I couldn't wait to try it. I searched back for Moreno's recipe which had semolina flour (and I couldn't find it anywhere) so I looked up a few recipes online for all-purpose flour. I cleared a Sunday afternoon, got out my machine, and went to work.
I would be lying if I told you the first time it was perfect – in fact, it was far from. The dough just didn't feel right in my hands (sign one) then the crank number the recipe called for made the pasta feel too thin (sign two). But, it gave me enough hope to try again.
Four times, and four recipe alterations later, I finally got it. The perfect pasta noodle. While I am still mastering tagliatelle, I think ravioli might be a natural progression. However, anything more complex, I am buying from the store!
A few tips when you make pasta:
1. Don't cut short kneading the dough. If you don't do it for at least 10 minutes, the dough won't be right. You will be tired, and wonder why, but you feel it in your hands when the dough takes form.
2. Don't forget to let it rest. It needs this time after being needed for so long. At least for 3o minutes.
3. Don't be afraid to use flour once the noodles are made in order to separate them.
4. Go into the process knowing you will tweak your recipe many times before finding one that works.
5. Allow yourself at least an hour for the process (if not a little more).
6. It tastes better and is much more fun if you make it while sipping red Italian wine and listening to Italian music.
I would love to give credit to someone this recipe but I used one I found online and changed it so much, I don't even recognize it anymore. So, I suppose I should credit myself (although there surely are many duplicates out there).
So in Italian fashion, when I make pasta, the whole meal tastes of the love I put into it. I recently revisited my pistachio cream pasta the time I finally nailed my noodle recipe. It was almost like a different dish – a dish entirely made from scratch. No shortcuts. But lots of love.
Serves 2-3
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs, plus one egg yolk
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon olive oil
½ Tablespoon warm water
Put flour on a marble, wooden or smooth countertop and create a "volcano" and create a well in the center. In a bowl, mix the eggs, salt and olive oil. Pour the egg mixture into the well and slowly incorporate the flour into the eggs, pulling flour from the area around the well. You might have to add the yolk in multiple phases in order for it to fit in the well without spilling over.
As things begin to get incorporated, keep kneading (even if your well breaks) and add the water if necessary. This will be messy, but keep going! Once you have the mixture in a ball form, begin kneading the dough. Fold it in have and press against the counter. Start a timer and knead for no less than 10 minutes and you will see your dough begin to take shape.
Once your 10 minutes is up, cut your dough in half to form two little balls. Put them in a bowl (or two separate bowls) and cover with plastic wrap. Let them sit for at least 30 minutes to an hour.
If you are using a crank machine, take the first ball and press onto the counter to push into a flat pancake. Make sure your pasta maker is on the widest setting (mine is 7) and crank the dough through. Keep flour on the dough to keep it from getting sticky. Keep changing the setting every time until you get the thickness you want (for mine the perfect thickness is level 3). Then, crank it through the cutting side, keeping it floured and you have fresh pasta! This pasta can also be frozen, I am told, but I have yet to do it.


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Sturgis tennis tops Lakeview
The Sturgis boy's tennis team hadn't beaten Battle Creek Lakeview in awhile.
After Monday's match with the Spartans, that's no longer the case.
George Earl's team topped Lakeview 6-2 at Augspurger Courts to pick up their third SMAC East win of the season. Previously the Trojans had knocked off Niles and Loy Norrix.
"I think it's been like 8, 10 years," Earl said of the last time a Sturgis boy's team beat Lakeview. "It's been awhile, but I don't know exactly how long. This was a great win by our guys tonight. We worked hard and were able to get it done. I'm very proud of them, they did a good job."
Sturgis improved to 6-2 on the young season with the victory.
It was hot and humid Monday at Augspurger, but Earl said his team was ready.
"The conditions didn't phase us today, we have run a lot and worked hard on our conditioning this year," Earl said. "We've run and run and hit a lot of balls and ran some more. We are a team that's in good shape and I'm really proud of that."
Earl said the team's strategy for the day, which included playing within themselves and concentrating on every point, worked out well.
"We wanted our guys to concentrate on not trying to do too much with the ball and playing the game the right way," Earl said. "We are a team that takes appropriate risks around the net and not trying to be too careful. Our guys played tennis tonight like they know how and it showed."
Playing at home certainly helped Sturgis. Earl said playing on the road can sometimes work out for teams, but with a start time of 4 p.m., it worked out well with his players getting out of school and heading right to the courts.
"We came to the court today and we were all business," he said. "They wanted this match and I think we were vey prepared for it."
At first singles, Eric Bartley battled hard, but fell to Cameron Babas 5-7, 4-6.
Nick Rehm picked up a win over Brij Banerji 6-1, 6-2 at singles second while Avery Peterson fell to Tyler Horan at third singles 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).
Sophomore Seth Miller won a bagel match over A.J. Moore at fourth singles, 6-0, 6-0.
In doubles action, Sturgis won all four matches.
Chad VanDosen and Kris Ransberger picked up a straight sets 6-1, 6-1 victory over Andrew Behrndt and Brandon Corra.
At second doubles Nate Sisson and Andrew Airgood beat Mayuto Kobayashi and Isaya Mayata 6-1, 6-4.
Ben Sisson and Nick Foley also picked up a victory at third doubles, topping John Munoz and Jacob Lamb 6-3, 6-4.
And at fourth doubles Caleb Northrop and Matt Polzin earned a 7-5, 6-2 win over Reese VanVranken and Zane Huckaba.
Sturgis takes to the courts again on Wednesday afternoon against Gull Lake on the road.
Earl said his team will have to remain focused, but not try to over-think the match.
"We're going to look to keep going hard, if we play our style of tennis and play well, we can win," Earl said. "We're going to focus on serving at practice on Tuesday and have a good practice. We're still taking it one day at a time and we've worked hard to this point. We just need to stay focused and keep playing our game."


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(Pub. L. 86–613, § 9, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 378.)
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this chapter transferred to Consumer Product Safety Commission, see section 2079 of this title.
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Search on for shooter of federally-protected hawk
Red-tailed hawk found shot in Brockton
Search on for shooter of federally-protected hawk
Red-tailed hawk found shot in Brockton
BROCKTON, Mass. —
Local, state and federal officials are trying to track down the person who shot and killed a federally protected red-tailed hawk in Brockton.
E. Megan Hanrahan, animal inspector with the Board of Health, says the bird of prey was found late last month dead in a yard in an upscale part of the city.
A necropsy performed at the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth found the hawk had been shot in the chest with a .22-caliber pellet gun.
Hanrahan tells The Enterprise that whoever shot the bird faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $15,000 fine.
Hanrahan says the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Massachusetts Environmental Police are investigating.
She says hawks help keep control the rodent population.


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Meteor explodes over central RussiaReuters
February 15. 2013 10:36PM
CHELYABINSK, Russia - A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a wide area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured more than 1,000 people.
People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 950 miles east of Moscow.
The fireball, traveling at a speed of 19 miles per second, according to Russian space agency Roscosmos, had blazed across the horizon, leaving a long white trail that could be seen as far as 125 miles away.
Car alarms went off, thousands of windows shattered and mobile phone networks were disrupted. The Interior Ministry said the meteor explosion, a very rare spectacle, also unleashed a sonic boom.
"I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it were day," said Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains. "I felt like I was blinded by headlights."
The meteor, which weighed about 10 tons and may have been made of iron, entered Earth's atmosphere and broke apart 19 to 31 miles above ground, according to Russia's Academy of Sciences.
No deaths were reported but the Emergencies Ministry said 20,000 rescue and clean-up workers were sent to the region after President Vladimir Putin told Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov to ease the disruption and help the victims.
The Interior Ministry said about 1,200 people had been injured, at least 200 of them children, and most from shards of glass.
The region of Chelyabinsk has long been a hub for the Russian military and defense industry, and it is often the site where artillery shells are decommissioned.
A local Emergencies Ministry official said meteor storms were extremely rare and Friday's incident may have been connected with an asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool that was due to pass Earth.
But an astronomer at Russia's Academy of Sciences, Sergei Barabanov, poured doubt on that report. He said there was no evidence to support the theory that the meteor had traveled with the asteroid or had broken off from it.
The European Space Agency, on its Twitter microblog, also said its experts had confirmed there was no link.
The regional governor in Chelyabinsk said the meteorite shower had caused more than $30 million in damage, and the Emergencies Ministry said some 300 buildings had been affected.
One piece of meteorite broke through the ice of nearby Cherbakul Lake, leaving a hole several yards wide.
Despite warnings not to approach any unidentified objects, some enterprising locals were hoping to cash in.
"Selling meteorite that fell on Chelyabinsk!" one prospective seller, Vladimir, said on a popular Russian auction website. He attached a picture of a black piece of stone that on Friday afternoon was priced at $49.46.


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The Anniversary Chrome Stormtrooper magnet set seems to have disappeared from [email protected], worldwide, despite never actually getting to the point where it was available to buy. Can you explain why this is and whether this set will return to [email protected] at all ?
Thanks ... I hope this doesn't come under the banner of future releases etc, because it's really more a question about availability rather than anything else.


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She also had a past history of fibroids and Thallasemia minor and occasional
heart palpitations. Judy felt really hot during her sleep; otherwise she was
chilly(2), especially when she dealt with her emotions.
As she spoke about her condition, Judy seemed anxious and nervous. She sat on
the edge of her seat looking tense. An attractive woman with dark hair, her
large brown eyes darted around the room, as if to look for hidden danger.
"Doctors terrify me!", she said. When she was six years old she had a growth
removed from her leg. In the hospital she felt horribly abandoned. When her
mother had left for the night, she cried loudly and a nurse slapped her instead
of comforting her. It shocked her deeply and led to a deep distrust of doctors,
nurses and medical settings (3).
Judy suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for the past five years. She
had a terrible fear of germs (3) at the doctor or dentists office. To make
things worse, the psychiatrist who treated her for the obsessive-compulsive
disorder was verbally abusive to her. Her trust of doctors had disappeared
completely(3), but she felt she had to take their advice because they knew more
about her problems than she did.
Judy moved to Seattle from a small city in Montana while she was pregnant.
Seattle was overwhelming and terrifying to her, especially driving around in
unfamiliar places. She gradually got used to it and could now drive freely.
Weight had been an issue for Judy since she was 14. Her desire for sex
fluctuated with her body image, and she had a mild eating disorder. Her mother
was 100 pound overweight. Judy had a critical voice inside which said she could
only be loved if she was perfect. She had to give up who she was in order to be
loved, and to be perfect for her father, who would always tell her that things
were her fault. He was angry, verbally abusive and intensely critical. She
could never say how she felt around him because he would ridicule her and tell
her she was too serious. Anger was terrifying in her house and now she turned
anger into anxiety. Her inner voice said things like "I'm unloveable" and "I'm
not good enough". She was the appeaser for her father, who would rant and rave
and throw things when he was angry.
Her father was also obsessive-compulsive and used to wash his hands over and
over. At the height of her own compulsive behavior Judy also had a handwashing
compulsion (2) and checked over and over to see if she had done things like
locking the door and turning off the stove (3). The sight of blood was very
disturbing to her (2) and she had a terrible fear of germs (3). The ideas of
having her blood drawn in a doctor's office, with the possibility being
contaminated by a needle was almost more than she could bear. As a school
teacher, she worried about a child having a bloody nose.
Judy feared not being careful enough. Being responsible for twentyfour
children in school was frightening for her. She recently saw a used condom
while walking at the lake with her daughter. It made her feel she couldn't be
too careful. She thought, "what if my daughter picked it up and died?." When
she was pregnant she feared she would hurt her baby with a knife. She worried
now about hidden asbestos in her house during remodeling. She thought, "It's my
fault, we are all going to get sick because I didn't do it correctly."


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The proposed federal farm bill enjoys broad support from farm organizations, whose leaders laud it as a "well-drafted compromise" that cuts $20 billion from the federal budget while improving the insurance safety net for growers.
The five-year bill — reported by the Associated Press to cost about $100 billion per year — has been endorsed by the American Farm Bureau Federation and commodity groups representing sugar, wheat, specialty crops and the produce industry.
A conference report on the bill is scheduled for a Wednesday vote in the House.
The bill ends direct payments to producers, instead bolstering crop insurance programs. It also provides a permanent program to aid livestock producers affected by natural disasters, eliminates 100 programs through consolidation and cuts nutrition assistance funding without eliminating participants.
American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman urged agriculture to unify in support of the bill, which he said contains several provisions supported by his organization.
"We are particularly pleased with provisions to provide risk management to fruit and vegetable farmers and to support livestock farmers during disasters," Stallman said in a press release.
California Farm Bureau Federation officials emphasized that the conference report removed a "harmful" amendment seeking minimum standards for hen houses involved in production of eggs sold in the Golden State.
Sugar producers praised the bill for retaining the current sugar policy, which has been under attack by confectioners. The sugar policy seeks to prevent oversupply through production limitations and import quotas.
"Falling sugar prices and foreign subsidies have created a challenging environment for U.S. sugar producers and the 142,000 U.S. jobs they help support, but the sugar policy contained in the 2014 Farm Bill gives them the hope of weathering the storm," the American Sugar Alliance said in a press release.
The bill includes two provisions offered by Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash. — an initiative providing $200 million for job-search training to nutrition assistance recipients and language to reimburse states for aiding other states in wildfire responses.
DelBene also said she likes that the bill reauthorizes key trade promotion programs to open new export markets and provides $410 million for a one-year extension of Payment in Lieu of Taxes, a program aimed at helping rural counties with a large percentage of federal lands fund essential local services.
National Association of Wheat Growers President Bing Von Bergen, a Montana grower, believes crop insurance improvements in the bill will benefit food security.
"In addition, this bill provides the funding for important programs in conservation, research and trade that help keep America's wheat industry productive and competitive on a global scale," Von Bergen said.
United Fresh Produce Association President and CEO Tom Stenzel said the bill significantly steps up funding for key produce industry initiatives and programs. He said provisions of the bill provide "the most significant government investment ever in the competitiveness of the fruit and vegetable industry."
The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, representing more than 120 U.S. specialty crop organizations, also praised funding priorities in the bill.
"After years of effort, America's fruit and vegetable growers are eager for a farm bill that supports producers, helps families put healthy meals on tables and assists local economies in retaining and growing jobs," said John Keeling, co-chair of the alliance and executive vice president and CEO of the National Potato Council.
The National Sustainable Ag Coalition criticized the bill's emphasis on improved insurance programs for "mega-farms" at the expense of environmental and nutrition programs.
For example, the bill reduces the Conservation Reserve Program's acreage cap to 24 million acres by Fiscal Year 2018, about 1.6 million acres below current enrollment. The Conservation Stewardship Program was reduced by about 2.4 million acres to 10.3 million acres.
NSAC Assistant Policy Director Ariane Lotti acknowledged she also sees plenty to like about the bill, such as its investment in the next generation of farmers, local and organic agriculture and economic opportunities for rural communities.
"We support moving forward but will continue working for the real reform this bill lacks," Lotti said.


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School of Communications awards ceremony held on Friday, May 2University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Professor, School of Communications
Cassandra Tengan, (808) 956-8715
Administrative Assistant, School of Communications
About $50,000 in scholarship funds from the UH Mānoa School of Communications has been awarded to students for academic excellence and study abroad. At a ceremony on Thursday, May 2, students were also inducted into two honor societies: Lambda Pi Eta (Communication) and Kappa Tau Alpha (Journalism honor society), now in its 35th year at UH Mānoa.
Kappa Tau Alpha is an honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism. Selection for membership is a mark of highest distinction and honor.
Spring 2013 Inductees:
Tyson Agbayani, Victoria Rose Lee, Deborah Manog, Tasha Mero, Mike Nakada, Matthew Sylva and Roelle Torres
Journalism Undergraduate Award winners:
Louise Hess Miller Journalism Award for Study Abroad and Travel Grants
To assist participation in student exchange and study abroad programs, and to support student travel to regional and national journalism and public relations conferences.
Tyson Agbayani: For study abroad in Germany.
Sydney Chestnut: For an internship in South Africa as well as a scholarship award.
Taylor Morris: For study abroad in Italy.
James H. Couey, Jr. Memorial Journalism Award
In memory of the publisher of The Honolulu Star-Bulletin from 1968-1971.
Derek Kravitsky and Maria Nishimoto
Ed Sheehan Scholarship Fund in Journalism
In memory of one of Hawaiʻi's best-known radio hosts, Ed Sheehan.
Manjari Fergusson, Deborah Manog and Maria Nishimoto
Pierre L. Bowman Memorial Scholarship
Former arts/theater reviewer and feature writer, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Taryn Anderson and Tasha Mero
Eugene Tao Journalism Scholarship
In honor of the Big Island reporter and long-time editor of the Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald.
Taryn Anderson and Tasha Mero
Pat Pitzer Memorial Scholarship
In memory of Pat Pitzer, writer and editor for 20 years with Honolulu Publishing.
Taylor Morris and Madeline Sapigao
Lambda Pi Eta is an honor society that recognizes academic excellence. Selection for membership is a mark of highest distinction and honor.
Fall 2012 Inductees:
Sherwin Acidera, Megan Armstrong, Nana Aso, Alee-a Blanco, Eric Bottomley, Jessica Calventas, Andrew Clendenning, Pelagio Doutel Da Costa Sarmento, Nicholas Dang, Leoneto Elizario, Rininta Justianto, Dalen Kahiapo, Sean Konieczny, Rie Miyoshi, Uayporn Pasvekin, Maya Pollock, Remington Taum, Sara-Ashley Tellio, Ryley Yamamoto and Erin Yoo
Spring 2013 Inductees:
Pokiimakamai Ahmad, Jayce Arakaki, Nicole Florence Amor Atienza, Andrew Bertucci, Mary Lee Bowman, Patricia Carr, Suria Carvalho, Kapokuuipoonalani Cope, Jam Nicole Cristobal, Forest Cutright, Nicholas Dang, Rajan Noe De Los Santos, Devon DeAngelo, Esther Fung, Mari Galiher, Hauoli Hoopii, Kristen Kauhane, Ayami Machida, Ashley Mendham, Emily Mueller, Joanne Romero, Kimberly Suganuma, Remington Taum, Ayya Tawfik, Amanda Woodcock and Alvin Yasay
Communications award winners:
Graduate Division Achievement Scholarship
Awarded to graduate students who have shown exemplary work in our master's program.
Daniel Abt, Suria Carvalho, Tamara Heck, Nyle Kauweloa and Jamieson Pond
Communications Achievement Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students who have shown exemplary work in our undergraduate program.
Tawni Alailima and Kapokuuipoonalani Cope
Louise Hess Miller Communication Awards Fund
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Daniel Abt, Alee-a Blanco, Suria Carvalho, Nyle Kauweloa, Kristen Koss, Sean Nakamura, Jocelyn Nystrom and Lauren Pestal
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Have you had your fill of our commemorative pictorials celebrating the 35 Year Anniversary of Lowrider Magazine yet? This July issue marks the completion of seven segments we have printed recognizing the "best of the best" of our favorite Lowrider memories since the magazine's inception in 1977. Beginning with the January issue of 2012, we have printed two years' worth of nostalgia in each issue within a 6-page feature and foldout. We've taken our time to truly honor the culture by picking the very best in photos, and when you actually sit down and pull out the old issues to select 150 images to insert in these special sections, it can actually take days to go through and relive some of those great moments and times in our lives. It's hard not to get sentimental in wishing to go back in time to some of those iconic places and car shows from these different eras. Some of the greatest times, people, and baddest cars ever, are in these memorable pages and it makes you wonder what happened to them all! One look and you can see in their expressions that everyone was having the time of their lives as our culture was growing and developing. Everyone looks young and beautiful but where have most of them gone? You have to kind of hope that they pick up the magazine and see themselves all over again and that they show everyone around them now and say, "Look, that was me," or "That was my car!" Even though 35 years of classic times seems long gone, for most of us, it seems like yesterday; especially when the styles and cars haven't changed all that much! For those of you who say those were the greatest times ever, well now you have a little proof to show with each issue. We all wouldn't be here if not for the times you see in these featured celebratory pages, but history does repeat itself, so remember that we are still living in some very precious times. Anyway, there will be another five issues left with these special sections, so let's just enjoy and appreciate who we were then and who we are now, as we look into the remaining pages of Lowrider. Our culture is something we can all be proud of, so keep pushing forward out there as our commitment to Lowrider will always keep rolling until the wheels fall off.
This July issue also comes loaded with eight car features, including the newly crowned "Lowrider of the Year" and Cover Car; a machine with the notable name of "El Rey." Congratulations also go out to Mario De Alba, Junior, as well as their family of artists, Elite car club, and friends for this great accomplishment!
Thee Imperials and the legacy that precedes and now follows them are featured in our very own "Car Club" segment. Check out this very strong and proud organization that has been instrumental to Lowriding for more than four decades. Thanks to their strong foundation and leadership values of Hall of Fame President and Lowrider Legend, Jesse Valadez, Imperials C.C., continues to blaze their own trail as they cruise into the future! With the help of their new leaders in Tomas and Junior, and the support of quite a few "old members" to help continue the legacy, this club keeps rolling, honoring those members who have passed on as of late. May they keep up their values and traditions in living up to the reputation they set for all Lowrider car clubs to follow.
We've already discussed the memories of Lowrider's 35 Years, but we also pay tribute and respect to one car club's leader in our "Image" series. Ray Carrillo is the President of the Techniques car club, a club that has been flying their proud plaques now for 40 years! As we hear Ray's story and his fond memories of the club, we all need to pay our respects and express our gratitude to the dedication and devotion shown by the Techniques founders, officers, active members, past members, and families, who have supported the club's commitment to tradition since their early days in ELA. The Techniques live by their name; which is defined as having an ability or skill in a particular field, and they execute this definition daily as they have lived to love Lowriding, making it a way of life for four decades.
Car Show lovers and car builders need to check out our annual three-day tour and coverage of the National Roadster show in Pomona, just to see the latest in good taste when it comes to car designs from fans of many different automotive cultures. You really can't get enough of the different styles and looks of Rat Rods, Muscle Cars, Lead-sleds, Customs and more unless you visit the show yourself. If you can't or just missed it, you can get a good taste through our special coverage of this featured show, and please don't forget that there is a whole lot more of anything and everything you see here in Lowrider Magazine on our Website (LowriderMagazine.com.) The web content is endless with thousands of more pictures and stories from the world of Lowriding.
Well, it's time to cruise on over and jump right into the August Issue of Lowrider, so I'll be visiting with you guys in the next upcoming Editorial. Thanks so much for your continued patronage!
Remember, there is nothing like riding up in your car, parking it, laying it on the ground, and opening that door to hit that tilt! Especially a chromed and telescopic one that truly announces to the world, "I Did It."
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such punishment meted out by Pope Francis.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigned as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh and recused himself from the March conclave that elected Francis pope after a newspaper reported unnamed priests' allegations that he acted inappropriately toward them.
O'Brien subsequently acknowledged he had engaged in unspecified sexual misbehavior. He apologized and promised to stay out of the church's public life.
On Wednesday, the Vatican said O'Brien, once Britain's highest-ranking Catholic leader, would leave Scotland for several months of "spiritual renewal, prayer and penance" for the same reasons he decided not to participate in the conclave.
The statement didn't specify that the decision was imposed on O'Brien by the Vatican as punishment, and in fact went out of its way to suggest that the decision was O'Brien's. But in the past, wayward priests have been sanctioned by the Vatican with punishments of "prayer and penance," and the statement made clear Francis supported the move and that the Holy See would decide his future fate.
Such a sanction is very much in keeping with the church's legal tradition of making a public reparation for a scandal done to the church, said Austen Ivereigh, director of the Catholic Voices, a British-based Catholic advocacy group.
"Because there has been a public scandal, there has to be a public reparation in some way, and it is normal for somebody to be sent away," he said in a phone interview. "This is very much in that canonical tradition of making public reparation."
The issue is significant because victims of clerical abuse have long denounced the lack of accountability among the church hierarchy for having covered up the crimes of pedophile priests. In the church, bishops and cardinals have long been virtually untouchable.
Take American Cardinal Bernard Law, whose cover-up of pedophile priests in Boston was at the root of the U.S. church's sex abuse crisis: Law resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston in 2002, but he was given a plum job as archpriest of one of the Vatican's prime basilicas in Rome.
Even though O'Brien has not been accused of abusing minors, his case had been watched to see if Francis would dare take any action against a senior cardinal who had strayed.
The issue is delicate, given O'Brien's rank, but the message the Vatican sent Wednesday was clear.
"For a senior church member to be asked to leave the place of his residence for a period of penance and prayer, it's about as a strong a sanction as you can get before the standard canonical penalties about laicization" kick in, said Ivereigh. Laicization, or removing someone from the priesthood, might have been foreseen if he had sexually abused minors, but that doesn't apply in this case, he said.
The Vatican has refused to even confirm whether it was investigating the allegations against O'Brien, even though the Scottish Catholic Church's media office said the complaints had been forwarded to Rome and that it expected an investigation.
The Vatican spokesman declined to provide further explanation Wednesday and the spokesman for the Scottish church declined to comment beyond the Vatican statement. O'Brien was unavailable, the Scottish church said.
Scottish media reported that after his resignation, O'Brien moved his belongings into a church-owned property in Dunbar where he had long planned to retire, but that Scottish bishops wanted him out of the country given the damage the revelations had caused the church's credibility.
The Herald newspaper reported that bishops had complained to the Vatican, asking it to take action for the sake of the faithful, after O'Brien was seen in public in Scotland.
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, who is running the archdiocese until a successor to O'Brien is named, has spoken of the outrage directed at the church for the "hypocrisy" O'Brien's case revealed.
O'Brien was vehemently outspoken in his opposition to gay rights, condemning homosexuality and calling same-sex marriage "a grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right." Last year, the gay rights group Stonewall named O'Brien "Bigot of the Year."
That he then admitted to engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with men prompted gay rights groups to demand an apology.
"There is little doubt that the credibility and moral authority of the Catholic Church in Scotland has been dealt a serious blow, and we will need to come to terms with that," Tartaglia said in a March 4 homily after O'Brien resigned.
O'Brien initially rejected the claims, saying he was resigning because he did not want to distract from the conclave. He eventually admitted that there had been times "that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal."
It wasn't clear what would happen to O'Brien after his months of prayer and penance. The Vatican statement said a decision would be "agreed with the Holy See."
In recent times, only one other cardinal has been taken to task for his failures: Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired archbishop of Los Angeles.
In February, Mahony's successor, Archbishop Jose Gomez, stripped Mahony of his administrative duties in the archdiocese after court records showed how he shielded pedophile priests and failed to report child sex crimes to police.
It was an unprecedented public dressing-down of a cardinal, but it was done by an archbishop, not a punishment meted out by the Vatican.
In 1995, the Vatican forced Cardinal Hans Groer to resign as archbishop of Vienna over claims he molested youths in a monastery in the 1970s.
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Finding club form motivates McCullough more than Origin
ANDREW McCullough will be one of 14 promising Queensland players invited to this weekend's Emerging Origin camp in Brisbane but the Dalby talent says he isn't driven by pulling on a Maroons jersey.
McCullough and the likes of Ben Barba, Daly-Cherry Evans, Josh McGuire and Roma's Ben Ridge will this afternoon go into a three-day camp at the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane where the talented youngsters can push for inclusion in the history-making Queensland State of Origin team.
The emerging squad will train under Maroons coach Mal Meninga and revered mentor Wayne Bennett.
Many will be hoping to break into the Queensland squad this year but hooker McCullough says he is motivated more by trying to perform well at club level for the Brisbane Broncos rather than the possibility of earning a Maroons jersey.
He also has arguably the toughest task of the Origin hopefuls, playing the same position as Queensland and Australian captain Cameron Smith.
"It's good to get recognised but it's only a small proportion of what's out there. You want good club form," McCullough said after he and the Broncos squad trained in Ipswich yesterday.
"I had a more consistent year last year and I just want to be consistent again.
"I'm not worried about playing Origin and who's in my position."
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Thousands of sharks, heading north after migrating to the south for winter, prompted beach closures along South Florida's Atlantic coastline. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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The thousands of sharks that emptied Florida beaches this week are later than usual, but their purpose sounds like the usual spring break itinerary: gulping down food, having sex and seeking warmth, according to shark experts.
The dramatic aggregation consists primarily of blacktip and spinner sharks, with hammerhead, bull, lemon and tiger sharks also in the mix, according to Derek Burkholder of the Guy Harvey Research Institute and Nova Southeastern University.
"During this migration, tens of thousands of sharks are moving up the coast to waters further north where they will spend the summer months before heading back down here for the winter," Burkholder told Discovery News. "The sharks can be found very close to shore -- within a few feet -- as they follow baitfish."
NEWS: Sharks Along Florida Coast Cause Beach Closures
George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research based at the Florida Museum of Natural History, likens the mass grouping to people lined up to get into a football stadium. He said that sharks are actually backed up, trying to get in the warm water stream.
"Nookie is going on too," he said. "Sharks tend to mate during this time."
Both he and Burkholder remarked that the migration is happening later this year.
"Sharks are temperature dependent. The ups and downs of global climate change can affect water temps," Burgess explained.
Humans, he said, are no different, since we can tolerate some climates more so than others.
"That's why a bunch of people live in Florida, but not at the North Pole," he deadpanned.
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A "swarm" of blacktips sharks, and others, has filled the waters off of Florida for spring break.
NEWS: 2012 Ties Worst Year for US Shark Attacks
The later migration coincided perfectly with this year's spring break, when numerous college students head to beach towns to relax and party. Florida is the most dangerous state in the United States, in terms of shark attacks, and such encounters are at a 12-year high now.
The sharks in the swarm are known to bite people, but usually these are "hit and run" attacks, Burgess said. Researchers actually document these attacks to track the movement of the big shark congregation as it moves northward.
The good news is that "humans are not on the sharks' normal menu," Burkholder said, adding that it's "almost always a case of mistaken identity, especially in areas where the water is murky or near dusk or dawn, where the shark bites a swimmer thinking they are their normal fish prey."
"This is also the reason that most bites from these species are not fatal attacks," he added. "When the shark realizes its mistake, it lets go and does not continue the attack."
He and Mahmood Shivji, director of both the Guy Harvey Research Institute and Save Our Seas Shark Center USA, believe the swarm is misleading, though, since it can give the false impression that shark populations are booming.
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"Just because we now see swarms of sharks does not mean there are more sharks," Shivji, who is also a professor at the Oceanographic Center, explained. "The reason we are now aware of them is because people are increasingly taking aerial pictures, which was not done until a few years ago. With all the sharks being overfished, it could very well be if such pictures were routinely taken 15 years ago, we might have seen swarms 2-3 times as big."
Nevertheless, swimmers and other recreational water users would do well to take heed. Burgess said the migration would be heading to places like the Chesapeake Bay, waters off of North Carolina, and parts of New Jersey. Some sharks might follow waterways from East to West, such as going deeper into the Gulf of Mexico.
"If you've been in such waters before, you have probably been 10 to 15 away from a shark and just didn't know it," Burgess said.


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1:54PM Apr 9, 2014'Parliament has no power to stop third vote'Parliament has no power to pass provisions like Section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976, which prohibits local government elections, lawyer Tommy Thomas has argued.3
This is ultra vires (beyond the powers of) the federal constitution, which allows states to hold such elections, he submitted before a five-member Federal Court panel led by Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif.
Thomas (left) is representing the Penang government and former Aliran president P Ramakrishnan, the petitioner in this case, in seeking to compel the Election Commission to restore local government elections in the state.
In 1965, prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra had temporarily suspended local government elections, due to the declaration of an Emergency during Indonesias confrontation with Malaysia.
The ban still stands despite what was practised between 1951 and 1965, Thomas said.
In 2012, the Penang state legislative assembly passed the Local Government Elections (Penang Island and Province Wellesley) Enactment to revive the third vote, but has been stymied in its efforts to enforce it.
The state government and Ramakrishnan are seeking a declaration that Section 10 and 15 of the Local Government Act are ultra vires the federal constitution in relation to the state governments powers.
Ramakrishnan (right) is further claiming that Section 15 deprives him of his right to liberty to vote in a local government election.
The question of law, to be decided by the bench - also comprising Justices Suriyadi Halim Omar, Ahmad Maarop, Md Apandi Ali and Ramly Ali - is whether Parliament has the power to enact laws relating to local government elections.
Tommy said federal law has to be challenged because local government elections are under the state governments purview.
He further said that an amendment to the Local Government Act in 1991 had appeared to back the reinstatement of the third vote, but that nothing has been done to date.
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Senior federal counsel Alice Loke, representing the federal government and the EC, insisted Section 15 of the Local Government Act is valid.
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"For 50 years, we have been waiting to hold local government elections and to compel the EC to abide by our directive to hold this," Lim said.
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With wide eyes turned upward, holding our hands, the kids were mesmerized. "Can we touch them? Can we smell them? They look like clouds!" My father and I took turns hoisting the children up to be haloed in cherry blossoms. Spring came suddenly last week, unexpectedly in full petal all at once, spiking the temperatures so much that early crocuses and forsythia are uncharacteristically blooming side by side with late tulips and Washington's famous cherry trees. The fairyland vistas are exquisite, except for the timing.
City planners had worked hard to prepare for the 100th anniversary of the day in 1912 when Mrs. William Howard Taft, the nation's first lady, and the wife of the Japanese ambassador planted two trees at a ceremony celebrating the gift by the Japanese city of Tokyo of 3,000 cherry trees to Washington, D.C. The anniversary celebration was not scheduled to begin for another week. Spring came anyway.
My father-in-law died suddenly last week. He was an active, vigorous man, exquisitely carving inlaid wood in his workshop till the end, but death came anyway, ready or not. Each time I pass the front hall table he made for us, I finger the edges of the inlaid leaf, a doubting Thomas with my finger in the holes, processing. One minute the children say, "Granddaddy is in heaven." The next, our three-year-old asks when will we next visit Granddaddy at his home. My parents came for the funeral. Afterward we enjoyed a welcome respite among the trees around the newest D.C. monument, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Visitors walk through a rectangle of granite (the mountain of despair) before coming upon Dr. King's figure (the stone of hope). Perhaps it is my present mind-set or the timing of the liturgical year, but this felt like walking through a stone sarcophagus into blinding light, freedom and blossoms, resurrection.
The cherry blossoms also mark another anniversary. A year ago Japan's earthquake unleashed a 65-foot wall of water that killed nearly 20,000 people suddenly and unexpectedly. The U.S. government, including military forces stationed in Japan, offered emergency humanitarian assistance, only to be caught off guard by a quickly deteriorating nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. My husband, Dr. Richard Love, a U.S. government representative who works with the Japanese, was assigned to help coordinate the disaster response. We saw little of him for months.
How do you suddenly provide disaster assistance in the middle of a nuclear crisis, with no money in the midst of a budget crisis? Information and communications were challenged, both within the U.S. government and with the Japanese. The government does not have a playbook for providing assistance within a contaminated zone. My husband is helping to write one, proposing an all-hazard approach to guide future U.S. policy. Yet better planning may not help overcome the human condition. People so shocked and saddened by death may be impaired in their crisis efforts to further safeguard life. Now, a year later, the plan is for the Fukushima nuclear power plant to be covered with a concrete sarcophagus to contain the radiation.
Tomioka, the Japanese town near those nuclear reactors, was known for its cherry blossom displays. The trees are now in bloom, but no one can enjoy them; the radiation levels are too high for the inhabitants to return. Over 320,000 people displaced by the quake and tsunami are still living in temporary shelters.
I cannot imagine how my husband's Japanese colleagues grieve for so many loved ones dead, so suddenly and unexpectedly. Here we struggle as we miss just one. But I suspect we all know the rhythm of it, first the pain of crucifixion, the sharp thump of the nail, before the light and peace of resurrection.
There is an Easter story after such suffering, though. My Catholic University students often wonder if reconciliation after war is ever really possible. Look at Fukushima, I tell them. In 1945 the United States killed Japanese civilians with atomic weapons. A year ago Americans rushed to help save Japanese civilians from a nuclear accident.
"This was so nice of the Japanese to give us such beautiful cherry trees," our 5-year-old remarked, glittering with petals. "Is this what heaven looks like?" He may be on to something.