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Human Rights Wedding Guestbook Poster
Human Rights Wedding Guestbook Poster
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Poster printed on premium 130lb paper with a nice matte finish
Hello and welcome to my shop! Chances are if you're looking at this listing then you, my lovely new friend, are engaged and planning a wedding. If this is the case then CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so very excited for you! If this item tickles your fancy but you have a question about it, please feel free to ask me any questions you have! I would LOVE to help!
These guest books are not just for weddings! You can use these for multiple types of events like bridal showers, anniversaries, baby showers or any other occasion you can think of. This can later be hung in your home as a piece of art once your event is over.
A proof of your order will be sent to you within 3-5 days through your Etsy account messages. During this time if you see something that needs changed or you would like to choose a different color, just let me know! Your order will not be sent for printing until you have fallen in love with it! Once your order has been completed and you have given your stamp of approval, it will be sent for printing. You can expect to have your beautiful poster in your hands within 2-3 weeks of placing your order. Remember, if you do need this in a quicker time frame please let me know or use the link listed above for express shipping.
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Re: in the united states?
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 5:07 pm
cool that's what i was figuring. if someone is making you pay for that type of thing it's probably a scam artist who is book-learned on the topic and will hold you in a slow moving state of learning to keep the money flowing. and if not that, it's a person who is not very mastered in the art as they are not generous and compassionate toward the poor. i've already trained with a master and some nuns for free many times so i think that's proof alone.cooran wrote:Since the Buddha's time, the teachings have traditionally been given away free of charge, passing freely from teacher to student, from friend to friend. The teachings are regarded as priceless, and have been conveyed to us across the centuries by an unbroken stream of generosity — the very foundation of all the Buddha's teachings. I would investigate closely anyone charging for the Buddha's teachings, and I would completely avoid anyone charging dearly for them.
It may be that, if a private venue has been hired, that separate charges are made for accommodation - but the Dhamma Teachings should always be freely given.
As an example, Bodhi Tree Monastery (the home of Buddhanet.net), like most Theravada monasteries, does not impose a charge for Retreats - food, accommodation or Teachings. Most yogis, of course, give Dana generously - but this is by choice, and no note is taken of who gives and who does not.
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In this letter, opposition is asserted as the author places into question Dr. King's decency and religion.
In this letter, opposition is asserted as the author places into question Dr. King's decency and religion.
The author of this letter negatively expresses his opinion for Dr. King and the civil rights movement.
This message from Dr. Douglas was given over the telephone #525-1717 in Springfield, Illinois. Douglas discusses his beliefs on racism and communism in regards to Dr. King. He discusses how communist are the followers of Dr. King, and also how the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to King in order to cause a "communist world revolution." Bayard Rustin is described by Douglas as a "pervert, jail bird" close associate of Dr. King.
This anonymous critic of Dr. King described their grievances on a political cartoon from The Birmingham News that referred to Dr. King as a hypocrite.
The author of this postcard questions the concept of Black Power and informs Dr. King of his dismay for integration.
American Opinion illustrates a propaganda postcard of Dr. King that accuses him of being a communist. The photo on the postcard was taken at the Highlander School in 1957 which trained leaders in nonviolent passive resistance.
Under the Additional Listings section of this magazine is a review about Dr. King's "Why We Can't Wait."
This advertisement invites every white person who supports segregation to attend an upcoming meeting sponsored by the Ku Klux Klan.
This flyer serves as an advertisement for Mrs. Coretta Scott King's upcoming public appearance at the First African Baptist Church. Mrs. King wishes to honor every Freedom Fighter who was imprisoned during a civil rights demonstration.
This advertisement for Dr. King's book, "Why We Can't Wait," appeared in the Christian Herald in June of 1964.
This is a copy of the advertising and promotion expenditures for Dr. King's book, "Strength To Love".
Dr. King addresses questions in the "Advice for Living" column published in Ebony Magazine on February 12, 1958.
Advice for Living is a column Dr. King uses to help people with moral dilemmas. In this issue, he receives questions from an 18-year old about his mother's drinking issues, a 24-year old with relationship issues, and others.
G.V. Evans, a captain in the Police Department of the City of Birmingham, confirms a series of sit-ins and marches that took place in Birmingham. The nonviolent actions, called Project C, was headed by Wyatt Tee Walker. Captain Evans believes that this conduct will result in serious injury to the police department and the demonstrators.
George Wall, Captain of the Police Department for the City of Birmingham, submits an affidavit. The document states that a group of thirty-two Negroes led by Charles Billups and Fred Shuttlesworth were arrested for marching without a permit.
After being arrested in Birmingham for "parading without a permit" in 1963, Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights singer Cleopatra Kennedy gave this notarized affidavit describing the incident.
In an attempt to redirect the focus of Negro students in Birmingham, Superintendent Theo R. Wright presents a sworn affidavit detailing his responsibilities and plans to revitalize the educational direction of Birmingham Public Schools.
The author of this document discusses why it is imperative for African Americans to not only stand in unity against the injustices of society, but to also be informed about the issues in which they strive to prevail against. Information about school integration, housing discrimination, and taxation is offered in the conclusion of the document.
This photo comes from the Benedict J. Fernandez "Countdown to Eternity" portfolio.
(Copyright: Benedict J. Fernandez)
This document contains an itinerary for an upcoming Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff meeting.
Arnold Aronson sends the agenda for an upcoming meeting for the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference. Important topics of discussion include the Civil Rights Act of 1967 and the Freedom Budget.
This agenda outlines several topics discussed for the Southwide Meeting of State and Local Leaders. Dr. King, the President of the SCLC, spoke on SCLC's 'People to People' Program.
This document is an agenda and lists meeting minutes regarding the approval of actions, nominations, budget, and miscellaneous items for the Department of Racial and Cultural Relations.
Dr. King quotes Ernst Haeckel's "The Riddle of the Universe."
Members of the American Committee on Africa solicit funding for the support and advancement of victims of Apartheid in South Africa. This brochure highlights the unjust treatment of black South Africans through individual testimonies.
Amidst a battle between federal and states' rights, Reverend Hughes discusses the arrival of the Commission on Civil Rights and its intended purpose in the state of Alabama.
Albert Turner of the Alabama SCLC delivers a report on upcoming and continuing programs of the local SCLC. Some of the programs include political action and a SCLC convention.
Dr. King expounds upon the city of Albany and the adversities it faced that brought about the focus of international scrutiny. Dr. King notes two prominent international occasions that occurred in Albany, the peace walk to Cuba and the Guantanamo Peace March. He cites quotations from Chief Laurie Prichett and Bradford Lyttle. Dr. King further elaborates on the injustices of Albany, segregation, discriminatory practices and more.
The "Albany Manifesto" declares the Albany Movement to be uncompromisingly opposed to segregation. The manifesto positions the group to continue to exercise its free speech and free assembly rights to protest segregation. Protesters insist upon the speedy resolution of the charges against seven hundred protesters that had been languishing for more than six months.
In support of the Albany Movement, the Albany Manifesto was drafted to make clear what the proponents of the cause sought to resolve.


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Danville school closes after electrical problem
Danville school closes after electrical problem
DANVILLE, Va. —
Students at a Danville elementary school were sent home early Tuesday due to an electrical problem.
Danville firefighters responded to Taylor Elementary School around 7:30 a.m. Students were evacuated to the school annex and later released for the day after power was shut off.
Smoke was reported in a classroom, fire officials said. The smoke was caused by an overheating air conditioner mounted on the roof, fire officials said.
A malfunctioning transformer caused a power surge that led to the overheating, fire officials said.
No one was injured, and the school had minor damage.


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Today's Meditation
read 2 Peter 1:5-11
The psalmist wrote, "When I said, 'My foot is slipping,' your love, O Lord, supported me."
- Psalm 94:18 (niV)
Our first snow of the year fell yesterday, and today sleet compounds our problems in driving and walking. The snow and ice are formidable obstacles in getting to the birdbaths and feeders in our yard. Reaching them requires caution even for those who are young and agile--and more so for the rest of us.I grew up in snow country, and I never thought I would forget how to maneuver safely in wintry weather. But after moving to where winters are mild, I soon forgot because living here doesn't provide regular practice. Unfortunately, neither does it take long to forget other important things. During my younger years, my roots were sunk deeply into the religious community. Once I became an adult, it didn't take me long to forsake that sure spiritual footing for the shifting sands of secular pleasures. Soon this way of life had me in chains.It took me a long while to return to God. But when I did, I found all that I had forsaken--and more. I am grateful that God's love is sure in every season for each one of us, no matter how much we have forgotten or how far we have strayed.
John Eyberg (Oklahoma, USA)
Thought for the Day: The ground of God's love is sure footing.
Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, help us to know that wherever we are and whatever we do, you care more for us than we can care for ourselves. Amen.
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Gilford's $13.1million budget plan includes dues to LRPCBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
January 27. 2014 10:01PM
GILFORD — A proposal to withhold the town's yearly dues payment to the Lakes Region Planning Commission has been dropped, as the commission's executive director has satisfied most budget committee members of the need for staying in the regional organization.
Committee members had voted to cut the town's $8,500 yearly dues. The decision was based in part on a bill in the Legislature that would eliminate the state's nine regional planning commissions by 2015, said Town Administrator Scott Dunn.
The LRPC's Jeffrey Hayes, who replaced retiring 30-year commission director Kimon Koulet this month, was asked to attend a budget meeting last Thursday night. After answering several questions from committee members, the majority of the committee voted to put the $8,500 payment to the commission back in the town's proposed $13.1 million budget.
"I'm not sure he convinced all of the committee members, but the majority voted to put the money back after hearing (Hayes) speak," Dunn said.
The budget proposal includes 31 warrant articles. Among the largest is $1.2 million for the town police station renovation and addition, as well as the town's first payment into the Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid system of $78,162, which is now required for the town to use the regional dispatch and support system.
Another big-ticket request is Article 16, which calls for $266,500 to purchase a public works dump truck with plow and accessories and a heavy-duty pickup truck with plow and accessories, but all of the money is to come from reserve funds.
Article 19 similarly requires no tax increases, calling for $50,000 for the rehabilitation of Fire Engine E2. The money will come from a surplus fund balance.
Article 21 asks for $220,000 to buy and equip a new ambulance, with $59,000 to come from the surplus fund balance and the remaining $161,000 come from the Ambulance Services Revolving Fund, again without need to increase taxes.
Tax rate may decrease
Town officials anticipate that the budget will cause the overall tax rate of the town to drop by 26 cents if passed, Dunn said.
The first session of Town Meeting will be held in the high school auditorium on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. The second session, the actual voting, will take place at the Gilford Youth Center on March 11 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.


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DENVER (AP) — Police say four people have come forward regarding a Colorado veterinarian who is accused of providing care to a man who later had to have three toes amputated.
KCNC-TV in Denver reports (http://cbsloc.al/14IECPH) that the Colorado Medical Board on Thursday issued a cease and desist order for the unlicensed practice of medicine to Fran Freemyer.
Greeley police say Freemyer was ticketed last week with practicing medicine on humans without a license, after a man said his foot worsened after the vet gave him ointment for a foot ailment.
Freemyer has said he was treating a dog for skin cancer, and the dog's owner gave some of the medicine to a neighbor without Freemyer's knowledge.
Greeley police say four other people have contacted detectives regarding Freemyer and treatment they received.
Information from: KCNC-TV, http://www.cbs4denver.com


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Not according to most of the pundits. Michael Arrington at Techcrunch gave the fledgling search engine a review so nasty you could almost see the pixels flaming: "…it may be one of the biggest disappointments I've had the displeasure of reviewing…it's barely a search engine at all…this product is an inexcusable waste of time…"
Chris Sherman from Search Engine Land is slightly kinder. While noting that "it's really just yet another crappy search service that may, potentially, if all goes well, eventually turn into something useful," he says that right now it's "essentially useless as a search engine." Ouch.
Allen Stern from Center Networks admits that he wanted to love Wikia Search. Even he noted that "finding accurate results is a bit tricky" and concluded that "Wikia Search has a long way to go in terms of interface, usability and features" before he would start using it regularly. Stern suggested that releasing the search engine in alpha may not have been the best way to go.
Clint Boulton from eWeek noted that Wikia Search's open source approach would probably play well with SEMs frustrated with Google's algorithm changes. However, he quoted Greg Sterling of Sterling Market Intelligence as thinking the average consumer will be less than impressed. "There have been a variety of efforts to engage users in reranking, identifying relevance, what have you, and it's a great concept, but as a mass-market phenomenon…it hasn't become viable in search." If this is what Jimmy Wales believes will truly set his search engine apart and make it popular, he may have to rethink his approach.
Bad reviews inspire a certain curiosity in some of us; could it possibly be as awful as everyone says it is? After all, love it or hate it, Wikipedia has become an important resource online, so how far wrong could this search engine have gone? I set out to discover the truth. Please keep in mind when you read this review that things can change very quickly with any open source product or service.
{mospagebreak title=A Transparent Search Engine}
Wikia Search is based on the "concept…of trusted user feedback from a community of users acting together in an open, transparent, public way." It's not working too well as of yet because, at the beginning, it has no user feedback, but the company expects results to improve rapidly in the weeks and months ahead. This is somewhat reminiscent of the course that Wikipedia took; Jimmy Wales admitted he had to supplement the content of many of the articles in his anyone-can-edit-it encyclopedia before it reached a certain critical mass.
Here's a shot of the search engine itself:
Of course a bare page doesn't really tell you what a search engine can do. I decided to search for – what else? – "search engine optimization," without the quotes, to see what would come back. Some of my results were predictable, but others…well, I guess a picture will give you a much better idea:
Let's check out the parts of this page one by one. As you can see, there are plenty of results, though of course not as many as Google would deliver. Then again, who goes all the way to the end of Google's results anyway?
You'll notice a link right next to the list that says "discuss these results." It leads to a "mini talk" on the search's topic. As of this writing, that talk has no content.
As you can see, there are four links at the top: "Mini," Discussion," "Edit," and the plus sign (+). This is one way the search engine gets feedback about its results. I'll hold off on covering this for the moment, and stick to the main results page.
Right at the top of the page, just below the sentence telling you how many results came back, you'll see a gray box. That box contains a mini article about your search topic (search engine optimization in this case). These are written by volunteers. What you're seeing is the collapsed version of the article. You can click on links to expand it, show its revision history, or go to the full article. In this case, the full article and the expanded version are one and the same; I assume that for some searches, an expanded version of an article is still somewhat short, while the "full" version is rather longer.
Here is an image showing this mini article's revision history:
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The results list itself was not particularly surprising. It was the standard 1-10 with links to each page, but the results themselves did not impress me. All ten were search engine optimization companies. Now, this might be fine for the companies, but what about someone who wants to learn what SEO is and how to do it? Perhaps I'm biased because I write for a content-rich web site, but a few short sentences defining SEO at the top just doesn't cut it.
You can usually go to a cached version of a web page from the results. It's not as useful to do this with Wikia Search as it is to do this with Google, though, because Wikia Search doesn't highlight your search terms on the page. It uses the Nutch algorithm, which is why you see clickable numbers on the last row of each result. You can click the number to go to some code that explains why that particular result received the score it did. This is part of Wikia's transparency.
To the right of the search results is a collection of images. These are people who, for whatever reason, are associated with our query. Hover over each image and you'll get a name. Who would have thought that Joris Roebben looks like one of Homer Simpson's neighbors? If you want to see where clicking on the images takes you, though, you have to register for an account and log in.
Below the gray box housing the images is another gray box that will take you to other indexes. For our query, Wikia lists three options. If you click on the question mark, though, you get a rather "enlightening" set of paragraphs:
I guess here should be some article about how the indexes work. I could not figure it out in (very) short time but decided to at least leave a note here. And because I am already here I would like to make a suggestion: I would love to have an "open stuff" index, so that when I search e.g. for a scientific paper I do not have thousands of hits that offer me to buy the article..
Yeah, me too, plus this paragraph is by another person. Nothing to indicate that. Clearly, this is meant to be a wikipedia like function. but why the heck would a help question mark on a piece of functionality be something anyone can comment on?
Service needs work Jimmy. I love what you've done, but not so sure what you're doing!
I checked the other three indexes listed; there's really nothing to indicate that they might be more (or less) useful than the one used by Wikia. One of them did have Search Engine Land somewhere on the first page, at least, so that's something.
{mospagebreak title=Logging in and Contributing}
It seemed as if there were certain features I couldn't access unless I created an account. To register, I gave Wikia a screen name, password, email address, and my real name. That last was optional. Wikia needed the email address to send a confirmation email. It showed up within a few minutes. Once you're registered and logged in, you can edit your profile. Profiles look very much like what you would expect if you've spent any time on social sites; here is mine before I added anything:
Now that I'd registered and logged in, I could click on the images associated with my search and look at profiles. That's nice; I understand the privacy issue. But I can't say that I think much of a search engine that won't give me any information about people who are important to my search. Perhaps Wikia should add an option to its profiles that allows users to add a paragraph about themselves that they don't mind making public to those who use the search engine but are not registered with it.
You do get more options when you're logged in when it comes to editing articles. There is also a tutorial that welcomes you to Wikia Search and explains how to edit, report bugs, etc. The interface feels a little awkward if you've never edited Wikipedia – a relevant point, since Wales is trying to appeal to a larger audience, including those who may never want to edit a search engine entry or Wikipedia article. Conversely, since anyone can edit certain things, such as the mini articles, they're potentially open to abuse (or at least some rather strange self-focused content, as I showed you in the previous section). Here's a telling point: Matt Cutts' profile notes that he is "Thinking about spam on Nutch," the algorithm that drives Wikia Search.
After trying several other searches on the search engine, I have to agree with most of the reviews. Wikia Search is clearly in alpha. It is not ready for prime time. It was launched in the same way that Wales launched Wikipedia, without much content. But, as other observers have pointed out, Wikipedia had little online competition. Wikia Search is competing with the major search engines plus hundreds of niche search engines. Many of these are already human-powered; think social bookmarking services like del.icio.us, some of which are even supplemented by crawlers, like Searchles. It's questionable whether Wales will attract enough interest in Wikia Search to give it any value — his rivals include the best search engines with the brightest thinkers money can buy, and his approach is unproven in this field.


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Learning About Japan Through Its Kites: Teaching the Yoshimi Sode-Dako
These activities introduce simple Japanese vocabulary and concepts about Japanese culture for very young students through a reading about one of the country's signature kites and about its most popular holiday. They establish a cultural context for the easy-to-make, easy-to-fly sode kite, which is available in a kit. These readings can be supplemented with a general reading about flying a kite.
Science: understands simple properties of common natural objects; understands how to ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment.
Mathematics: understands meaning of addition and subtraction (cutting and taping tail pieces; more or fewer depending on wind conditions); understands attributes to describe and compare objects; understands concept of symmetry; estimates length using non-standard units.
Social Studies: uses maps and globes to locate places; identifies the ways cultural traditions are expressed through artistic creations and use of the environment.
Visual Arts: identifies line direction, geometric shapes, and textures; uses art tools and materials safely and appropriately; applies a creative process in the arts; identifies personal aesthetic choices.
Language Arts: uses context to predict and confirm meaning of unknown words; uses new vocabulary from informative/expository test; identifies important parts of informative / expository text; understands simple organizational structure of text; reads to learn new information; reads to perform a task; writes for different purposes; writes in a variety of forms/genres (answers to questions).
Cultural Integration: Asia
Student Reading: Kites and Their Shapes (PDF file)
Student Reading: Japanese Kites at the New Year (PDF file)
Student Reading: Flying a Kite (PDF file)
Extension Activities: Flying a Kite: Writing & Discussing (PDF file)
Purchase Kite Kits: Yoshimi Sode Kite Kit (with paper pattern, spars, flying line & winder), per student
Materials You Supply: Scissors; Scotch tape; markers, pens, crayons, and/or watercolors, per student
Session One: Student Reading (30-45 minutes)
The reading Kites and Their Shapes provides the cultural context for an authentic Japanese kite design that is simple enough for very young students to make. Discuss with students that each region of Japan has its own special kite. Comparisons are also made with Japanese kites of a similar shape. Discuss with older students the concept that a culturally characteristic design can be adapted by artists from other cultures.
Optional Session Two: Student Reading (30-45 minutes)
Use the reading Japanese Kites at the New Year to introduce traditional holiday observances and the role that kites play. Discuss with older students how traditional gifts can maintain a sense of cultural cohesion and continuity.
Optional Session Three: Student Reading/Activities (30-45 minutes)
Use the reading Flying a Kite to introduce basic concerns and techniques in flying a kite, including being safe and partnering with the wind. Extension activities (wind vocabulary and experiences, kite-eating tree; proverb) provided.
Sessions Four - Six: Decorating, Constructing, and Flying the Yoshimi Sode (60-90 minutes)
These activities could be grouped into one or two longer sessions: cutting out and decorating the sail; constructing the kite; flying the kite.
Follow assembly instructions from the kite kit.
Cutting and taping the tails will take the most time for young students. Teachers/ adult helpers can speed this process with a paper cutter. Tails can also be decorated.
Decorating the kite sail can be integrated with more sustained visual arts instruction in: geometric shape; primary and secondary colors; symmetry in design.
Take extra tails and spars, plus tape, to the flying field for repairs or additions in heavy winds.
Allen Say's Tree of Cranes (1991), with beautiful illustrations, is a good read-aloud for primary-level students. A young boy ("not yet old enough to wear long pants") first thinks his mother is preparing for a traditional Japanese New Year. But instead she is preparing for their first Christmas: she explains to her son the traditions with which he grew up in California. For a present he receives the samurai kite he requests, and runs out into the snow. The book can reinforce discussion of traditional gifts (among which are kites) given to Japanese children on New Year and Children's Day. (Thanks to Mary Hammond Bernson of East Asia Resource Center, University of Washington, for this suggestion.)
For samples of Japanese mon with which to decorate the sode kite sail, consult Traditional Japanese Crest Designs by Clarence Hornung (500 designs; 48 pp., from Dover Publications). Dover also publishes more extensive resources on the subject: Japanese Emblems & Designs by Walter Amstutz (800 crests; 160 pp.) and Japanese Design Motifs by Matsuya Company (4260 heraldic crests; 213 pp.).
Kites: Paper Wings Over Japan by Scott Skinner et.al. (1997), available at the Drachen Online Store is a short, lavishly illustrated consideration of the subject, a good source for additional images with which to decorate kite sails and fuller discussion of regional styles and shapes. For more examples of Japanese prints that feature kites, see Japanese Kite Prints by John Stevenson (2004), also available at the Drachen Online Store, discussion and analysis of ninety-six prints from the Scott Skinner collection.


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A question about drunk drivers.
RE: A question about drunk drivers.
(22-10-2012 01:48 AM)LadyJane Wrote: This conversation reminds me of this.
Yeah, I see a pattern here. Birdguy wants reckless assholes to die, but doesn't want to be responsible for pulling the trigger. IMO he has the mentality that if they get hurt or die then they got what they deserved, and he has the opportunity to prevent harm from coming to them, he will pass by with a big grin on his face.
I have been guilty of driving way over the posted limit, especially as a kid, but I don't do it as a general rule now. I'd like to think I am a lot more careful now. Likewise, a drunk driver can realize the error of his ways and correct his/her actions. At the very least it needs to go before a public court.
RE: A question about drunk drivers.
mmmmmmmmmmmm No, your last thread about driving like an asshole was that if those people did something wrong, they should be left to die. It's no different. You're still proposing that if someone makes a bad choice that instead of allowing the laws in place to decide their fate, that they simply be ignored by society to "correct" an issue. You're disregarding the chance for these people to:
- Explain themselves
- Correct mistakes
- Learn from mistakes
And instead, you are saying they should be ignored and left to die because of a choice. That is not due diligence. It's social darwinism. It's the same stuff you proposed in your last thread... the exact same thing... different scenario... same attitude.
We have courts of law for a reason. They help decide the fate and consequences of individuals who make bad choices. Yes... sometimes people get sentences that do not justify their actions. Others learn from their mistakes. But I cannot judge the motives of one person based off of one choice in a split second and could not allow them to die like that. I feel they should be tried in a court of law. If their intentions and sincerity are found questionable, and they cannot learn from their mistakes, by all means, they deserve consequences for their actions.
The only thing I thought was at least consistent about your discussion is that you said that you would hold yourself to the same consequences if they were enforced, should you do something stupid. However, I think it's safe to say that most people here would stop for you, and at least give you another chance, instead of letting you burn in the fire.
And I quote:
Quote:If you do these thigs and fuck up, ending up on the side of the road bleeding. I am not going to call the police if you were being a self important prick. By my standards the world will be far better off without your kind. If you pass me over a double solid yellow line and I encounter you flipped over somewhere down the road, you will be lucky if I don't run into your wreckage at full power. Of course I would only go around, because I have things to do and don't need to get involved. I am curious if you feel the same way, that maybe nature has decided that the idiots die to make life better for others?
Quote:I have to disagree. In my line of work, I see much stupidity. It always seems like the stupid, the drunks, the assholes never have any consequences for their actions. By refusing to help someone who clearly deserves the outcome, we ensure that they will never do it again. If they die or end up paralized, they can't do it again. If they get themselves out, they might just learn not to do it again. I tend to believe that they must be treated with the same disconnected disregard they treat others with in order to learn a really important lesson, even if it ends up killing them.
Quote:I see this differently. One of these assholes kills themself on the road, because they needed to get to the mall a few minutes quicker than everyone else. I feel they should die alone instead of getting the chance to go do it again and this time kill or harm someone else, because last time someone was there to save their ass. No harm to them, because they lied about how it happened and had an expensive lawyer to make sure they don't lose their license. Better off dying now, than having a chance of hurting or killing one of my kids when I finally have one.
RE: A question about drunk drivers.
(22-10-2012 02:10 AM)Birdguy1979 Wrote:(22-10-2012 01:43 AM)Logisch Wrote: So are you saying that a person should not be given due process and be given the chance for rehab and a chance to better themselves? One person on the scene, right there and then should be given the choice to just let another human being burn alive?
Not everyone who drinks and drives on a particular night is bound and determined to do it the next day because his life sucks so bad that he must drown his sorrows at the local watering hole on a daily basis.
I drove under the influence once, and it was because after I had several pints I got abandoned. The person I rode in with left me with her keys and her vehicle but left with someone else (it was a family member). I was in a rural area (no bus, train, or even taxi). It was freezing outside, I was about 17 miles from home, had no phone and the place was closing for the night. If I wrecked my car (well, her car) and was on fire did I deserve to die?
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RE: A question about drunk drivers.
Hey Dark Light, sorry to say but Birdman has taken your position as forum's biggest idiot.
Tough luck DL.
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RE: A question about drunk drivers.
I can PM you a website Birdguy where you can watch people get judged, then beaten and set on fire for real if you like.
Its not nice
You seem to have a black and white outlook on certain things.... not saying thats right or wrong its up to you, its your view. However like many things I try not to get reactionary as between the black and white is an massive and differing scale of grey.
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RE: A question about drunk drivers.
(22-10-2012 12:26 AM)Birdguy1979 Wrote: I was watching an episode of wildest police videos today. One of the clips shown was of a drunk driver that crashed his car and caused a fire. The fire was next to the car and he was concious, although too drunk to be aware of the danger. The police told him to get out of the car and his response was "No, I'm good.". In my opinion they should have just left it at that. If the fire department got there in time to put the fire out, he gets to live. Likewise if he came too his senses in time to save himself and get out of the car, he lives but should be taken immediately to jail. If he in fact is so intoxicated that he burns to death, then the world is just a slight bit better because it is just one less repeat offender that no longer has a chance at killing others in this world. What is your opinion of this? Am I right that these fools that just don't give enough of a shit to not drive stupid drunk should be allowed to accept their fate? If they save themselves, I have no problem with them being punished. If they are too blind drunk though to help themselves, should they just be allowed to meet their demise? Of course if they can't help themselves due to damage to the car, that is a different story. In the case I am reffering to, the damage to the car was pretty minimal, the door he would have had to open opened easily for the cops that saved his worthless ass.I don't know about the laws in the country of your hypothetical situation, but in Germany you can easily go to jail if you do not help someone whom you could have helped. This applies both to policemen, as well as to citizens.
RE: A question about drunk drivers.
Here's a thought experiment:
Imagine what would happen if a guy grabbed an uzi (or any other gun that fires tons of bullets really quickly) and a bunch of spare clips full of ammo. Then this guy drove to a shopping mall on a busy shopping day. He then puts on a blindfold and stands in the middle of the mall and opens fire. Sure, he can't see any targets, so he's just firing blindly. When he runs out of ammo, he reloads a new clip and keeps going and going and going.
Maybe he kills some people. Maybe he misses everyone. Maybe even nobody gets hurt.
Now imagine what happens if, right in the middle of his shooting spree, the police show up. Do they shoot him to keep everyone else safe? Do they just evacuate the building and let the guy shoot til he runs out of ammo?
Suppose this guy survives the police intervention and ends up in court. What are the charges? Murder? Attempted murder? Assault with a deadly weapon? Even if he didn't hit anyone at all, not a drop of blood was spilled, he would still be up on serious charges and would definitely serve some hefty prison time.
Make the idea even more abstract, suppose he didn't even do any property damage. I know, impossible, but suppose it was an outdoor environment like a county fair, and all his firing went over everyone's head and didn't even strike buildings or other property. Zero damage, other than some bullets landing in a dirt field some distance away. He's still facing serious charges and certain prison time.
Now, by comparison, some guy gets drunk and drives down a road, passing pedestrians and other vehicles. He is just as capable of killing people as the blindfolded guy with the uzi. But, instead of prison time, we give this guy a fine and turn him loose to do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and as often as he likes. Heck, we don't even confiscate his weapon (car) - but I guarantee you the gunman in my scenario would have his weapon confiscated even if he was legally licensed to own it.
Me, while I don't agree with the OP saying that we should just let the guy burn, I wouldn't oppose legislation to treat drunk driving under the same laws that we would treat the blindfolded gunman in my hypothetical scenario. To me, both the drunk driver and the blind gunman are equally responsible for breaking society's laws and threatening the lives of innocent people who don't deserve to be jeopardized by either man's actions - we have laws to protect us from one of those scenarios (gunmen opening fire in crowds) but the laws for the other scenario are extremely weak and, in my opinion, inadequate for handling the other guy (drunk drivers).
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RE: A question about drunk drivers.
I would like to think I have an obligation to help someone, no matter how responsible they are for the position they find themselves in. I would pull the drunk driver in a wrecked and burning car out of his vehicle and set him on the curb and wait for the police to arrive so they can prosecute him and hold him responsible for endangering both his life and others.
The question is how to prevent him/her from doing it again. My suggestion is the following - someone who has been found guilty of drink driving is prevented from owning a car for a fixed period of time, say 10 years - after which time they may reapply to take their driving test. And anyone who knowingly lends a convicted drunk driver their vehicle during the terms of the sentence faces both prosecution and the confiscation of their vehicle
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RE: A question about drunk drivers.
(22-10-2012 10:40 AM)Aseptic Skeptic Wrote: Here's a thought experiment:
This is similar to what I posted earlier in the thread but you go on to say that the drunk driver is as guilty as the blind-folded shooter. I think you are nuts, they aren't comparable. The drunk driver used risky actions but the gunman went far beyond that. He just open-fired on innocent bystanders. That isn't just risky, that is intentionally exposing people to harm for it's own sake. I would argue that it is downright attempted murder. The drunk driver was not trying to hurt anyone.
RE: A question about drunk drivers.
You can't leave a car on fire near a road. There's a chance that it might explode (a)effecting nearby drivers.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
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Survey Ranks Diarrhea as Number One Gastrointestinal Complaint of HIV/AIDS Patients
Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Napo), a human health company developing and commercializing novel gastrointestinal prescription products from plants used traditionally in rainforest areas, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jaguar Health, Inc., announced the results of a survey of 271 U.S. board-certified gastroenterologists, which indicate that the number one gastrointestinal (GI) complaint about people living with HIV/AIDS is diarrhea. The study was conducted for Napo by Schlesinger Associates, a leading global data collection provider specializing in online surveys.
"While it's typically not the main reason patients come to see me, frequently my patients with HIV inform me that they suffer from chronic diarrhea. Worth noting, diarrhea appears to be more common in patients who have been HIV-positive for several years; this is most likely due to HIV enteropathy, which is the effect of the virus on the lining of the intestine," noted Dr. Maurizio Bonacini, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. "Diarrhea is a significant problem in many HIV patients, and unfortunately, they think there is nothing they can do and that they just have to live with it."
Highlights of the survey of U.S. board-certified gastroenterologists include:
Only 53 percent of gastroenterologists were aware of Mytesi® (crofelemer), the only drug that has been specifically studied in and FDA-approved for use in managing diarrhea in people living with HIV.
"Chronic diarrhea remains a significant, under-reported complaint of HIV/AIDS patients, and it is a problem that will increase significantly as the HIV+ population gets older. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by 2020 more than 70 percent of Americans with HIV are expected to be 50 or older," stated Lisa Conte, Jaguar's president and CEO. "We are launching educational awareness campaigns to healthcare professionals, people living with HIV, and patient advocates. At the 2017 United States Conference on AIDS, where Napo hosted a group of 20 healthcare activists and advocates, we heard patients discuss issues with diarrhea ranging from the impact on their quality of life, to embarrassment, to the concern over health implications when one has lost control of an important body function."
"Moreover, diarrhea is known to affect adherence to ART regimens. Lack of adherence to ART regimens raises concern over the potential for development of resistant viral strains," added Conte. "Treatment of diarrhea in this population remains an area of high need, and we are working to make sure both people living with HIV and their healthcare providers are aware of and have access to Mytesi®."
Launched by Napo in October 2016, Mytesi® is the only antidiarrheal studied in and U.S. FDA-approved for the symptomatic relief of noninfectious diarrhea in adults living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Mytesi® is a prescription treatment for diarrhea that works differently, by acting locally in the GI tract to normalize the flow of water. Mytesi® does not have drug-drug interactions with ART and has side effects that are similar to placebo.
To learn more about what you can do about HIV/AIDS-related diarrhea, visit www.mytesi.com.


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CDemu is a kernel module that emulates a CD- or DVD-ROM device. It enables you to use disc images that contain more than a standard ISO-9660 filesystem, like .bin/.cue, .nrg, or .ccd images. It's needed only because mount can only directly handle .iso disc images, which can only contain a single filesystem, but many CDs have multiple sessions, mixed data/audio tracks, etc. CDemu enables you to get to the full, original contents of these CD images.
The original CDemu is currently at version 0.8. As you can read on the CDemu website, development has stopped on that line of CDemu, and a rewrite is under way, dubbed userspace-cdemu. userspace-cdemu should be even more stable than the original version at this point.
Using Original CDemu
CDemu can be found in the unsupported section of AUR under the obvious name of cdemu.
TODO: somebody with more experience with original CDemu please fill this out.
userspace-cdemu has a different architecture than the original. Instead of a single kernel module that does all the work parsing image files and presenting the data to the user, userspace-cdemu takes advantage of a kernel module (vhba) that simply emulates a SCSI CD/DVD device, putting off as much work on the existing kernel code as possible. Then the cdemud daemon (cdemud) runs in the background communicating with the kernel module. The image parsing code has been abstracted out into a library (libmirage), and can be easily extended for future formats. The daemon responds to dbus commands from clients. The userspace-cdemu package comes with two example clients: one that simply runs from the command line (cdemu-client), and a GNOME panel applet (gcdemu).
Installing userspace-cdemu
The userspace-cdemu suite can be found under the unsupported section of AUR. A search for "userspace-cdemu" should turn up all the necessary packages.
You'll need to install at least following packages, in roughly this order:
- vhba or vhba-module
- libmirage
- cdemud or cdemu-daemon
From here, you've got options of what client you want to use. The simple command line client is cdemu-client, and the GNOME panel applet is gcdemu. You'll need at least one, but you can install both too as they don't conflict.
Using userspace-cdemu
Once all the requisite packages are installed, you'll want to start the daemon. You can do that by simply running:
# /etc/rc.d/cdemud start
as root.
Add cdemud to the list of DAEMONS= in /etc/rc.conf to have the daemon start when the system boots. The cdemud rc script inserts the vhba kernel module, so you don't need to worry about adding vhba to MODULES=.
Now you're ready to use all those .bin CD images you have lying around. The command line client is simple enough:
$ cdemu load 0 <imagefile>
will load the imagefile to the first (and only by default) emulated device.
NOTE: If you run cdemud by initscript, you may need to add '-b system' option when calling cdemu.
$ cdemu -b system load 0 <imagefile>
Or, to use the GNOME panel applet, right click on a panel and click "Add to Panel...", scroll all the way down and add the "gCDEmu Applet". Then simply click on the icon and click on whatever device to bring up the open file dialog, select an image file, and hit ok.
Now, you can mount the virtual CD so you can get to the data on it:
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr1 /media
/dev/sr1 is the device that cdemud will create if you already have one real CD/DVD device (which would be /dev/sr0). Tailor that line to suit your system.
From here, you can browse the CD's data contents in /media like it was any regular CD.
If you ever run into problems with the following line at the beginning:
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error
Add the following line to /etc/dbus-1/cdemud-dbus.conf, after <policy context="default">:
<allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable"/>


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Theropithecus gelada
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Theropithecus gelada (Rüppell, 1835)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
Macacus gelada Rüppell, 1835
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3 Primates. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Two subspecies have been described: T. g. gelada and T. g. obscurus (Grubb et al. 2003, Groves 2005). Recent genetic work has shown that the eastern subspecies has been wrongly assumed to be T. g. obscurus. This name should apply to the animals found in the central and southern parts of the range of the western form (south of Lake Tana and east of the Takkazzé River). The northwestern part of the range (north of Lake Tana and west of the Takkazzé River) of the western form is the nominate subspecies T. g. gelada. The eastern form thus represents an undescribed subspecies (Belay and Mori 2006).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Gippoliti, S. & Hunter, C.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
This species has a large range and is still abundant despite increasing threats to the species and is hence listed as Least Concern. There is no reason to believe it has undergone a significant range-wide decline that would warrant listing in a threatened category.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is restricted to high grassland escarpments in the deep gorges of the central Ethiopian plateau, in the Tigre, Begemdir, Wolle, and Shoa Provinces between 1,800 and 4,400 m asl. The Blue Nile Gorge and the upper Wabe Shebelle valley (east of the Bale massif) mark the western and southeastern boundaries of the range, respectively.
There are possibly three subspecies: T. g. gelada and T. g. obscurus occur in the Begemdir, Tigre, and Wollo and Shoa provinces, west of the Rift Valley, while an undescribed subspecies is found along the Wabi-Shebeli River in the Arussi province, east of the Rift Valley. T. g. gelada is found north of Lake Tana and west of the Takkazzé River, while T. g. obscurus is found south of Lake Tana and east of Takkazzé River.
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|Geladas are widespread throughout their present range but, partly as a result of the droughts affecting the Horn of Africa in the 1980s, they are not as abundant as in the 1970s when an aerial survey of the central Ethiopian highlands yielded an estimate of 440,000 for the total population. An alternative estimate based on known ground densities and the total area of gorge face on the plateau yielded a figure of 880,000. C. Hunter (pers. comm.) considers that these estimates may now be too high, and that a better guesstimate would be approx. 200,000 animals. Surveys in a number of areas give overall densities varying between 15 and 60 animals/km², although densities of animals within home ranges commonly exceed 70/km².
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is associated with rocky gorges, precipices and moorland. Feeds mainly on the flat margins of high grass plateaus, known locally as high Wurch or Puna grassland steppe, with Agrostis and Festuca grasses and giant Lobelia groves. Gelada bands consist of 30-260 animals, making up 2-30 one male groups. Bands keep within 2 km of the escarpment edges, where they retreat at night or if alarmed. As a result, ranges are linear, encompassing as little as 1-3 km² for a band's core area (although their year-long range can cover 70 km²). Steep cliffs provide sleeping roosts. Geladas are poor tree-climbers and are almost entirely terrestrial, spending 99% of their time on the ground. This is partly a consequece of its extreme dietary specialization as a grazer.
Geladas primarily feed on the leaves of grasses. In addition, during dry seasons when there is heavy overgrazing by livestock, or when Gelada bands are very concentrated, subterranean stems and rhizomes are also excavated. Fruits and invertebrates are eaten opportunistically, and cereal crops may be taken where agriculture encroaches onto the geladas' habitat.
|Use and Trade:
|Gelada Baboon was formerly exploited, but this has now apparently stopped.
|Major Threat(s):
|The overall range of the Gelada is being eroded as a result of agricultural expansion due to the increasing human population densities on the central highlands. Deforestation and soil erosion are serious problems throughout the area. Grazing pressure is intense, and competition from domestic livestock has forced the Gelada to remain on the less productive gorge slopes in some areas. Gelada densities are considerably lower in heavily populated areas than in undisturbed habitats. Geladas are also shot as crop pests, and have been trapped as laboratory animals in the past (e.g., 1,200 animals were imported into the USA between 1968-1973). In the past, adult numbers may have been reduced as a result of selective shooting for their capes (to be made into ceremonial costumes used by the Oromo tribe). There are historic records of capes being made into fur hats for tourists, but that certainly no longer occurs, and it is now extremely difficult for any tourist to leave the country with items made from Gelada skins.
|Conservation Actions:
|Listed as Vulnerable, Class A under the African Convention, and is listed on Appendix II of CITES. A few Gelada bands range in the tiny Simien Mountains National Park (the only area of Gelada habitat which is currently formally protected). In addition there are proposals for a new Blue Nile Gorges National Park and Indeltu (Shebelle) Gorges Reserve that would protect larger numbers. The latter would protect the unnamed subspecies. There is a need for further research on the infra-specific taxonomy, especially the distribution ranges of the subspecies.
|Gippoliti, S. & Hunter, C. 2008. Theropithecus gelada. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T21744A9316114. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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Awesome. Thanks. I definitely see Meridian in an IPA blend.
I'm really liking Meridian.
Great info! I have heard that the onion/garlic comes from not harvesting the hop at the right time. I think it is when it is harvested too late, but not sure.
Lovin this thread. Are you fermenting these in glass wine jugs? I hope at the end you can make another thread about the recipes you decide to make with your new knowledge. Your description of Apollo sounds great. Keep it comin


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Boston-based kindie rock band Josh & the Jamtones are ready to break new ground with the release of its second kids'/family CD, Bear Hunt!
Bear Hunt! introduces an array of musical styles, all delivered with a sense of current musical taste, from New Orleans-style street music, roots/reggae, second-wave ska, pure folk, folk-punk, alt-country, and classic country/bluegrass.
Bear Hunt! will be released on October 1. Josh & the Jamtones will perform live September 21 and 22 at the Life is Good Festival in Canton, Mass., November 24 at the Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton, Mass., and February 1 at the Symphony Space in New York City.


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1. "We don't fight many fires anymore."
If you hear a fire engine or truck racing through your neighborhood, it's only natural that you'd think smoke and flames. Residential fires in the U.S. caused about 3,000 deaths, 17,000 injuries and about $11.7 billion in property damage in 2011, according to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a unit of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
But thanks to improvements in fire protection, firefighters actually have fewer fires to fight these days.
Of the vast majority of fire and medical 911 calls in the country, about 80%, are for medical emergencies. In Orange County, Calif., just 2% of the Orange County Fire Authority 88,000 emergency calls in 2010 were for fires.
Still, the nation's 1.1 million firefighters stay busy, remaining "jack-of-all-trades" rescuers when it comes to car crashes, trench and water rescues.
The decline in fires is great news for public safety. The number of fire deaths in the civilian population have decreased from 14 per 1 million in 2001 to 11 per 1 million residents in 2010, a drop of more than 20% according to USFA and half what it was in the late 1970s. But statistics like these have set the stage for battles in many cities over the budgets for fire departments, paramedics, and other emergency responders.
Emergency-call volumes in many cities are increasing as populations rise. Between 2003 and 2013, the population of Washington, D.C., climbed by more than 80,000 people, or 15%. But the city's fire staffing is stagnant or even reduced, with as many as 100 front-line currently unfilled positions in addition to another 100 eliminated, according to the firefighters union.
One cost-saving strategy employed by many city governments is the "rotating brownout," where firehouses are closed temporarily. Brownouts have stirred controversy. In Baltimore, local residents blamed a brownout for the deaths of a mother and her two children in a 2011 fire that broke out just down the street from a closed firehouse.
"Rotating brownouts always end in disaster," says Ed Smith, president of Washington D.C's firefighter union. "In our business, 'seconds count' is not just a catchphrase." he said.


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Meet Hattie Margaret McDermott!
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott introduce their 9-week-old new addition, who arrived the morning of Oct. 10.
Joining siblings Stella Doreen, 3½, and Liam Aaron, 4½, as well as 13-year-old Jack from McDermott's first marriage, the Home Sweet Hollywood stars say their delivery surprise really was a shock.
"We thought we were going to have a boy," Spelling, 38, admitted recently.
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However, July 31 is now the official launch date. Nvidia was supposed to launch the console in late June, but it was forced to postpone the launch due to a mechanical problem. Nvidia never mentioned the issue again and we still don't know what went wrong.
With a new launch date and a new price tag, the Shield should start to appear in retail in August and September, although we're still not sure about the dynamics of the rollout in all markets.
However, it is very unlikely that the teething problems will hurt Nvidia. We doubt that the company is expecting strong sales and Shield still looks like a proof-of-concept and a niche device rather than a truly marketable portable console, so it's not like it stands to make a lot of cash anyway.


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- Michael Dixon died in a car crash.Richie Vue faces charges for killing his girlfriend, Kou Thao for shooting, beheading, and disemembering a man.We've told you about these three stories before - they happened in Marathon County, but they have more in common than that.All three involve opiate drug abuse and represent a much bigger problem in the community. Today, law encorcement and other groups launched the "Pushback Against Drug Abuse" campaign in Wausau.Community leaders want people to know that drugs like heroin, meth, and oxycontin don't affect just the user - they affect EVERYONE. "Overall as we compare and track our service calls, we are about 14 percent ahead compared to last year," Wausau Police Chief Jeff Hardel said. "So it's just generated so much more work for all of our officers and detectives. It's hard too keep up at this point."Hardel says competition among drug dealers is increasing.They're buying or stealing guns to intimidate each other.That's why responding to a "shots fired" call is now common for Wausau Police."We've had so many of our high profile cases, homicides, aggravated assaults, robberies, etc., that have a very strong drug influence," Hardel said. "In other words, they're committing a crime because of their drug addiction."The Pushback Against Drug Abuse campaign will continue at a June 4 meeting.
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Stenz, Hans (17th century)
Hans Stenz, a Mennonite preacher in Aargau, Switzerland, a native of Setzwyl, but living in Kulm, a peasant, the father of five children, was arrested and sent to Bern, where he was tried with Martin Bruger on 1 and 6 March 1645, and 2 March 1646. On 7 January 1648, he had to answer to nine questions which were sent to him: separation, proclamation of the Word through preachers of the established church, the significance of the Old Testament, infant baptism, attitude toward government, holding of government office, interest, tithes, taxes, etc., the right to wage war, the oath, and the punishment of wicked persons. He gave excellent replies, which can be taken as the position of the Mennonites of the time. On 13 Januuary 1648, they were again examined and asked whether they would not return to the church. Then Stenz replied that he could not burden his conscience, but would rather give his blood, if the Lord would give him grace; but he asked the government to be merciful. The council of Bern was determined to send them to the galleys as obstinate heretics; but "to spare their souls" they were put into the penitentiary in Zürich. Hans Stenz escaped and was caught; he was expelled and forced to promise that he would never return. He left with his wife and children; nothing more is known of him.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. IV.
Heiz, J. Täufer im Aargau. Aarau, 1902: 86.
Müller, Ernst. Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. de Graaf, 1972: 106 ff., 182, 216.
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JUNIOR (2011): Played in 13 games and started twice, averaging 40 mintes per game ... both starts came in WCC play, a win over Gonzaga (Oct. 2) and a loss at St. Mary's (Oct. 7) ... played 20 minutes in the Broncos' 4-2 win at No. 14 Cal (Sept. 16) ... appeared in a key WCC win over St. Mary's (Nov. 6), a match that was part of Santa Clara's 5-1-1 finish to the year ... registered a shot in four different games.
SOPHOMORE (2010): Helped Santa Clara win the 2010 WCC Championship, playing in 16 matches as a defender and starting four ... played 74 minutes in the second game of the year, starting against Valparaiso (Sept. 10) ... distributed an assist in what would turn out to be the decisive goal in a victory over San Jose State (Sept. 24) ... started in a crucial match at Portland (Oct. 3) near his hometown of Beaverton ... started back-to-back games against Saint Mary's (Nov. 5) and Portland (Nov. 12) - playing in all 90 minutes of those contests, which was a season-high.
FRESHMAN (2009): Emerged as a key player in Santa Clara's back line ... played in 19 contests, making 12 starts ... 10 starts came against West Coast Conference opponents ... took a shot vs. Cleveland State (Sep. 5).
HIGH SCHOOL: At Jesuit: 2009 graduate of Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore ... team won state title in 2006 and captained team to the state quarterfinals in 2009 ... first-team All-Metro League in 2009 ... team MVP senior season ... team captain junior and senior seasons.
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50 Things Vulture Readers Would Have Put on Our Millennial 100 List
You all had lots of things to say.
Last week, when we published the Millennial 100 — our list of the pop-culture items we thought resonated the most with the millennial generation — we included a spot that was essentially a readers' choice, a slot for you to fill in with your own suggestion. That choice wasn't made because we could only think of 99 things to put on the list; it was a genuine acknowledgment that we live in a time when it's easier than ever to broadcast one's opinion far and wide through social media and comment sections. Millennials understand this better than most — they've grown up with that power. And when it came to our list, you certainly let your thoughts be known. Here's a rundown of what you thought we left off our list.
1. "No Pokemon? FAIL!" —DaleKamp
2. "Great list with ONE UNACCEPTABLE OMISSION — THE SIMPSONS. Any and every Millennial grew up watching The Simpsons. Hell, it was almost as influential as my parents." —virg0400
3. "You forgot Adam Sandler! Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Little Nicky, Big Daddy, Mr Deeds, 8 Crazy Nighs, The Hannukah Song, Punch-Drunk Love ... come on!!" laplaide
4–5. "I don't understand the lack of friends/seinfeld." —prasadvx
6–7. "Um Mall Rats and Empire Records???" —nudey
8. "I just re watched Can't Hardly Wait, and can we acknowledge what a wide reaching movie that is and how it really covers the millennial sentiment/mood really well?" —ead310
9. "I also think The SIMS should be on this, too." —Iheartbillysbakery
10. "MTV's Real World (early ones like NY and SF)" —Shoot_the_Critic
11. "Joss Whedon should be on the list. Need anyone count the ways he's impacted the Millennial crowd? From BUFFY to TOY STORY to DR. HORRIBLE to AVENGERS... the list goes on." —somestuff
12. "The Olsen Twins! Where are MK and Ashley?" —patsystone
13. "Where are the Gilmore Girls without whom no millenialite would have spent an hour a week with her mom? And where in god's name is LOST?! the first tv show we truely obsessed over. you can hate the ending all you want but it opened the door to the new tv cult age." —shpooky
14. "Can there even be a list without Lebowski?" —RealityCzech
15. "So the Daily Show should be on this list right?" —johnnyb0731
16. "Clue but not Jurassic Park? Clue? Seriously?" —RaptorEsq
17–26. "Oasis, Ghost World (graphic novels adaptations, ScarJo), Moby, Freaks & Geeks (the internet making a cult tv show long after it's death), Robin Tunney (empire records and the craft), Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson (started the hipster movement with Rushmore not Royal Tennenbaums), Community, Grand Theft Auto, Revenge of the Nerds (ie. nerd culture superseding jock culture)." —cowabungaduderino
27. "Goonies > Harry Potter. The Truffle Shuffle, Sloth, Never Say Die ... NOT ON THE LIST?! If you're going to start doing lists like HuffPo, at least take it seriously. ;)" —ICT
28. "I have never heard of this Ignition song! I'd actually replace it with J-Kwon's Tipsy." —thenakedgrape
29. "MOLLY SHANNON, ANYONE?! (along with all of the others who made up SNL from roughly 1995-2002)." —mmag
30–35. "Fast and The Furious movies anyone?!" —alprough
36. "You young folks need to remember your Spielberg. Where do think your oh-so-special dreamland of self-obsessed egotistical can-do optimism even comes from? Who do you think -invented- that?" —theporkchop
37. "My biggest gripe is how out of place High School Musical is. If you're going to include a musical TV show or movie that actually made show choir/musical theater kids feel accepted then you have to include Glee instead." —lem326
38. "Pop Up Video" —chiyork
39. "I was more of a Sweet Valley Twins girl myself." —mittens1326
40. "I'd say Lil' Kim deserves the distinction more than Janet." —LilKlaus
41. "WHERE IS MY SO-CALLED LIFE?!" —joescat
42–45. "Jennifer Love Hewitt? Melissa Joan Hart? 10 Things I Hate About You? She's All That?" —Miss_Priss
46–50. "Green Day? Third Eye Blind? Jewel? TLC? Baby Got Back." —RichardLloyd


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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Journalists from axed Greek state broadcaster ERT returned to the airwaves Thursday amid an escalating crisis that saw the country rocked by a general strike, a sharp rebuke from Europe's top human rights official and widening divisions in the fragile coalition government.
Officials at the Geneva-based European Broadcasting Union on Thursday said they had successfully relayed a live pirate broadcast from the sacked journalists to Greece, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The move is in defiance of the country's conservative-led government, which shut down state TV and radio Tuesday as part of the its austerity measures.
"We have just had our signal broadcast on satellite. We thank everyone who helped us," ERT newsreader and union representative Chrysa Roumlelioti said on the broadcast.
More than 10,000 people staged a peaceful demonstration outside Greece's public broadcasting headquarters Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., or ERT, in support of fired staff who for a third day occupied the building.
The government pulled ERT off the air late Tuesday, axing all 2,656 jobs, and threatening to sue anyone who retransmitted broadcasts by the laid-off journalists.
The decision to shutter the broadcaster has drawn harsh criticism from the Europe's top official responsible for human rights.
In a written statement to the AP, Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, called the move an "ill-advised step" that had sent "a chilling signal to the media and stirs tensions in a country already suffering from a serious financial and social crisis."
"I urge the government to repeal it and refrain from acting in a way which unduly restrains the freedom of public service media," Muiznieks added.
The EBU has written in protest to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The union's president, Jean-Claude Philippot, is flying to Athens and will seek a meeting with Samaras on Friday.
Samaras' conservative party, which holds most government posts, has defended the ERT closure, insisting a new, more efficient, state broadcaster will be operational by the end of the summer.
"There have been more strikes at ERT in recent months that anywhere else ... They are acting in a socially irresponsible way," conservative lawmaker Adonis Georgiadis said. "We are not ending public television. We are making it better."
Samaras has called a meeting Monday with center-left coalition partners who are demanding that ERT be reopened.
"We are totally against seeing television screens going dark and we side with the overwhelming majority of the Greek people," Evangelos Venizelos, leader of the Socialist Pasok party and coalition partner, told parliament.
The crisis has rapidly become the worst in Samaras' year-old government, which is credited with rescuing Greece's euro membership by imposing harsh austerity and reform measures demanded by the country's international creditors.
But now the coalition's center-left partners are threatening to block the ERT closure, the government faces the risk of breaking up and calling an early general election — a process that could disrupt the austerity process and threaten future bailout payments.
"The country does not need an election," said Venizelos. "But Pasok does not fear elections ... To think it does would be a major mistake."
Analysts argued the government was not doomed, but weakened further.
"I think this crisis will come to a head in three to six months, because effectively the government has lost control of the state finances ... and this will become evident in coming months," conservative commentator George Kyrtsos told the AP.
In London, Martin Koehring, an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said political instability could endanger Greece's chances of winning debt relief from bailout lenders in the eurozone.
"I don't think Germany, in particular, will go ahead with any kind of debt relief if there is no stable government in Greece," Koehring said, speaking by telephone
Cooperation between Samaras' conservatives and his partners has come under increased strain this year as unemployment continues to worsen and after the government used emergency powers to end several strikes.
Greece is under pressure to fire civil servants as part of its commitments to bailout lenders — the International Monetary Fund and other euro countries — who have provided some 200 billion euros ($265.5 billion) in emergency funding since 2010.
Greek unemployment swelled to 27.4 percent in the first quarter of the year, the state statistics agency reported Thursday.
For Kiriaki Trochani, a laid-off member of ERT's choir, there seems little prospect of re-employment.
"Musical ensembles are being shut one after the other," she said. "For me, I think it is impossible to find a job as a singer somewhere else."
The general strike Thursday was called by Greece's two largest unions and disrupted public transport, left state hospitals running on skeleton staff, and grounded flights for two hours.
Protests were held around Greece, including Thessaloniki, the country's second largest city, where 7,500 gathered, according to police estimates.
AP writers Raphael Kominis in Athens and Costas Kantouris in Thessaloniki contributed.


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More than half of the information in consumer credit reports comes from a small number of banks and related companies, the government's financial watchdog said Thursday.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported that 57 percent of the data in Experian, Equifax and TransUnion credit reports are furnished by 10 major financial players. Nearly three-quarters of the data come from the top 50 financial institutions. In all, the national reporting agencies receive account information from 10,000 sources.
The major banks and financial companies provide information from a variety of credit products, such as credit cards, auto loans, mortgages, student loans and other personal loans. Many also back store credit card programs, such as Discover with Walmart or American Express with Costco.
"It really shows that those 10 companies have done a good job recruiting consumers," says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education at SmartCredit.com.
Credit cards make up the bulk of accounts in a consumer's credit report, the CFPB report found. Fifty-eight percent of all accounts are bank credit cards or store credit cards. Mortgage lenders and servicers provide 7 percent of account information, and auto lenders contribute just 4 percent.
"Credit cards are really the only type of credit that you can have a whole lot of. You don't have 10 student loans or 10 auto loans. But you can easily have 10 credit cards," Ulzheimer says. "You could go to the mall and come home with three store credit cards if you're not careful."
A credit report lists a consumer's active and inactive credit accounts going back seven years (10 years if it's a bankruptcy), along with the payment history associated with each. It also lists public records such as liens and judgments, debts that have gone to collections and third-party requests for the consumer's report.
Lenders use credit reports and credit scores, which are based off of credit reports, to approve and set the terms of credit. Insurance companies, employers, landlords and utilities may also check credit reports to determine premiums, employment and security deposits.
Despite the importance of credit reports on a consumer's life, less than 1 in 5 consumers pull their free annual credit reports, according to the CFPB report. Consumers are entitled to a report from each of the three major credit reporting agencies every 12 months under federal law.
"It's sad," Ulzheimer says, "especially considering what credit reports can do for you and what they can hold you back from doing."
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There are very few bonds in life stronger than among those who have served in the Armed Forces — soldiers, sailors and others who volunteered out of a sense of duty or who responded when called upon.
Cemeteries across the country pay tribute to those who paid the ultimate price.
The last U.S. veteran of World War I is gone and the ranks of World War II and Korean War vets are dwindling. Baby boomers who served in Vietnam are retiring. And with the pullout of troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. commitment there and in Iraq is coming to an end.
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Big 12 Morning Five: 10.13.11 EditionPosted by dnspewak on October 13th, 2011
- The predictions for Iowa State have been all over the place this preseason. Some buy into Fred Hoiberg's all-transfer team, and others are understandably skeptical about the situation. Of the four Division I transfers Hoiberg brought in, former Michigan State guard Chris Allen may be the most well-known name– and to prove it, the Associated Press devoted an entire article to Allen's story. A member of two Final Four teams at MSU, Allen has played in 14 NCAA Tournament games in his career. Amazingly, as the piece points out, that's the same number of tourney games ISU's entire program has appeared in during the past 20 years.
- We've heard all sorts of wild realignment scenarios recently, but this one may top them all: evidently, San Diego State has expressed interest in joining the Big 12. The league didn't make an outright denial, but it told SDSU officials that it's looking to stay "more East than West." That's certainly a nice way of putting it. Imagine the travel pain if this fantasy world actually materialized. We're going to go ahead and make the assumption that the Big 12 will not expand to California — but hey, crazier things have happened, right?
- For those of you convinced that Texas coach Rick Barnes only gathers McDonald's All-Americans and lets them run wild, check out this breakdown of a UT offensive set by a Longhorn blog. The writer thoroughly investigates Barnes' flex principles and, in particular, a 1-4 set influenced by the Utah Jazz. It's a fascinating, no-fluff piece that offers a look into the offense of a high-level basketball program.
- It's no secret that life hasn't been easy this off-season for Frank Haith. Fans at Missouri wanted him fired after the opening press conference; an imprisoned booster from his former employer has accused him of cheating; and his starting forward just tore his ACL. ESPN's Dana O'Neil sat down with Haith to check in on his temperament. As expected, he's a little discouraged: "It's been an offseason that's been kind of lengthy," Haith said. Perhaps few coaches in America are looking as forward to actual practice and coaching than the new Missouri head coach.
- Since we're in the midst of unveiling a ranking of the Big 12 uniforms, we may as well pass along the news that Oklahoma State will wear gray jerseys at times this winter. This isn't groundbreaking news, but the thought of the Cowboys wearing gray is a bit peculiar. Travis Ford said the team will get brand-new uniform designs in 2012-13, but gray is the mold in Stillwater for now. Incidentally, the football team also wore gray jerseys in the season opener this fall.


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What is an online groupware?
Groupware is collaboration software for workgroups defined physically and logically (workers within a company for instance). As an online groupware, ContactOffice does away with any physical or logical constraint to allow for universal data access and creation of workgroups with customers, suppliers, temporary or permanent partners, etc.
ContactOffice corresponds to real life situations: a person is member of one or several groups (company, service, department, project) and, as such, may access specific data (documents, contacts, forums, etc.). Each group member uses the interface in the language he chooses.
Key points
- Group administrator sets access rights for each data. He also decides which group members may add new data, edit or delete existing data. He may also invite new people in the group or delete members from the group (when someone leaves the company or the department for instance).
Three types of groups are available: public (open to everyone), closed (application needed to join the group) and private (group administrator invites people to join in).
- Share your personal agenda and access shared agendas.
- Invite people to meetings and do the follow-up online.
- Layer agendas to quickly view timezones available for several people.
- By default, all group members may access the group agenda. It contains events of general interest. Each group member can layer it with his personal agenda. Group agenda can also be used for resource planning: meeting rooms, projectors, cars, etc.
Features list »
- By default, all group members may view group documents. Ex: sales kits, plannings, reports, offers, etc. Some folders or documents are restricted to some group members. Ex: contracts, accountancy, wages, etc.
- When adding or editing a group document, group members get a standard notification by email. You can add your own comments to the standard message.
Features list »
- By default, all group members may access the group addressbook. Authorized group members may also add or edit contacts.
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pouring a vanilla milkshake over your penis, freezing it using a walk-in freezer to make a solid frozen layer of milkshake on your penis, and proceeding to have sex with a girl, while rotating your entire body around the axis of her vagina.
"Last night, I heard that Steve gave his girlfriend a Nebraska Screwball!"
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(Reuters) - A New York state commission on Monday recommended privatizing the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), which was slow to restore power to customers on Long Island following Superstorm Sandy in October.
LIPA, a state-owned entity with just 100 employees, provides power on Long Island through a services agreement with UK power company National Grid Plc.
The Moreland Commission, set up by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, found that LIPA had a "dysfunctional management structure" that led to an operational and communications disconnect between LIPA and National Grid and an inadequate response to Sandy.
The storm left more than 90 percent of the 1.1 million LIPA customers on Long Island without power, some for more than two weeks.
LIPA's services agreement with National Grid is due to expire at the end of 2013. At that time, a unit of New Jersey power company Public Service Enterprise Group Inc is set to take over as the system's operator.
Cuomo set up the Moreland Commission to investigate why it took so long for some of the state's utilities, including LIPA and Consolidated Edison Inc, to restore power after Sandy, and to make recommendations to improve the state's power sector.
The commission recommended a complete overhaul of LIPA and the system by which power is delivered on Long Island.
It recommended that a private utility buy LIPA. Alternatives, it said, include LIPA assuming management of its own operating system, or another public power authority like the state-owned New York Power Authority (NYPA) taking over responsibility for LIPA.
NYPA is a state-owned generating company that operates about 1,400 miles of transmission lines in the state.
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Author Notes: I love bitter greens but always assumed you should let their flavor stand alone as the outlier in a dish. A few years ago, however, I came across Broccoli Rabe in Lemon Cream in "My Italian Garden" by Viana La Place (the author most well known for "Unplugged Kitchen"). The cream softened the bitterness of the rabe, which wasn't a surprise, but a small squeeze of lemon juice transformed the dish -- brightening the mineral flavors in the greens and challenging their bitterness with acidity. Broccoli rabe and I started anew from that day forward. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 4
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pounds broccoli rabe, stems trimmed, cut into short lengths
Sea salt
tablespoons unsalted butter
cup heavy cream
teaspoon lemon juice, plus more to taste
Buttered crostini
- Cook the broccoli rabe in abundant salted boiling water until al dente, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain.
- Melt the butter in a large saute pan. Add the rabe and stir well to coat. Add salt to taste and let the flavors meld over low heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add the cream and lemon juice. Toss gently and let warm over low heat. Serve surrounded with crisp buttered crostini.
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