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My Zone alarm PRO keeps popping up and asking me if this IP is ok to be put into my trusted zones or not.
The IP is 192.169.1
I see that this could be linksys router default.
If this is ok,how do i get the ZA to stop putting up the trusted zone or not.
Ifs its not ok,how do i get rid of it.

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1) Project Details: (be as specific as possible): create application for a website, someone , did somework, but did not have the chance to continue:
Created a page, where, in the field, I submit a URL, the page, would extract, images and descriptions, from a non english site, translates it into korean or selected language of choice, puts it into an editor for correction after translation, using google method, asks some info about weight and size, quantity and etc of the related product in the URL, then creates an csv file to be used with joomla virtuemart import export, it also renames the image urls as submitted by user within the source code of the captured pages. It renames the images saved in a folder on the desktop and also saves, two text files, one with links to original image urls and one with new assigned urls.
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Extra Innings of Sarasota will host its 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Baseball and Softball Clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 21 and 23-24.
The clinic, which is open to all athletes 13 and under, is $79 for members and $99 for non-members.
Throughout the clinic, players will learn the fundamentals of baseball and softball from former and current local professional baseball players, including Jason Miller, James Houser, Joe Terdoslavich, Lance Carter and Scooter Genett.
Former college softball coach Jeff Roberts and high school coach Mike Morgan, along with Brandi Neal, will lead the softball clinic.
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by OrioleBeagle, Nov 20, 2011.
Blades of Glory halftime show (start at 0:49) http://youtu.be/SvxzW3Ux58M
Cute dog shelter/adoption video! http://youtu.be/ao2A-eEIkA4
Just in time for Thanksgiving- "Run Little Turkeys" song http://youtu.be/a88_CFdTk_o
I never get tired of this one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY
An unexpected grab at a baseball game (moral of the story, you never know when the cameras are on you)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uti9IaPCM_g
I LOVE this commercial!!!- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHxNAJ8B1U
Dangers of the snow plow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceTcZ_hmpWg
Scarlet Takes a Tumble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Q5DcIoP0c (the whole thing is just hilariously awful, but it really gets good around 2:10)
Single Ladies Gone Wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5YbfFszlI (she's okay!)
About a Scotsman, and his kilt.
Sexy Weather Girls from around the globe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq85jb3e9o0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbNy-zKRTcE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjxLNtGELHc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjtS347ZUw&feature=related
Ultimate Dog Tease
The Ultimate Dog Tease Part 2
Some cute owls...and one who looks pissed off
Kitten -vs- two scary things. This is so cute.
"Last Dictator Standing" (commercial for Nando's)
What Cats Do When You Try To Knit: http://youtu.be/puZJyFWixcw
I posted this one in a thread that won't get much attention, so I went searching for the most recent youtube thread. Wanted to share this one even if it's more inspiring than fun (although it does have some fun moments in it!):
Sometimes, security cameras catch something totally different
Super Golden Friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkAi-giu-g&list=FLillQY-pYthoKY0ERqRf0sw&index=11&feature=plpp_video
Two year-old yoga instructor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYQl0YUj-Oc
Shit yogis say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMC1_RH_b3k
SO DO I! Thanks, that made me smile!
Gay men can steal your girlfriend
"We'll go to the gym with her AND have pinkberry afterwards"
This is so freakin funny!
Whenever I've had a bad day the blooper of this makes me laugh: http://youtu.be/IQicfUjVVqU
I know a lot of people have probably already seen one version or another of Matt dancing around the world. I really like the 2012 version - http://www.youtube.com/user/mattharding2718?feature=watch
I still want to know how he managed North Korea.
This one totally amazed me.
A lioness adopts a baby antelope:
This one has been making the email rounds of my (very) Southern female relatives:
Shit Southern Women Say
Sadly, most of these things are true, depending where in the Deep South one might live ........
Now to survive a nightmare:
That is so adorable! Now I have to go get a hankie!!
This guy cracks me up with his different accents:
This one always makes me laugh
Yes, the song has worn out its welcome and the music video is sheer what-the-f**kery, but....House Christmas Lights choreographed to Gangnam Style? Yes, please.
This one is sweet in a "good intentions" kind of way. But possibly dangerous/fatal as well:
Movie trailer parody: Give us all our daughters back This must be Saturday Night Live, right?
Extremely Scary Ghost Elevator Prank in Brazil - I love these hidden camera shows!
This one isn't a comedy video at all, but very effective:
Thai Health Promotion Foundation- Smoking Kid
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In case you missed it, President Obama gave a big speech out in Las Vegas about both his "jobs" plan and a new plan to help underwater borrowers re-finance their mortgage.
Downsizing Blog
The Downside of Federal Infrastructure Spending
My Washington Post op-ed on federal infrastructure yesterday elicited a large and vigorous response. The comments on the WaPo site and emails to my inbox were about 80 percent in opposition to my views.
Infrastructure Projects to Fix the Economy? Don't Bank on It.
In a recent television ad for her network, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow stands below the Hoover Dam and asks whether we are still a country that can "think this big" — Hoover Dam big. The commercial is built on the assumption that American greatness is advanced by federal spending on major infrastructure projects.
GAO Throws Water on Postal Bailout
The Government Accountability Office has weighed in on the controversy over whether the federal government "owes" the U.S. Postal Service approximately $50-$75 billion in alleged pension "overpayments" made by the USPS to the government's retirement system. In short, the GAO concluded that the USPS is not owed the money.
American Government Spending: 41% of GDP
My good friend Kathy Ruffing at CBPP takes me to task for testifying that government spending in the United States is 41 percent of GDP, which in my view is a very high and harmful level.
Did Canada Steal Our Tenth Amendment?
Under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government was assigned specific limited powers, and most government functions were left to the states. To ensure that people understood the limits on federal power, the Framers added the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Those delegated powers are "few and defined," noted James Madison.
Ron Paul's 'Plan to Restore America'
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has released a fiscal reform plan that would dramatically cut spending and rein in the size and scope of the federal government. My reaction to the proposal can be summed up in one word: hallelujah.
Herman Cain: How About 15-15-15?
Presidential candidate Herman Cain has made a splash with his 9-9-9 tax reform plan. I love his 9 percent income tax, but the skunk at the tax reform picnic is his 9 percent retail sales tax. Mr. Cain is an articulate advocate of free enterprise and I wish him well in the contest, but he should ditch the sales tax.
'Stiglitz's Switch in Time'
Over at Cato's blog, my colleague Mark Calabria calls out Nobel economics prize winner Joseph Stiglitz for ignoring his own little role in the economic downturn:
Federal Workers' Compensation Incompetence
A recent report from the U.S. Postal Service's inspector general found that workers' compensation costs for postal employees are unnecessarily high. The reasons according to the audit are stale federal laws and bureaucratic ineptitude at the USPS and the Department of Labor.


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Brian McLawhorn writes for Devils Illustrated, as a part of the Rivals.com network.
What is the injury report for the Blue Devils, and how great of an impact if any does it have this week? "Major, key injuries have been an issue for Duke all season long, particularly on the offensive side of the football. Heading into this weekend's game, Duke will be battling the same issues they have been for many weeks and that's a thin, and beat up offensive line. Starting center Brian Moore went down before the season began, and his replacement, Dave Harding, was injured heading into last week's game with Florida State. Moore, has finally been upgraded from doubtful to questionable and could potentially make his long-anticipated return this weekend. That would be a huge boost for Duke considering Harding is also listed as questionable for Saturday. Wide receiver Donovan Varner is also listed as questionable with a leg injury, and while losing him will certainly be tough to swallow should he not play, Duke's depth at wide receiver helps in this situation a great deal. Cornerback Johnny Williams is questionable for Saturday's game as well."
Sean Renfree has quietly emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in the ACC, being effective while under duress in most games this season. What's enabled him to rise above the fray and play so well? "Aside from two games this season - Stanford and Florida State - Duke has protected Sean Renfree well and given him the necessary time to throw the football. Those two games account for 11 of the 13 sacks Duke has given up all year - so through their other four contests Renfree has been brought down just twice. A big reason for that has been his quick release. The junior typically gets the ball out of his hands in 2.5 seconds, which makes it very difficult for opposing defensive lines to get to him. That's helped along a great deal by his receivers ability to get open in that time as well. But all in all, Renfree is a smart quarterback that has an ability to go through his reads quickly and isn't afraid to check down from his primary target. He is technically sound, and simply trusts in what he has been taught. He truly has all the tools to be a really special quarterback throughout the remainder of his career in the ACC."
This Duke team appears to be responding to adversity better than past Duke teams. An example would be coming back from a double digit deficit against FIU and finding a way to win. What's made the difference this season? "When a program has spent so many years on the losing end of the stick, it takes quite a bit of time to change the mentality and get everybody believing that they should win, not just that they can win. And I feel like for David Cutcliffe that has been one of the biggest challenges. Right now, the players and coaches all believe in the system and work hard to keep the fight in them no matter what the adversity is that they are facing. So, that's step one for the Blue Devils - they truly have a no quit attitude this year, and a belief that they should and can win games late. It's also a conditioning thing. Duke's approach in practice is one that prepares them to be strong in the latter half of the game, and it has paid off. It's still a work in progress for them, but they have made tremendous strides in becoming a team that can fight it out to the very end. It's all a mentality thing and Duke is starting to get there."
What matchup is David Cutcliffe and his staff most concerned about this week? "I think if there's one area Cutcliffe and his staff are most concerned about, it's not allowing Wake Forest to beat them with the big play. The Demon Deacons struck for big plays in last season's matchup, and that has again been an issue for the Blue Devils at times this year. Florida State did it to Duke, as did Stanford and even Richmond. They play solid football for 95-percent of the time and get hit with an explosive play and that's that. Duke knows that in order to win this game, those have to be eliminated, and in the very least limited."
Outside of Renfree and the receivers who are a couple of key guys Wake Forest fans should be on the look-out for? "When healthy, safety Matt Daniels is certainly one to watch. He took the blame last week for a huge pass play against Florida State that was in fact the result of one of his teammates not doing his job. Yet, he keeps going and making plays. He leads the team with 62 tackles and 10 pass breakups and is a threat to force fumbles. He's a big hitter and someone that can play the run as well as the pass. Tight end Cooper Helfet is another weapon for Duke that Renfree uses quite often. Helfet has 20 catches on the year and has found the end zone twice. He has the ability to be a nightmare for linebackers to cover because of his receiver-like athleticism. Then there is running back Desmond Scott, who just returned to full action last weekend. He has the ability to be a threat running the ball and catching it."
Do you see the tide changing in Cutcliffe's favor in rebuilding the program, or is it still a ways off? "There is absolutely some progress being made there, but they still have some work to do. They haven't quite gotten over the hump yet they were in transition from a team trying to establish themselves to a consistent squad that you know what you're going to get from week to week. Duke has shown signs of being a very productive team, and then it takes a step or two backwards. This Duke team was extremely bad off when Cutcliffe arrived, so for this program to even still be in the discussion for a potential bowl bid is a sign of progress. Duke just hasn't turned the corner yet, but the program is getting closer to becoming consistently competitive."


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In late 2012, the Delaware Court of Chancery made two significant rulings on the efficacy of standstill provisions. In In re Complete Genomics, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster analogized "don't ask, don't waive" standstills to "no-talk" provisions in merger agreements. No-talk provisions prohibit a target company and its board from discussing alternative transactions with third parties, and have been deemed impermissible by the Court of Chancery absent certain outs. Don't ask, don't waive provisions prevent potential bidders from requesting that the target company waive the terms of a standstill agreement to which the potential bidder agreed.
Complete Genomics, Inc., a life sciences company that developed a proprietary DNA sequencing process, decided to put itself up for sale. Hoping to protect its chief asset, Complete Genomics insisted that bidders sign confidentiality and standstill agreements before receiving access to information necessary for the potential bidders to undertake due diligence. Multiple potential bidders signed these contracts. After an auction, Complete Genomics agreed to a two-step tender offer and merger transaction with a U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese company.
The court found that, by agreeing to a standstill containing a don't ask, don't waive provision, the Complete Genomics board impermissibly limited its ability to discharge its ongoing statutory and fiduciary obligations to knowledgeably evaluate competing offers, disclose material information and make a meaningful merger recommendation to its stockholders. The court therefore issued a preliminary injunction enjoining Complete Genomics from enforcing the provision.
The court analyzed the don't ask, don't waive provision by discussing a case that held strict no-talk provisions impermissible. In 1999, in Phelps Dodge Corp. v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co., the Court of Chancery found a no-talk provision unenforceable because the board could not willfully blind itself to information it needed to carry out its duty of care. Specifically, the court held that a board must inform itself about whether it should enter into negotiations before deciding not to negotiate. In extending the rule from Phelps Dodge, the court held that plaintiff had a reasonable probability of success in demonstrating that the don't ask, don't waive provision functioned as a bidder-specific no-talk provision, and was therefore impermissible. The court found that plaintiff had established irreparable harm because, absent an injunction, the board would never know whether the counterparty wanted to make a topping bid or other acquisition proposal.
The court issued its injunction in Complete Genomics regarding enforcement of the don't ask, don't waive provision even though the counterparty in the applicable standstill agreement was not a party to the litigation and gave no indication that it planned to make a topping bid. Nevertheless, the court expressly acknowledged the permissibility of a provision restricting a bidder from making a public request that the target waive its obligations under a standstill agreement. The court spoke of public and private requests as different animals, suggesting that a board must allow private requests, but may still contractually prohibit public requests for waiver of a standstill.
Just three weeks after the Complete Genomics ruling, the Court of Chancery, in In re Ancestry.com, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, enjoined a merger pending two disclosures, one of which concerned the use of don't ask, don't waive provisions. The court first stated that transcript rulings tend not to make broad points of law, and that no reason exists to consider don't-ask, don't waive standstill provisions invalid in every case, thus registering disagreement with a common interpretation of Complete Genomics. The court then suggested these provisions have a legitimate role to play in some situations, because the board can use them for a "value-maximizing purpose" by creating a "gavel" to make clear "there is really an end to the auction for those who participate. And therefore, you should bid your fullest …." The permissibility of the board's use of this tool will depend, however, on a contextual analysis of whether a board uses it consistently with its fiduciary duties.
In the Ancestry.com case, the court held that this board probably breached its duty of care by allowing one bidder to ignore the don't ask, don't waive provision, but failing to relieve other parties constrained by similar provisions from their obligations until after this litigation commenced. Nevertheless, the fact that the board eventually freed all potential bidders from these restrictive provisions led the court to conclude there should be no further injunctive relief. The court enjoined the deal pending disclosure by the board that it used don't ask, don't waive provisions, reasoning that shareholders would want to know about these provisions because they may have prevented the emergence of a superior offer.
It is important to note that these opinions result from transcript rulings of the Court of Chancery, not the Delaware Supreme Court, when deciding motions for a preliminary injunction where the record is limited. Vice Chancellor Laster's Complete Genomics ruling does not appear to invalidate per se all don't ask, don't waive standstills, but merely questions their enforceability where a sale agreement with another party has been announced and the target has an obligation to consider competing offers.
Corporations can benefit from using the approved form of don't ask, don't waive provisions. When properly designed and implemented, a standstill agreement with a don't ask, don't waive provision empowers a diligent board to structure and run an orderly auction process where bidders are incentivized to make their highest bid prior to the seller signing and announcing a definitive sale agreement. These provisions can also give added comfort to target boards that a determination to commence an exploration of a potential sale process will not lead to a hostile process.


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Graffiti "artists" you wrote. I think graffiti "vandals" is more appropriate terminology.
Graffiti is by definition unwanted and uninvited. Graffiti is done by vandals who seek the visibility for themselves among their peers as well as the thrill of getting their graffiti up without being caught.
As described by some, graffiti is not about art and we don't have an art problem in our communities. We have a vandalism problem.
There is an appropriate way to gather information, one where bias is eliminated in order to gather the most representative sample. And then, there is an inappropriate way to gather information.
A few weeks ago an article was published in this newspaper which stated the opinions of residents of the neighborhood in which the proposed Walmart Neighborhood Market is to be built. The article was written in such a way that it made it seem as though the majority of the residents of the neighborhood were in favor of the Walmart.
So my question was, how were the people interviewed in this article selected? Not to my surprise, it was in the inappropriate way. The people selected to be interviewed were picked in a way that is considered convenience bias, meaning that they were selected simply because they were standing outside or appeared to be home.
While this seems random, it isn't because only the ones selected were those who are readily available and therefore are not giving a representative opinion of the area in question. As an active member of this community and a reader of this newspaper, I expect that the public to be appropriately informed by appropriate measures where bias is eliminated. News reporting should be presented based on fact rather than conjecture.
I read a statement in this paper's reporting of the A.J. Cody case that has me upset and appalled.
In the articles about the attorneys' closing statements, Prosecutor David Gibbons says, "His problem with that argument (Cody's defense that he had not intended to kill Britton when he went to the house) was Cody's timing. He goes on to note that only six days passed between the allegations of abuse being reporting to the Hotline and Britton's murder.
DCFS Policy IID and Arkansas Code 12-18-1001 have defined specific guidelines for DHS investigation and response to allegations of abuse. In the 2012 Annual Report Card made by DCFS, the Executive Summary states concerning "Timely Initiation of Investigations" that 86 percent of the investigations were initiated on time. The agency compliance goal is 95 percent. The same report indicates a goal of 90 percent of Child Maltreatment Assessments be completed within the required 30-day period.
In 2012, DCFS improved their investigation completion rate to 64 percent. However, in Quarter 2 of 2013, the number of completed investigations done within 30 days dropped to 46 percent. It has improved in Quarter 3, 2013 to 61 percent but is still below last year's rate.
My question to David Gibbons is this: If my child or grandchild is abused in Pope County, what is an acceptable time to wait for someone to address the issue?
If it's going to be longer than 30 days, are there acceptable things I should do to keep my child safe while the bureaucracy investigates? And, while I recognize that the wheels of justice can move slowly, what should I tell that abused child as he or she waits for the grownups in charge to protect him?
These are our children. They deserve the best from all of us. When they have been subjected to abuse or neglect, they do not understand that out of 10 children brutalized in Pope County, only six can expect justice to come as the law requires.


text: Dallas Sports Legends Series: Carly Patterson This Story is About... Olympics /Illustrations by CHRIS MORRIS / Special Contributor. Carly Patterson: North Texas became the hub of U.S. women's gymnastics with the rise of the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano. Patterson was the first Olympic gold medalist produced by the gym. /. Carly Patterson dons her medal after scoring 9.850 in the balance beam event during the 2004 Visa American Cup in New York. Patterson was the women's individual all-around winner of the American Cup. /. Carly Patterson made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on Aug. 25, 2004, to talk about her triumph at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. /. Carly Patterson signals to the back that her monitor audio is correct during rehearsal at Absolute Studios in Dallas, on July 17, 2008. She is embarking on a singing career. /. Carly Patterson falls asleep with her head on the kitchen counter, while her mother Natalie (right) and agent Yuki Saegusa discuss her upcoming schedule at home in Allen on Nov. 1, 2004. Patterson keeps a non-stop schedule of tour dates and public appearances, leaving litttle time for sleep, or much else. /. Carly Patterson, seen in 2006, won a gold medal in the all-around category for gymnastics at the 2004 Olympics. /. Carly Patterson autographs a Wheaties box for Charlotte Moon during a visit to The Gardens of Richardson retirement home in Richardson on Oct. 6, 2004. /. Carly Patterson /. Carly Patterson (center) applauds the remarks of President George W. Bush as he and First Lady Laura Bush host the 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams at the White House on Oct. 18, 2004. Patterson was excited to get to meet Bush, going so far as to push her way to the front of the crowd afterward to shake his hand. "I got a little pushy, probably too pushy, but I just really wanted to meet him." /. In contrast to a public image of celebrity and fame, Carly Patterson stands at the pumps of a Plano gas station refilling the tank of her mom's Honda during a day spent at home on Oct. 6, 2004. /. Wearing a dress designed for her by Donna Karan, Carly Patterson walks the red carpet for the assembled paparazzi as she arrives to be honored as one of GLAMOUR magazine's "Women of the Year" in New York on Nov. 8, 2004. /. From 2005, future Olympic champion Nastia Liukin (right) talks with a coach between events while standing with Carly Patterson during the elite session of the WOGA classic gymnastics meet at Allen High School on Jan. 15, 2005. /. Keeping with popular company, Carly Patterson (second from left) poses with Dallas Cowboys legends Troy Aikman (left) and Roger Staubach at the Children's Cancer Fund luncheon and fashion show held at Children's Medical Center of Dallas. /. Carly Patterson waves to the crowd from the back of a convertible during a community parade and rally honoring the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal gymnast in her hometown of Allen on Sept. 4, 2004. /. Carly Patterson with her pet cat Beijing. She chose the name because her mom said she could get a cat when she got home from the Olympics. "I wanted to name her in memory of my trip." /. From 2006, Carly Patterson competes on the TV show Celebrity Duets on Fox. /. Carly Patterson watches and listens as Nastia Liukin, olympic gold medalist talks during a press conference after fans welcomed Liukin home at the DFW Airport on Aug. 21, 2008. Liukin won 5 medals including one gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in China. /. Dallas' Olympic pride: gymnasts Nastia Liukin (left) and Carly Patterson photographed with their medals in 2008. /. Carly Patterson waves as she takes part in a parade honoring her friend and fellow gold medal winner Nastia Liukin on Aug. 30, 2008. /. Carly Patterson, shows her gold medal. /. Carly Patterson (left) talks to N. Susan Sungur after signing an autograph on a flight from New York to DFW on Aug. 26, 2004. /. Carly Patterson at the news conference at DFW Airport on Aug. 26, 2004. /. From 2003, Carly Patterson, age 15, pictured in her bedroom in Allen. /. Carly Patterson practices her vault during women's gymnastics training at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, on Aug. 12, 2004. /. Carly Patterson is greeted by her family after singing the National Anthem before Cowboys-Packers football game in Green Bay on Nov. 15, 2009. /. Carly Patterson sings the National Anthem before the Cowboys-Packers in Green Bay on Nov. 15, 2009. /. Carly Patterson performs on the uneven bars during the women's gymnastics qualifications at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games on Aug. 15, 2004, in Athens, Greece. /. From left, U.S. gymnasts Terin Humphrey, Carly Patterson and Courtney McCool wear their silver medals after the women's gymnastics team finals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, on Aug. 17, 2004. Romania won the gold medal and the U.S. team finished with the silver. /. Carly Patterson works the uneven bars at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. /. Carly Patterson performs on the balance beam at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. /. Carly Patterson performs her floor exercise at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. /. Carly Patterson wears her gold medal after winning the women's all-around at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. /. Carly Patterson is prepped for a magazine photo shoot by USA Gymnastics vice president Steve Penny in Athens on Aug. 20, 2004. /. Carly Patterson (right) stands with Nan Zhang of China (left) and Svetlana Khorkina of Russia after the awards ceremony for the Women's Individual All-Around event at the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim. Patterson won the silver medal. /. Carly Patterson waits her turn during the Women's Individual All-Around event at the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim. Patterson won the silver medal in the event. /. Carly Patterson waves to the crowd as she's introduced as one of the newest members of the U.S. Gymnast Hall of Fame after the 2008 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials. Patterson was inducted as a part of the 2003 World Championship team. /. From 2003, World Olympic Gymnastic Academy coach Evgeny Marchenko (right) and (from left to right) Carly Patterson, Hollie Vise and Kaitlin White relax after a morning practice session at the academy in Plano. The four along with coach Natasha Boyarskaya will depart Friday for the Goodwill Games being held in Australia, and then travel on to China. /. Former U.S. gymnasts Kerri Strug (left) and Carly Patterson (center) join 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin for an autograph session as they promoted the VISA Championships at the new WOGA gym in Dallas on June 23, 2009. /. USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny (right) gives instruction to Carly Patterson before a VISA Champions news conference at the new WOGA gym in Dallas on June 23, 2009. /. Carly Patterson poses overlooking the Acropolis at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens on Aug. 24, 2004. /. From left, Carly Patterson, 9-year-old Rebecca McRobbie of Rowlett, Nastia Liukin and Hollie Vise at the 2005 Metroplex Gymnastics Challenge at the Dallas Convention Center. /. Carly Patterson performs on the balance beam at the 2004 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Nashville, Tenn., on June 3, 2004. /. Carly Patterson ducks behind a scoreboard to apply lipstick in preparation for her television interviews at the 2004 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Nashville, Tenn., on June 3, 2004. This Topic is Missing Your Voice. View Comments Story DNA Olympics


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Stanhope Hotel
The Stanhope Hotel is a 5 star luxury boutique hotel situated in the heart of the European quarter and walking within distance from the Royal Palace, Sablon Square and the Grand Place.
Rue du Commerce 9, B-1000 Brussels Tel. +32 2 506 91 11 Org. number:BE 0456.740.336
6 of 6 room types available
Jan 17 - Jan 18 1 adult
Food and drink
Free WiFi
24h room service
Restaurant and bar
Smart-TV with screen mirroring
Fitness facilities
Parking: EUR 35 per day
Good to know
Rooms and facilities
- Total number of rooms: 125
- No-smoking rooms: 117
- Disabled-friendly rooms: 1
Getting there and location
- 12 km to the airport
- 3 km to the train station
- 100 m to Trone Metro Station
- Directions
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MPs vote for welfare spending cap
An overall cap on welfare spending has passed the Commons by a huge majority of almost 500, despite warnings it could push hundreds of thousands of children into poverty.
During the MPs' debate on Chancellor George Osborne's plans, Labour's Diane Abbott warned both the Government and her own side not to play politics with people's lives.
But Mr Osborne's Charter for Budget Responsibility was passed 520 to 23, majority 497, as the main parties largely united to back the plan.
Including two tellers, 13 Labour MPs opposed the scheme, fewer than predicted, with the remaining no votes being made up of minor parties.
At the Budget, Mr Osborne set the cap level for the first four years, rising in line with inflation from £119.5 billion in 2015/16 to £122 billion in 2016/17, £124.6 billion in 2017/18 and £126.7 billion in 2018/19.
The figures are in line with forecast levels of welfare spending under current policies.
Speaking in the wake of the vote, Matthew Reed, chief executive of The Children's Society, said: "Today's cross-party support for capping welfare is a betrayal of their commitment to end child poverty.
"It risks pushing more children into poverty by tying government's hands, making it harder to make sure the most vulnerable families and children get the support they need to cope with rocketing rents, rising childcare costs and soaring fuel prices.
"Independent experts estimate that by 2020, 800,000 more children will be living in poverty if the government continues with its current policies.
"Capping welfare risks derailing all three parties' commitment to end child poverty and will harm the children whose futures they are supposed to protect."
Will Higham, director of UK poverty at Save the Children, said: "Children have already paid the highest price in the recession.
"It is all well and good to look towards a recovery, but parties that vote in favour of the cap need to spell out urgently what provisions they will make to ensure that the poorest children do not get forgotten about and left behind.
"Parties need to explain how they will work to improve wages and welfare to ensure that work pays.
"Otherwise, today's vote will become a straitjacket, binding future governments from taking action to stem a rising tide of child poverty."
PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "The welfare cap is not a solution to anything, it is a gimmick, and a very nasty and dangerous one that will cruelly punish vulnerable people whose lives depend on the support benefits and tax credits provide.
"With tens of billions of pounds lost every year through corporate tax avoidance, MPs should hang their heads in shame that they are voting for a cap that risks driving more people into poverty and putting more families on the streets."
In the Commons, the Chancellor defended the coalition's reforms as vital to bringing fairness back into the welfare system.
He said: "(Under the system we inherited) it was not fair benefits were unlimited, we have introduced a cap.
"It wasn't fair those looking for work faced marginal tax rates as high as 96%, sapping the incentives to find a job.
"We are addressing that through universal credit.
"Not fair: that was the welfare system we inherited.
"Unfair to those trapped in poverty, unfair to the millions of people who paid for it.
"It is a perverse distortion of what (welfare pioneer) William Beveridge had conceived and in the face of opposition to each and every measure we have introduced, we are removing those distortions, restoring the work incentives and creating a fair welfare state."
Mr Osborne said there was no reason in principle for welfare not to have a fixed budget in the same way as spending at the Home Office or the Ministry of Defence.
And the Chancellor added: "Some of these benefits have relatively stable and predictable costs, like statutory maternity pay, others like housing benefit have consistently grown much faster than forecast.
"But each one involves hundreds of millions, often billions, of pounds of spending and deserves the same careful management and scrutiny... some of these benefits help some of the most vulnerable citizens, like Disability Living Allowance, but that is not an excuse for the failure to manage its budget.
"After all, our NHS also cares for the most vulnerable and yet that doesn't stop us from giving the NHS an annual budget."
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said: "We support capping social security spending, a policy the Leader of the Opposition (Ed Miliband) advocated last year, and with welfare spending now £13 billion higher than the Government planned in its spending review, Labour will make different and fairer choices to get the social security bill under control and tackle the root causes of rising spending."
Speaking during the backbench portion of the debate, Ms Abbott said: "This is not a game, this is about people's lives, whether it's elderly people who are dependent on some of the age-related benefits which will fall under the cap, whether it is the disabled, whether it is people in low-paid work that depend on the system of tax credits.
"This is not a game, this is people's lives.
"And if it is really the position of members opposite that poor people should be made to live on even less, they should at least have the grace to be dignified about it and they should not turn it into a game."


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Yvonne Chaka Chaka performs 'Proud to Be' at INTERPOL General Assembly in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam – Leading African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka gave a special performance of 'Proud to Be', a song released in support of INTERPOL's global efforts against counterfeit medicines, for delegates attending the world police body's General Assembly in Vietnam.
The song, which was officially launched in Nairobi on 27 October and also features Senegal's Youssou N'Dour, is part of INTERPOL's ongoing campaign to raise public awareness, and particularly in Africa, of the health risks posed by fake medicines throughout the world.
South Africa's Yvonne Chaka Chaka, known as the Princess of Africa, told the gathering of some 630 senior police and law enforcement officials from 142 countries that "we are on the right track, and with your help, those criminals responsible for fake medicines putting lives at risk will be brought to justice."
The continent of Africa is especially affected by fake medicines, where every day thousands of innocent people unknowingly put their lives at risk by taking medication that is fake or has been traded illegally.
INTERPOL is seeing an alarming number of international cases involving the manufacture, trade and distribution of counterfeit and illicit medicines. It is working with all of its member countries – which this week grew to 190 – partner organizations and across the public-private sectors to disrupt the criminal networks which are making huge profits with no regard for people's health.
'Proud to Be' was made possible through the voluntary support of Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Youssou N'dour who are both known for their commitment to humanitarian and development causes.
As INTERPOL's 'Proud to Be' campaign against fake medicines continues, updates will be posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Key partner organizations involved in the 'Proud to Be' initiative are the Fondation Chirac, the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the International Institute Against Counterfeit Medicines, the Princess of Africa Foundation, Synergies Africaines, and the World Health Professions Alliance.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando police have charged a driver with two felonies after they say he shot at another motorist on Wednesday afternoon in east Orange County.
Carlos Gaston, 29, has been charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and aggravated child abuse in the shooting, which occurred near Semoran Boulevard and Lake Underhill Road.
Police said Gaston and the victim, Wilmer Torres-Orengo, 34, were driving on southbound Semoran Boulevard when they got into an altercation for an unknown reason, resulting in Gaston getting out of a vehicle and shooting Torres-Orengo.
Torres-Orengo was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the arm. He told deputies he wouldn't press charges against Gaston. He is being charged with aggravated child abuse because of a 2-year-old girl being in Gaston's car.
Local 6 news helicopter Sky 6 flew over the State Road 408 interchange where authorities were parked in the median, with traffic backed up on Semoran Boulevard for more than a mile.
Check back for more on this developing story.
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A cold case murder has been solved after more than 23 years, Coral Springs Police announced Monday.
Retested DNA evidence identified Oba Chandler as the suspect in the November 1990 slaying of 20-year-old Ivelisse Berrios Beguerisse, police said. Chandler, 65, was executed in 2011 for three Florida murders from 1989.
Just after midnight on Nov. 27, 1990, two men returning from a fishing trip discovered Beguerisse's lifeless body lying on the side of the street in a then-undeveloped part of Coral Springs.
"Our victim had ligature markings around her ankles and wrists," said Det. Dan Cucchi with the Coral Springs Police Department.
"[She] did nothing to deserve this. [She] was picked at random," said Det. Brian Koenig.
The Sunrise woman never made it home to her husband after finishing her shift at a Swim Sport store in the Sawgrass Mills mall. Her car was found in the parking lot of the mall. Two tires had been slashed.
"It was always suspected that the subject had lured her into a vehicle as a Good Samaritan and then later killed her," Cucchi said.
She had also been sexually assaulted. At the time DNA swabs were collected for the victim's rape kit but the crime lab could not find evidence to connect a suspect to the crime.
But now the case has been solved, thanks to advances in technology in the intervening years.
"It was matched to Mr. Oba Chandler," Cucchi said.
Chandler was executed via lethal injection in November 2011. He was sent to death row for the grisly murders of three tourists, Joan Rogers and her two teenaged daughters Michelle and Christie. They were found floating in Tampa Bay in 1989. The women were nude from the waist down. There were concrete blocks tied around their necks.
"They also were bound with rope and tossed overboard, it was believed while they were still alive," Cucchi said.
Before being put to death, Chandler's last statement was "you are killing an innocent man."
Chandler was looked at as a suspect after he was arrested in the Rogers murders because of proximity.
"He had spent a couple months living in Sunrise, Florida just about a mile and a half from the Sawgrass Mills mall, " Koenig said.
It was Koenig and Cucchi who decided to have the DNA tested once again after being assigned the cold case last summer. The Broward Sheriff's Office Crime Lab notified the detectives on Feb. 5 that they were able to obtain a positive suspect DNA profile from the evidence submitted. After sharing the news with Beguerisse's family, they shared it with those who worked over two decades to find her killer.
"It was near to their heart for a long time and some of the investigators that worked it from the beginning, they have since retired from here," Koenig said.


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Arsenal end trophy drought with FA Cup win
Arsenal ended its nine-year trophy drought on Saturday, coming from two goals...
Norman, OK (Sports Network) – Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops said Monday that
junior quarterback Blake Bell will start on Saturday against Tulsa.
Stoops said that quarterback Trevor Knight hurt his knee towards the end of
the first half of Oklahoma's 16-7 win over West Virginia on Saturday.
Knight completed just 10-of-20 passes, threw a pair of interceptions and lost
a fumble before he was removed in the fourth quarter in favor of Bell.
Bell has 24 rushing scores over the last two years. He completed 9-of-16
passes for 107 yards in 2012.
Stoops added that quarterback Kendal Thompson, who suffered a fractured foot
on the first day of preseason practice, has been cleared to return to


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OKINAWA – Japanese-American actor, writer and special effects creator Masi Oka -- best known for his role in NBC's Heroes -- says Hollywood isn't ready to cast Asian faces in lead roles yet.
"It's changed in Hollywood, but only so much. You can't get Asians cast in leads yet. Maybe as a second lead, but the lead is still going to be Caucasian or African-American," Oka told The Hollywood Reporter. "But Hollywood is fickle, it follows trends. If a show or a film did well with an Asian lead, then it would take off."
STORY: Can Okinawa Become an Entertainment Hub?
Oka spoke with THR at the 5th Okinawa International Movie Festival, which he is attending to help establish a collaboration between Yoshimoto Kogyo, Japan's biggest talent agency and organizer of the fest, and the Second City comedy troupe.
"I grew up bicultural, reading manga in America. I'm a product of that," said Oka. "I want to act as a bridge between Japan and America."
Taking a group of local high school students through an improvisation workshop, Oka spent an hour and a half schooling the youngsters in the Second City method, which he learned himself when trying to make the transition from SFX to acting.
Oka believes the long tradition of political comedy in Second City is something that Japan can learn from. Japanese television comedy is almost entirely lacking in political content, despite the country's politicians being ripe for satire: the prime minister has changed no fewer than six times in as many years.
STORY: Hollywood's Share of Japanese Box Office Falls to Lowest Level Since 1965
"Japan needs political humor and satire," said Oka. "The political system here isn't working, it needs to change."
The workshop, which is a trial project due to be expanded this summer, is part of Yoshimoto Kogyo's plan to turn Okinawa into an entertainment hub and give the local economy another industry that can help replace its reliance on the U.S. military bases that occupy nearly a fifth of its land.
Okinawa currently hosts three quarters of the U.S. military facilities in Japan, and nearly half of the 50,000 troops stationed in the country. There are currently plans to reduce the island's burden, including a shift of 4,000 Marines to Guam. However, Okinawa is Japan's poorest prefecture, the average income is less than half of that in Tokyo, and the local economy relies heavily on the money the U.S. forces bring.
Earlier in the week, Oka also appeared on a panel advising Asian creators how to pitch shows to Hollywood.
Although Oka says he would like to do more work in Japan, he concedes that the lower budgets, a fraction of those in Hollywood, are a stumbling block.
"No offense, but the money is different, but I would consider something if it was a really meaty role," said Oka. "But my agents know I'd be asking them a really big favor."


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Moldova: 1. What protection can the state authorities offer the person from the gang he fears and what mechanisms are open to the person for redress? 2. Can the person avail of witness protection if they decided to report allegations? 3. Are there viable relocation alternatives within Moldova for such a person? 4. What is the likelihood of problems for someone who returns and wishes to have nothing to do with a criminal gang anymore - bearing in mind that the person has not gone to the authorities or reported to anyone?
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The Santa Rosa
leaks are still flowing with the latest offense being made by Lenovo. Fujitsu leaked three Santa Rosa notebooks last week and
today is Lenovo's turn with the new ThinkPad T61 and R61.
Both systems are based around Intel's Core 2 Duo processors
(T7100, T7300, T7500, and T7700) and used the Intel GM/PM965 chipset. 32-bit
and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista are offered as is Windows XP Professional.
Intel's new Wireless
Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN and the Intel Graphics Media
Accelerator X3100 IGP will be available for systems without discrete
Both laptops will be available with 14.1" displays
(WXGA, WXGA+), Intel Turbo Card (previously known as Robson)
for increased system performance, full hard disk encryption, SmartCard support
and discrete NVIDIA graphics.
The ThinkPad T61 and R61 will both be available in May 2007.
WWAN models of the T61 will first become available in June while The R61 will
be available with a Blu-ray DVD burner beginning in July.
Also of note with the new notebooks is that Lenovo has
finally removed the "IBM" branding from the palm rests. The IBM branding has been
a leftover vestigial since Lenovo purchased the company's PC division in 2005
for more than $1 billion USD.


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7 things you didn't know about Palm Sunday
April 11, 2014 at midnight
Updated April 10, 2014 at 11:11 p.m.
Christianity's most important holiday of the year is a week away.
And while Easter bunnies and chocolate eggs will certainly make an appearance by the millions, the holiday for Christians, both Protestant and Catholics, first commemorates the resurrection of Jesus.
This year, Orthodox Christians will also celebrate Easter on April 20, an unusual overlap that rarely occurs because the Eastern and Western Christians use different calendars to calculate the holidays.
The Holy Week commences with Palm Sunday. Here are seven things you didn't know about Palm Sunday and the beloved story of Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey five days before his crucifixion nearly 2,000 years ago.
1. Palm Sunday is the sixth Sunday in Lent and marks the beginning of Holy Week in Christianity worldwide.
2. Palm Sunday is a movable feast and is celebrated the week before Easter.
3. Palm Sunday commemorates the king-like entry of Jesus riding on a donkey into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by roaring crowds waving palm branches and claiming him as the messiah.
4. The entry of Jesus on a donkey was retold in all four synoptic gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
5. In Jesus' time, palms were a national symbol of independence linked to the restoration of the holy Hebrew temple in Jerusalem. Palms, or phoenix dactylifera, were referred to as the phoenix tree because of their leaf shape and ability to grow new leaves after being burnt. Early Christians used the phoenix plant and bird to represent resurrection and rising from the dead.
6. Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem on a donkey signified that he was coming in peace.
7. To calculate when Palm Sunday, Holy Week holidays and Easter Sunday will be celebrated, Western Christians use the Gregorian calendar while Eastern churches use the Julian calendar. The dates are based on a lunar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar, which is why the dates move each year.


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The Silent War at Home
- Jocelyn Green Copyright Christianity Today International
- 2009 19 May
When Frank Vozenilek returned from the Viet Nam war in 1971, from the pulpit, his pastor called him a murderer (Vozenilek was a medic and never killed anyone). Vozenilek vowed he'd never set foot in a church again, a promise he kept for 15 years while dealing with the fallout from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including two failed marriages.
In 1970, after 14 months in Viet Nam, James Knudsen returned home as a decorated combat veteran. A Christian and regular churchgoer, he has suffered from PTSD ever since, resulting in long-term unemployment and severe depression. In 1999, his wife of 20 years left him.
Both Knudsen and Vozenilek now minister in the Cedar Rapids/Marion, Iowa, area, assisting churches to help veterans with PTSD.
"The church dropped the ball on us," says Vozenilek, who works with veterans through Point Man International Ministries (pointmanintl.org). "We cannot afford to drop the ball on this generation."
To be fair, PTSD wasn't fully recognized until 1984, well after Viet Nam. Today, it's a well-known condition in which reactions to a traumatic or life-threatening event continually recur or even intensify, even after the danger is past. The main symptoms include traumatic memories/nightmares, hypervigilance, aggression, emotional detachment, depression, and avoidance of crowds. It often leads to substance abuse, chronic unemployment, and homelessness. The suicide rate among those with PTSD is almost twice the national average, and two out of three of their marriages fail.
Though studies show that nearly one in five veterans from Iraq and Afghan-istan suffer from PTSD, experts say the numbers are likely much higher, since many deny having it either because they don't recognize it or they worry it could end their military careers. Reported wartime PTSD cases jumped roughly 50 percent in 2007. Yet only about 30 percent of those go to Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals or centers for help.
In The Combat Trauma Healing Manual, used by Bridges of Healing, Campus Crusade's Military Ministry, Chris Adsit notes that a large percentage of troops serving in the current war are National Guard and Reservists, which means they don't stay attached to their bases for long. "We have wounded warriors scattered all over our country, infiltrating all of our society," Adsit says. "There is only one other entity that infiltrates all of our society, and that is the church. The government resources are already overwhelmed. If the church doesn't step up and offer aid, I really don't see much hope for these heroes."
After Andrea Westfall's 10-month deployment to Kuwait with the Oregon Army National Guard in 2002-03, she began showing symptoms of PTSD but didn't seek help, and was not diagnosed until she had been home a year. Looking for answers to her questions about God, Westfall turned to the leadership at Springfield Faith Center in Springfield, Oregon.
"I was told that if I began presenting issues related to 'war,' I would have to go to the VA," she says. "I was already going to the Vet Center for PTSD! What I needed was for someone to walk me through this new spiritual journey and not to be judged, condemned, or thrown pat answers."
Westfall tried several other churches before giving up. But when she was invited to be a guest at Times Square Church in New York for a PTSD training seminar, the sincere hearts of the senior pastors restored her hope that churches can show legitimate care to vets.
"PTSD is affecting every church in America," says Eric Garcia, co-founder of the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries. "The problem is, the church just doesn't know what to do. The key is educating the church and helping them understand how they can play this key role in people's lives."
That's where several nonprofit organizations can offer support. The Sanctuary (guardiansanctuary.org), founded by Jon Norsworthy near Washington, D.C., has retreat facilities where veterans come for reflection and a safe place to share their trauma and receive spiritual guidance.
"Most people don't talk about the spiritual disengagement that accompanies PTSD," says Norsworthy. "There are a lot of unanswered questions about how to justify what they've seen with the God we worship. It's not a time for pat answers and clichés."
Marshéle Carter Waddell and her husband, Mark, a retired U.S. Navy seal, share their story of dealing with PTSD through Bridges to Healing, which has worked with more than 100 churches in the last year to provide training.
"A lot of churches are really trying," says Marshéle, author of Hope for the Home Front. "In the last five years, I think the tide is turning. Resources are available now that weren't there before."
Norsworthy says the majority of churches he visits do not have PTSD ministries. "The folks who are doing the most work in helping with PTSD recovery are liberal nonbelievers."
After participating in Bridges to Healing training at Times Square Church, Dr. Bill Butler, leader of the church's military ministry, said, "Most of us didn't realize the scope of the problem and how deep the wounds can affect somebody who's been in combat. It gave us a wake-up call to help serve the military." One of the many services Times Square offers is regular gatherings where veterans can develop friendships and share stories.
Gradually, churches are stepping up to the plate. In April 2008, after learning a young church member became suicidal due to PTSD, pastor Lyle Seger of Wesley United Methodist Church (Hadley, Mass.) co-hosted a workshop for 20 pastors with the Massachusetts nonprofit Veterans Education Project.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (elca) passed a resolution in 2007 to provide a supportive environment for returning veterans and their families, and the elca Minneapolis Area Synod developed The Coming Home Collaborative for those concerned with the psychological and spiritual healing of veterans.
Viet Nam vet and PTSD sufferer John Blehm and his wife, Karen, help teach classes at Skyway Church in Goodyear, Arizona, for those with PTSD and their family members. The church is also planning to bring professional counseling at an affordable price onto the church campus.
But other churches have been slow to respond. For example, Knudsen organized a PTSD training session in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in June 2008, inviting local churches to hear representatives from the Iowa City VA Hospital, Iowa National Guard, Veterans Affairs, and Point Man International Ministries. Though 60 churches were invited, leaders from only seven attended.
The low attendance didn't surprise Brian Fink, Desert Storm veteran and associate pastor at River of Life Ministries in Cedar Rapids. "Right now this is a very small blip on the radar screen, but I think caring for those with PTSD is going to be the next big thing in church ministry," he says.
That includes big churches. Willow Creek Community Church is in the process of putting together its first support communities for military members and families at their campus in South Barrington, Illinois.
Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, hired Eric Lewis as their first pastor of military ministries in April 2008. Lewis also works with other churches in the region, helping them start their own military ministries.
Complicating matters for churches is the fact that those with PTSD are not likely to speak up about it. "Churches most often find out only after the soldiers have significant problems," says Nate Self, a decorated veteran with PTSD who fought in both Afghanistan and Iraq. (For more on Self's story, see "I Hated Myself" on page 30.)
Vozenilek says churches are not responsible to aggressively seek out those who might have the disorder. "However, church laypeople can be trained to identify the outward displays and the internal feelings of a combat veteran," he says. "This basic training can be enough to help recognize the problems and get prayer support, make referrals to support systems, and be able to offer support as a concerned layperson within the community."
Captain Jeffrey Farr, an Iowa National Guard chaplain, points out that while it's crucial to know when to refer vets to outside resources, churches are also mission-critical to recovery. "Help veterans address not just 'why' their experiences happened, but to what extent can this be used," he says. "Do not turn them away because you feel like you have nothing to offer. They need you, and they need the God that you represent."
Al Guerra, pastor of the 400-member Hispanic congregation at Wheaton (Ill.) Bible Church, says that when veterans come home from a war, "They often just need basic assistance—rides, food, help in getting out of debt, upkeep in the home. But churches should form a network to find the families of soldiers and show up at their front doors asking, 'Is there anything we can do for you?'"
Lisa Jaycox, senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, says that the more stress a family is under, the harder it is to recover from PTSD. Like Guerra, she notes that any support that churches can offer the family is helpful, from mowing the lawn and offering meals to providing financial guidance.
Vozenilek feels that churches basically turned their backs on the Viet Nam veterans. "My greatest fear today is not that the churches are turning their backs, but that they won't care for veterans because they simply don't know what to do," he says. "There are certainly churches out there doing it right. But they're few and far between."


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Healing Therapies adds staff
Ana del Rosal is licensed in Vermont and is a Nationally Board Certified Acupuncturist (NCCAOM). From 2006-2009 she was enrolled in Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City. It is a four-year Master's of Science in Acupuncture program and requires over 3,000 hours in acupuncture technique, clinic hours/internship, Chinese medicine theory, diagnosis and treatment, and western medicine. She focuses on stress reduction, pain management, gastrointestinal disorders, mood disorders, allergies, women's health, restless leg syndrome, and fibromyalgia. She also offers NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique), which is a technique that desensitizes the body's reaction to food, environmental and chemical allergens. NAET offers a solution to people who suffer from food sensitivities, environmental allergies, and allergic reactions that not analgesic.
Patti Weisser graduated from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1992 after completing a three year master's program and over 3,000 hours of clinical training. In Portalnd, Ore. she worked at a federally funded acupuncture detox program and a sliding scale clinic treating the disadvantaged. In 1992 she returned to Pawlet and opened Flower Brook Acupuncture and Massage Clinic. Weisser treats everything from insomnia, migraines, infertility, allergies and more. Weisser still sees many of her first year patients to this day.
Her treatments often include massage, heat therapies and Chinese herbs. Today Patti divides her time in Tulum, Mexico and Pawlet.
For appointments, del Rosal can be reached at 786-302-0153 and Weisser can be reached at 802-325-3535. For Equinox Healing Therapies call 802-362- 3911.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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ANC chief whip urges Zuma to ignore Mazibuko's 'nonsensical letter'
23 Jan 2013 19:48 | Sapa
"We have no interest in repeating the ANC's clarifications on the wild allegations published in the media, which Ms Mazibuko parroted in her letter," Mathole Motshekga said on Wednesday.
"We therefore hope that the president will ignore her nonsensical letter with the contempt it deserves."
On Wednesday, Mazibuko wrote an open letter to Zuma calling on him to "demonstrate the leadership" required of him.
"He must immediately put a stop to the ANC's campaign to discourage investment and destroy jobs through aggressive and irresponsible language and conduct," the letter read.
"While Mr Zuma is busy selling South Africa as an investor-friendly market at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, his actions back home, and those of the party he leads, are working towards the opposite goal."
Motshekga said the letter contained "wild and spurious accusations that cannot be substantiated", making the letter "extremely difficult to take seriously".
The open letter
In the open letter Mazibuko touches on a number of issues ranging from the challenges facing the mining sector to the upgrade of ministerial homes, a recent advertising campaign by FNB and Zuma's failure to take action on these issues.
The FNB campaign features a number of videos of children in school uniform reading their hopes for the country.
Last week, Anglo American Platinum announced its plan to stop production at four of its shafts – Khuseleka One and Two, and Khomanani One and Two, in Rustenburg – which could result in the loss of 14 000 jobs.
On Monday, the public works department confirmed that it spent R65-million on renovating ministers' houses.
Mazibuko said Zuma should live up to the name given to him by ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa as the "action man".
Zuma's 'time to act is now'
"As president of the republic and leader of the governing party, Mr Zuma has the power and responsibility ... to take decisive action where necessary, to instil real confidence in the stability of our nation," she said.
"If he is truly South Africa's 'action man', and is serious about attracting investment to South Africa, then the time to act is now."
"Rather than being outraged at Impala Platinum's unilateral action to send more people to the unemployment queue, Ms Mazibuko directs her criticism at those who are tirelessly working to ensure sanity prevails and thousands of jobs are saved," Motshekga said.
"The defence of the FNB by Ms Mazibuko is also unsurprising, given the striking similarities between the DA's political rhetoric and the bank's latest political campaign."
He said insults did not build a climate for constructive, frank and open public discourse but diminishes it.
"Insults polarise our society, poison social relations and derail the progress the nation has made," he added.
"The modus operandi of propagating defamatory claims, untested and unsubstantiated allegations is what makes it difficult for us to distinguish between this banking institution and the DA." – Sapa
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Bases-loaded walk helps North Adams Legion past Post 68
NORTH ADAMS -- North Adams Post 125 had a literal walk-off victory Monday, as Joe Gwozdz walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to force in the final run in a 3-2 win over Pittsfield Post 68.
The RBI walk made a winner of Kody Crosier, who is in his first Legion baseball season. Crosier gave up two runs on five hits and two walks, striking out four in a route-going performance.
North Adams coach Bob Rumbolt said that Crosier kept the Post 68 batters off balance and had them hitting a lot of ground balls.
"He mostly relied on his changeup and curve," said the coach. "My hat's off to this kid. He's won a spot in my rotation."
The score was tied at 2 when Brandon Tworig and Dylan Gigliotti led off the bottom of the seventh with consecutive singles. Ryan Ouimet beat out a bunt for a single that loaded the bases. One out later, Gwozdz looked at four pitches from reliever Kyle Card to bring home the winning run.
Post 68 took a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Mitch Clary hit an RBI triple and scored on Joey Dewey's sacrifice fly. North Adams tied the game in the home fourth inning on Nate Biron's two-run single.
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One out when winning run scored.
Liam Nolan (4), Kyle Card (2 1/3) and Brian Bonacquisti. Kody Crosier and Jake Hall. W--Crosier. L--Card.
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Photographer's Note
Parma Cathedral is a major cathedral church in Parma, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), built in Italian Romanesque style.
The construction was begun in 1059 by bishop Cadalo, later antipope with the name of Honorius II, and was consecrated by Paschal II in 1106. A basilica existed probably in the 6th century, but was later abandoned; another church had been consecrated in the rear part of the preceding one in the 9th century by the count-bishop Guibodo. The new church was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and had to be restored. Of the original building, remains can be seen in the presbytery, the transept, the choir and the apses, and in some sculpture fragments. The wide façade was completed in 1178: it has three loggia floors and three portals, whose doors were sculpted by Luchino Bianchino in 1494. Between the central and the right doors is the tomb of the mathematician Biagio Pelacani, who died in 1416.
The Gothic belfry was added later, in 1284-1294: a twin construction on the left side had been conceived, but it was never begun. Beside the Cathedral lies the octagonal Baptistry of Parma.
More information can be obtained by consulting the full article on Wikipedea via this link.
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jurek1951 (42198) 2014-01-04 0:32
Hi Stephen,
a splendid photo with beautiful colours and lights, the composition is very spectacular. Great shot,
jhm (169810) 2014-01-04 0:45
Hello Stephen,
I am a very big fan of church interiors, certainly as these nice picture with fantastic sharpness and clarity.
We get a lot details with organ and wonderful ceiling
Composition and presentation make these picture attractive.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice weekend,
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2014-01-04 1:22
a superb indoor photography. Like your control over exposer. A very nice composition. Tfs.
Happy new year.
ikeharel (86530) 2014-01-04 2:09
A fine use of the indoor's light, Stephen, enhanced the beautiful decorating art elements, archs ceiling and painted walls.
The Organ, which looks to me as a modern one, situated on a notable corner on the middle of the big space of the cathedral.
A fine detailed shot, well collected.
Enjoy a nice weekend,
Nicou (162404) 2014-01-04 3:07
quel bel orgue sueprbe vue et iamge quel intérieur d'église avec cette architecture et ces décorations fantastique compo et iamge sueprbe vue.
Bravo et amitié
timecapturer (49288) 2014-01-04 3:29
Hi Stephen
superbly chosen POV and immaculate execution that makes all the magnificence of this interior shine so beautifully. Love the starbursts too! Wonderful image!
Enjoy the weekend - B.
Fis2 (117271) 2014-01-04 4:47
Witaj Stephen!
Beautiful interior!
Excellent frame and perspective.
Good light and colors.
Have a nice weekend
ourania (51103) 2014-01-04 5:02
Hello Stephen,
a wonderful point of view having the altar in the foreground and offering great perspectives for the viewer to follow. There's an abundance of details, so interesting and delightful to explore as if we were actually standing inside this splendid cathedral. Even the frescoes are rendered with fine clarity. You managed the diffused lighting very aptly, the sense of space and the colours are superb. Congratulations and thank you!
Al the best, have a great weekend,
Sergiom (98836) 2014-01-04 5:45
Bonjour Stephen
Du très beau travail. L'ensemble est profond et d'une grande netteté. Les couleurs aussi ressortent bien. J'aime la diagonale dans l'image ainsi que ce superbe orgue.
npecanhuk (79319) 2014-01-04 6:43
Hi Stephen!
Wonderful interior details!
Very beautiful and attractive picture!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, chosen pov, horizontal format and composition are all excellent and really pleased me!
TFS - congrats,
carlo62 (63111) 2014-01-04 7:05
Ciao Stephen
eccellente pov e splendida esposizione, hai ottenuto una bellissima foto
Meravigliosi gli interni e molti i particolari da osservare.
Buona domenica
No_One (4) 2014-01-04 7:26
Hi Stephen,
A really beautiful building, and your choice of angle to shoot this from is perfect. I would likely have taken the standard shot head out over the main part of the building, but this angle is so much better offering better view of the entire building, and placing that incredible organ in the perfect place. The organ looks 3D and almost leaps from the screen.
Amazing details painting on the walls and ceiling too, a great shot of this amazing place.
Thanks as always
Graal (103038) 2014-01-04 8:03
Hello Stephen,
inside here is beautiful. I like the details of architecture.. Amazing organs and arcades.. Well presentation.
Have a great New Year 2014!
dkmurphys (71090) 2014-01-04 8:59
Hi Stephen,
Really impressive interior. I love the architecture and decorations of the western civilization. Well taken, have a good evening.
pierrefonds (77655) 2014-01-04 11:14
Bonsoir Stephen,
L'utilisation d'un ISO de 3200 et d'une vitesse d'exposition lente permet de voir les détails et les couleurs de l'architecture de la cathédrale de Parme. Cela aussi un effet spécial sur les couleurs de l'image. Bonne soirée.
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-01-04 20:45
Hello Snunney,
You have captured the mood of this beautiful Cathedral extremely well in the Christmas time.A creative image of an urban scene. A carefully constructed composition and a delight to view.TFS.
emka (117079) 2014-01-04 23:54
hello Stephen,
What an extraordinary interior in Parma! difficult to recognize the style, with these abundant paintings like in baroque and arches and columns. fantastic architecture and masterful presentation.
WArm regrads Malgo
siudzi (34141) 2014-01-05 2:41
Hi Stephen,
Wow! What a fantastic interior shot this! I'm really impressed of the perfect level of details and sharpness you managed here. Bravo! It made the presentation really spectacular. TFS!
Cricri (135480) 2014-01-05 4:37
Hi Stephen
Bel angle de prise, bonne prise de la lumière de haut en bas, le contraste des couleurs intérieur et ces splendides décorations, belle présentation
Beau dimanche
delpeoples (60240) 2014-01-06 1:49
Happy New Year dear Stephen
A difficult shot with all those spotlights, the shaded areas and the light through the windows up the top. The murals are stunning and the details on the ceiling have been beautifully collected.
Thanks for sharing, have a lovely day
wolf38 (30) 2014-01-08 10:24
Hello Stephen. What a magnificent cathedral. The interior design is exquisite beautiful. Truly a church to admire. The photo is worth seeing and of good technical quality.
Best rgds, Wolfgang.
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- Date Taken: 2013-09-00
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS 1100D, Canon 18-55mm EF-S f/3.5-5.6 IS
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The AJR was delighted to extend invitations to our members to attend an event that was organised by the Anglo-Jewish Association (AJA) at which Greg Schnedier, Executive Director of the Claims Conference, addressed an audience on the theme of The legacy of the Holocaust: The work and future of the Claims Conference.
The event took place at 7pm on Monday 28 March 2011 at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
Following Mr Schneider's presentation, guests were invited to direct questions to him and a panel of distinguised representatives from the Jewish community including the AJR's Vice-Chairman and Treasurer, David Rothenberg, a Claims Conference Director [representing World Jewish Relief]; and Michael Newman, an AJR Director and Trustee of the AJA.
In the absence of Baroness Ruth Deech, who sent her apologies, the panel was chaired by AJA President Neil Miron. Panellists also included Paul Edlin, a Claims Conference Director and Vice-President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; Ben Helfgott, a Claims Conference Director and Chairman of the '45 Aid Society; and Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust.
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The first phase of the new NC FAST (Families Accessing Services through Technology) system was piloted in the spring and Buncombe County Health and Photo of BC HHS Food & Nutrition Supervisors Kelli Buckner & Karen Hart.Human Services has been recognized for their participation.
NC FAST is a program utilizing new technology to streamline the process of applying for food and nutrition benefits. Buncombe was one of only five North Carolina counties involved in the phase 1 pilot. Through their participation in the pilot, Buncombe County HHS Food and Nutrition Services case managers were instrumental in improving the program before full implementation to all 100 counties.
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They fixed this about a year and a half ago. You can read more information on the additional quest. If that still doesn't fix it, go and get EveryQuest and see what you're missing.
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Angela K. McMinn, 40, 1203 South Commerce Ave. — delivery of Adderall tablets.
Danny L. McNair, 20, 339 M&M Road, Center Ridge — delivery of methamphetamine.
Lonnie Walker, 39, 4282 Pine Ridge Road, Atkins — delivery of methamphetamine.
Anthony Wayne Davis, 23, 604 South Church Street, Atkins — three counts of delivery of methamphetamine.
Lakisha Heflin, 28, 6000 SR 247, Pottsville — delivery of methamphetamine.
Alicia N. Bradley, 29, 205 Lonoke Road, Morrilton — theft by receiving (value $1,000-$5,000).
Brittany Nicole Sharp, 19, 1126 East 9th Street — theft of property (value $1,000-$5,000).
Steven Roy Sullivan, 25, 1200 South Greenwich Ave. Apt. A — fraud to acquire drug paraphernalia.
Jason Wayne Davis, 33, 505 East K Place — driving while intoxicated (third offense), fleeing.
Steven C. Sheffner, 33, 217 Ouita Circle — aggravated assault.
James R. Reed, 28, 402 Ave. 1 NE, Atkins — theft of property (value $1,000-$5,000).
Charles D. Reed, 36, 402 Ave. 1 NE, Atkins — theft of property (value $1,000-$5,000).
Matthew Madruga, 402 Ave. 1 NE, Atkins — theft of property (value $1,000-$5,000).
Rodney W. Wages, 39, 125 Starlight Lane, Dover — first-degree terroristic threatening.
Shaquan Willis, 18, 124 East 6th Street — two counts of rape.
Robert Eubanks, 31, 102 Fountain Lane No. 20 — rape.
Michelle D. Jackson, 44, 410 Market Street, Dardanelle — breaking and entering, two counts of second-degree forgery.
Amanda Andrews, 26, 108 Love Street Apt. F4, Dardanelle — breaking or entering, second-degree forgery.
Paul S. Foshee, 34, 149 Fox Run, Pottsville — residential burglary.
The following appeals were filed between Jan. 3 – Jan. 24:
City of Russellville v. Brandi Haugen.
The following civil cases were filed in Pope County Circuit Court between Jan. 18 – Jan. 24:
Cases Assigned to First Division
Steven Harrel v. Brian W. Richards, P.A., and Everett Hogan Construction Company, Inc.
Bruce-Rogers Company v. Mike Flory d/b/a Ninja Air Conditioning, LLC.
Cases Assigned to Third Division
Eleanor Garrison v. Benefit Recovery, Inc., Shelter Insurance Co.
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC v. Cagle Rock Trucking Inc.
Cases Assigned to Fourth Division
Liberty Bank of Arkansas v. Highway 7 Auto Parts Inc., Marty Samuels, Jennifer Samuels, and Jimmy Wayne Tomlin.
Credit Acceptance Corporation v. Larenda L. Howe.
Capital One Bank (USA) v. Magali V. Valladares.
Affordable Land Developing Inc. v. Josh L. Chronister.
Autovest, LLC v. Dale Mitchell.
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas Inc. v. Alan Stubbs; Tina A. Stubbs, Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas, ACA; Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas, FLCA; and Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas, PCA.
The following divorces were filed between Jan. 3-Jan. 15:
Charles Rushing v. Tracie Lee Rushing.
Dianna Starr Chronister v. Joshua Lin Chronister.
Mary K. Samol v. John D. Samol.
Rose Racknor v. Michael Racknor.
Compiled by Howard West and John Post
Pope County Clerk Laura McGuire issued marriage licenses to the following couples between Dec. 26 - Jan. 9.
Jordan D. Arivett, 21, and Alyssa A. Barton, 21, both of Russellville.
Ricky L. Burton, 27, of Dover, and Victoria L. Collins, 25, of Russellville.
James D. Darter, 49, and Debra L. Eubanks, 48, both of Russellville.
Chad M. Dozier, 28, and Kelsi L. Walters, 20, both of Paris.
Ephriam L. Eubanks, 25, of Adona, and Andrea E. Hoelzeman, 23, of Russellville.
Danny R. Farley, 39, and Amanda M. Vaughn, 22, both of Russellville.
Vincent S. Hill, 33, and Airell M. Magness, 26, both of Russellville.
Benjamin M. Horton, 29, and Xiaoying Zhang, 24, both of Russellville.
Steve M. Lozeau, 31, and Starlene L. Sharp, 29, both of Russellville.
Dustin T. Melton, 24, and Tina M. Tate, 23, both of Centralia, IL.
Cody M. Noblett, 25, and Brittany F. Reisinger, 18, both of Belleville.
Steven L. Reed, 22, of Dardanelle, and Hali M. Justice, 21, of Fordyce.
Harvey R. Sanchez, 21, of Russellville, and Tamara E. Brooks, 28, of Dover.
Ricky D. Starbuck Jr., 24, and Sarah A. Mizell, 19, both of Atkins.
Michael S. Stokes, 41, of Russellville, and Traci N. Brown, 29, of Dover.
Robert L. Thacker, 39, and Cynthia R. Larson, 38, both of Atkins.
Michael S. Tidwell, 34, and Daphne L. Mitchell, 28, both of Russellville.
Jacob L. Westmoreland, 18, and Savannah F. Bottoms, 18, both of Atkins.
David A. Renfro, 52, of Russellville, and Linda K. Adams, 47, of Dardanelle.
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COLLEGIATE CORNER: Offshore oil drilling: is it really necessary?
As we all know, oil is a very important energy resource the world needs for its everyday life. It is known that not only do most of the countries on the planet use it, but also it is a scarce resource, which means that in the near future, there will no longer be enough available oil that could be drilled and processed for future endeavors. The demand for oil has increased significantly throughout the past few years and other ways of obtaining this resource must be used more often. A form of oil drilling has emerged which is dangerous and is known as offshore drilling. Sounds like a good plan at first, going to the ocean where more oil can be found and at a faster rate, but is it really worth it? There should be an alternate to offshore drilling because of the many horrific and unfair problems that it brings to Americans, animals, and the overall environment.
Offshore drilling is based on a couple of things. First, it is usually hundreds of miles away from land, and the object used to collect the oil is the oil rig. These big structures pierce a hole into the ocean's floor, creating an opening where the oil is found. The oil slowly goes into the pipe that has penetrated the ocean floor, which is usually about 200 to 500 meters away from the water's surface. This method has been used since the 19th century, and the inventors name was T.F. Rowland (naturalgas.org). Although it seems like a better alternative than onshore drilling, offshore drilling is a lot more challenging than it appears. This is so because of the fact that the water is not a steady surface, it moves a lot because of various tides and waves. It is much harder to go through the ocean floor when the structure above it could be moving back and forth, making onshore drilling many times easier and even more efficient than doing the same job in the middle of the ocean.
The first big upset of offshore drilling that would come to mind would be British Petroleum's accident in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, where an oil leak spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil in the Gulf which caused a tremendous toll on the environment and the quality of water, along with many more consequences that perhaps can never be undone.
Read more at Wakefield High School.
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