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ALL IN THE FAMILY ... What do a Paly journalism teacher, a Google executive and an expert in neutrinos have in common? Apart from the surname Wojcicki, each will get an award this month from the Commonwealth Club of California. Esther Wojcicki, a Palo Alto High School teacher who is also the founder of ClassBadges (a website that allows teachers to give online badges to student achievers), is set to receive the William K. Bowes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Commonwealth Club. Her husband, Stanley Wojcicki, a retired physics professor from Stanford University, will also receive the prestigious award at the club's annual dinner in San Francisco on April 10. Not to be outdone, the couple's three daughters will each get their own awards. Susan Wojcicki, the senior vice president of advertising at Google; Anne Wojcicki, CEO and co-founder of the genetic-testing company 23andMe (and wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin); and Janet Wojcicki, an adjunct professor of pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco, are each set to receive the Distinguished Citizens Awards. The only non-Wojcicki who is set to be honored at the annual dinner is Jed York, the CEO of the San Francisco 49ers.
SAVING SHOPS ... Fearing that a bustling block of restaurants and shops in downtown Palo Alto could turn into a too-quiet street full of offices, Palo Alto officials appear ready to protect the 600 block of Emerson Street from possible conversion to office use. The zone change, under consideration Monday by the City Council, would require all buildings on the block to have retail at street level, although buildings that already have ground-floor offices can keep them unless the space is vacant for 12 months, in which case the retail requirement would kick in. The 600 block currently boasts such businesses as Gordon Biersch, Mantra, the Empire Grill and Tap Room and Buca di Beppo. The recent replacement of Fraiche Yogurt with an office seemed to convince council members that the block is particularly vulnerable to office conversion. In a memo last November, then-Vice Mayor Greg Scharff, Councilman Greg Schmid and Councilwoman Karen Holman argued that Emerson "provides a rich retail-restaurant" corridor that needs to be protected. The proposal is, in some ways, a blast from the past. The city previously required ground-floor retail on this block, but the council removed this requirement in 2009 because of concerns over the economic downturn.
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Dear all,
today I decided to compare the Dacmagic (optical) vs the music streamer 2+ on my hi-fi. I've spent half the day trying to discern a difference, I could barely tell the difference if at all by the teeeniest of margins the dacmagic sounds better (TINY). Someone will come along and say that my system isn't revealing enough but if a 2.5K setup isn't revealing enough to tell the differences between two 200 pound dacs then I don't know what is good enough. The thing is, the differences I'm hearing might well be due to the better interconnects I'm using on the dacmagic (qed performance 2s) vs Hrt's Pure AV interconnects. I'm also using a basic usb cable on the HRT.
I want to keep an open mind and want to hear from premium USB cable users, if you are using one then how does it fair compare to a standard cable....whether you think its worth the outlay or should not be touched with a large pole. I do not want to start a cable debate, I'm well aware of the schools of thought here and hence I want to hear from actual users.
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Morris Claiborne: I wasn't embarrassed by low Wonderlic score
Highlights of Morris Claiborne's answers to the media on Friday:
On his emotions when he was talking to the Cowboys on the phone after his selection:
"What was going through my head was I was wondering if it was real. Just looking at my family and just thinking. Once I got that call is was like everything came back to me, all the hard work I put into it, all the time that I put into it and just looking at my family knowing that they're the biggest Cowboys fans ever. Just looking at their faces made me tear up."
On if he has Hall of Fame aspirations or high goals for himself in the NFL:
"I set my goals pretty high for myself, but I know you got to take it one goal at a time. You can't just settle when you reach one goal. This is a goal of mine right here, getting to the NFL, and I made it. So I have set my goal another step higher and that's to get with my teammates and win ballgames and hopefully a Super Bowl after that and then who knows what happens after that. Hopefully the Hall of Fame."
On how he feels when he hears his name being mentioned in the same breath as Deion Sanders:
"That's awesome. Anytime you can hear your name in the same sentence as Deion, you've got to be doing something right. Deion is a great player and he left a mark here with the Dallas Cowboys and he's moved on. I'm one of the players coming up now and I'm going to try to leave my mark."
On the status of his injured wrist and his recovery process:
"Right now I have to have the hard cast on for two more weeks, then I get my pins taken out and then a soft cast for like two weeks."
On when it hit him that football could be his future and way of life:
"I thought about that when I was in high school. This is something that I'm always doing and I'm pretty good at it, so why don't I try to just push myself even harder and see where it gets me. After just working out and taking it seriously and not letting anything stop me; it's just going out and giving it my all. That's what I try to instill in my son right now. If you're going to do it, you're going to do it and you're going to go all the way with it. You're not going to halfway do it. And that's one of the things that I've done. I didn't settle for anything, any old thing. I keep working and I work hard."
On how former LSU Tiger teammate Patrick Peterson has helped in his development:
"He's helped me a lot on and off the field. When I first stepped foot on campus he was my host and he was trying to get me to come to the defensive side of the ball, and I was like, 'No man. I'm an offensive guy. I'm a receiver. I want the ball.' So I didn't know what position I was going to play, I was back and forth, back and forth, and I ended up liking DB (defensive back) and I was making plays and making plays and Coach Miles was like, hey, you just stay over there."
On what he knows about defensive coordinator Rob Ryan's style of defense:
"I know he's going to go get after it. He's going to send them up front and press them up on the outside. I come from a defense where we pretty much did the same thing. Hey, everybody, you've got your man. He's got his man and we're going to try to get to the quarterback and make him try to do something he doesn't want to do with the ball."
On how he dealt with the negative things that came about his Wonderlic scores in the media:
"Just believing in God. Believing in God and sticking with the people who've been with me since day one. A lot of people don't have your best interest at heart. They may act like they do, but they really don't. I just try to keep my circle tight and not let a lot of people get into my circle. I keep it tight and just thank God for every moment. And with those situations, I just took it one day at a time. You think that was going to get me down, you've got a long way to go."
On how embarrassing the Wonderlic score story in the media was to him:
"I know what type of a person I am and I know that doesn't define the type of person I am. I know, and my family know, what type of person I am and I knew that wasn't going to stop me from getting drafted, obviously as you can see. I wasn't embarrassed by it at all."
On if he regretted not taking the Wonderlic test more seriously:
"If I knew it would've been this much heat about it, yeah."


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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, William B. Bingham: Former legislator Tom Harman wrote that California already has a part-time Legislature due to filing deadlines, a one-month summer recess and a four-month year-end interim recess ["Part-time Legislature? It already is," Opinion, Jan. 7]. He points out that legislators' salaries are more in line with full-time work. His solutions, however, fall short. Changing legislative deadlines would force legislators to work full time during the first few months of the year. Basing legislator pay on the amount of work done would cause them to do more "work" to justify their salaries, which are the highest in the nation. This "work" would probably consist of writing still more bills and passing yet more laws that already suffocate our state.
A third solution would be a true part-time Legislature as it existed in 1966. Members would likely be employed in the private sector to make ends meet, resulting in less job-killing legislation. It would save state salary money. The current salary of more than $95,000 is drawn by 120 legislators. The salary could be reduced by up to 80 percent.
Legislators would get by just fine because they would seek private-sector jobs, like the people they represent. Maybe then, we would see a more business-friendly environment in California, which is one environmental change we sorely need.
Haggling over Hagel
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Kenneth L. Zimmerman: Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel is highly qualified to be Defense secretary. He was a Vietnam War hero, strongly supportive of veterans and veteran benefits and against unnecessary wars, which included the Iraq war. He is also supportive of gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
He was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence. Recently, he has been chairman of the Atlantic Council, co-chairman of the president's Intelligence Advisory Board and a member of the Defense secretary's Policy Board.
Hagel will try to bring peace to the world and will help better defend and protect America by turning its military into a leaner, meaner and more-feared machine.
Timber tax adds up
ORANGE, Carol Bonnema: Sock it to 'em ["Taxing timber," Opinion, Dec. 31]! Just who will be affected by the new timber tax? Everyone. We just bought some plywood.
Yup, 1 percent extra tax. One percent doesn't sound like much, but if you are considering a large project, it adds up. Not to mention the added regulations for retailers and those using these products in their businesses.
The libertarian legacy
BREA, Robert W. Grebner: While Register news articles continue to be heavily concentrated from the highly liberal Associated Press, with some from the New York Times and Washington Post, the very gradual change toward leftward slant is most apparent in the Opinion section. Cartoons from Cagle and Tom Toles appear regularly, most of which slant left. The ratio between conservative and liberal letters remains about the same, with conservatives predominating, and the lead editorials have not changed, but more columns are appearing that present liberal ideas.
For example, in the Jan. 7 Opinion section there are lengthy columns, "Hillary Clinton and the great 'clot plot'" from the Scripps Howard News Service, and "Guns don't kill people, men do" and "Danes target carbon-based energy" from the New York Times News Service.
Please, Register, don't stop being a lone voice for conservative and libertarian principles.
Editor's note: Opinion Page Editor Brian Calle will address the Register's recent opinion page changes and the vision behind them in a commentary within the next few weeks. Meanwhile, how you think we are doing? What would you add to or subtract from Commentary's coverage? Send your letters to:
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Sayonara, Kyoto
DANA POINT, Larry Hamlin, retired Southern California Edison vice president of power production, former state energy construction czar under Gov. Gray Davis (2001).: On Jan. 1 the completely useless United Nations Kyoto Protocol became even more irrelevant. It aimed to set CO2 emission reduction targets through the end of 2012 for 37 developed countries out of a total of 195 global nations – exempting developing countries. Although a successor protocol is to be established in 2015, the concept of a globally encompassing agreement among all the world's nations setting future CO2 emission reduction targets is fiction.
Kyoto set emission reduction targets measured against 1990 base levels to be achieved by year end 2012. Global CO2 emissions grew by more than 50 percent from 1990-2011, according to the EU Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research. More than 75 percent of this growth has occurred since 2000, driven exclusively by huge increases in the world's developing nations CO2 emission levels. These results demonstrate that the Kyoto Protocol concept was incredibly inept.
U.S. CO2 emissions have declined by about 8 percent since year 2000. China's CO2 emissions have tripled during this same period and are now double those of the U.S. While global CO2 emissions growth has skyrocketed since 2000, global temperatures have failed to climb at all during this period.
Send in the Marines
LAGUNA HILLS, William C. Kohler: Why would Costa Mesa want to take on more financial instability and hire more tax-supported employees when there are probably former Marine Corps veterans available who are already covered by insurance and retirement pay to put on those campuses ["Safety concerns prompt Costa Mesa to hire officers for high schools," Local, Jan. 6]. All retired Marines need is a small stipend, a little less training than normal civilians and equipment. Costa Mesa would support our veterans and save money.
Treasuring Trestles
DOVE CANYON, Jim Leach, chairman, South Orange County Economic Coalition: In the story "Trestles: Historic place? Historic treasure?" [Local, Jan. 4] we have to agree with O.C. Supervisor John Moorlach and the Board of Supervisors that Trestles, regrettably, does not belong on the National Register of Historic Places. It's a beautiful spot and one that probably holds a lot of great memories for many in South County, but modern military training, a modern railroad and a host of other 21st century changes encroached on it. And all those modern changes did to Trestles what a sorely needed toll way connection to the I-5 never would and never will do – change the face (if not the break) of Trestles and take it well past any place it might have had as a "historic treasure."
Because of a copyediting error, Scott Browne's name was misspelled ["Key business challenges ahead in 2013," Letters, Jan. 6].
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Since the little vanity/filming area switch-a-roo in my closet occurred, some of you have been curious about how it changed the overall set-up of the room and whole closet system arrangement.
It really made a huge difference!
Here's another shot of the little nook...
So what do you all think??
Be sure to check out my new video below for more details on this space!!
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As I suspected, I had just misunderstood the specs, as I didn't think I could have been the first person to come across this.
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That must be it. How else to explain how four pastors in one week were arrested on child rape charges? Those tempting little minxes! To tempt even saintly men of God!
As an extra special bonus, the George Jenkins High School football coach and the St. Petersburg baseball coach were arrested for sex with minors this month, too.
It couldn't possibly be that the culture grants churches and athletics excessive privileges that draw in cocky parasites, could it? Nasty little men who believe their calling gives them special dispensation to abuse?


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55 industry influencers explore the world of veal and dairy in New York
The New York Beef Industry Council (NYBIC) once again invited more than 50 industry influencers to an educational veal/dairy tour of New York State. The dynamics of this year's tour was different than the tour of 2010 as this year's attendees were a mix of chef educators and their students. Six different culinary schools, along with food service, retail, dietitians and media, were present for a farm-to-fork look at the veal and dairy industries.
The agenda boasted a day and a half tour. Day one began at Noblehurst Dairy Farm in Pavillion, N.Y. to discuss how the dairy industry impacts the veal industry. Noblehurst has about 1,800 head of dairy cows and has been recognized as a "Dairy of Distinction" according to John Noble, 1 of 5 owners of the family-run dairy. The day continued at Provitello Veal Farm where manager Jurian Bartelse explained to attendees the aspects of group housing and feeding at his state-of-the-art facility in Elba, N.Y. The day concluded with a dinner menu of Veal Riggies and eclectic Central New York dish (that often features chicken) which was altered by the NYBIC to utilize veal, thus creating a unique and delicious entrée.
Day two took attendees to the New York Wine and Culinary Center, where they heard from speakers discussing veal nutrition, Veal Quality Assurance, Veal Issues Management, and Packer Processing, including inspection and grading. The beef checkoff's veal channel marketing team also assisted by discussing the veal industry's retail and foodservice plans as well as veal social media opportunities.
Center-of-the-Plate expert Steve Olson and Executive Chef Dave Zino conducted a 90-minute veal cutting and cooking clinic. After the lectures, attendees were sent to the "hands-on kitchen", tied on aprons and cooked up a veal storm creating eight culinary dishes to be served for lunch.
"Pre- and post-tour surveys showed a positive shift of thinking and understanding of the veal/dairy industry," says Jean O'Toole, director of PR and promotion for the NYBIC. "The tour provided attendees an opportunity to see the transparency of each industry, allowing them to freely ask questions and express their concerns over myths and misconceptions that are often portrayed in the media about the industry."
The NYBIC will also be hosting May Beef Month Tours May 22-24 2012. For more information and to RSVP by May 10, contact Jean O'Toole at email@example.com.
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Report: Florida QB recruit D.J. Gillins commits to Texas Tech
Dual-threat quarterback D.J. Gillins has given a verbal commitment to Texas Tech, according to RedRaiderSports.com's Chris Level.
Gillins, who is a member of the 2014 class, is rated as a four-star prospect by 247 Sports and a three-star by Rivals and Scout.
Gillins threw for 2,667 yards and 31 touchdowns as a sophomore at Florida's Eagle's View Academy last year, and Level called his commitment a "major get" for Texas Tech. He becomes the second recruit to commit to Texas Tech's 2014 class, joining 6-foot-4 receiver Jakari Dillard.
Level later tweeted that Texas Tech is also recruiting a running back and defensive tackle in Florida, so news of Gillins' commitment could help them gain more of a foothold in the state.


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Well, here's some rather interesting news from the Sony
camp. Sony has originally planned on a November 17 global launch for the
PlayStation 3, but those plans have been completely hosed. It is now reported
that Sony will delay
the launch of the PS3 in Europe until March of 2007. To make matters even
worse, Sony is only going to make available 500,000 total units split between
the United States (400,000) on November 17 and Japan (100,000) on November 11.
"We decided to focus on the Japanese and U.S. markets.
I am so sorry not to be able to answer to all the expectations," said Sony
CEO Ken Kutaragi. Problems
with manufacturing blue laser diodes are putting a serious strain on PS3
production and are part of the reason for the delay and low launch numbers.
Kutaragi went on to say "We've been working hard to try to tackle the problem,
but we see the delay is inevitable."
Mass production of Sony's Cell processor isn't even expected
to start until the end of this month according to Kutaragi. And as a result of
this production snag, Sony has revised its shipping estimates from 4 million
units at the end of 2006 to just 2 million. Bottom line: if you thought you
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Same starting lineup as yesterday. Fields Anderson and Lowry all still out.
Same starting lineup as yesterday. Fields Anderson and Lowry all still out.
Either Toronto will surprise, or this will be another game that creates a million of "I've had it. No playoffs" threads.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Here is to hoping Hanborough will not have another monster game against bargnani.
They are still tired... yikes, this might get ugly
nice dunk by JV - stay positive
Heavy dose of TRoss JVal and EddieD tonight please.
I want Casey to get tossed outta this game. So it can hopefully ignite them a little, and to show the refs whats up.
When frank Vogel smiles, he looks like a serial killer.
Halfway through the first and George already has 3 steals ***.
Why does *** get blocked out?
Don't know where this hustle and energy is coming from, they must be exausted.. hopefully they can keep it up
Jose playing well to start the game. Jose for 30 points this game? Jokes...
Does anyone else get the feeling that the rest of the team doesnt like Bargnani too much. He never gives ppl high fives, and you never see anyone joke around with him. I think he might be the least liked in the locker room.
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When we first started the station, and still today, we are challenged and purposed to encourage people to a personal, daily relationship with God. In all its detail, each of us may perceive that Love in thousands of ways. However, in spite of all those differences, we still all belong to one body–one faith, and celebrate our faith together each day on the radio over FM 104.5.
In January, we broadcast a series of teachings on the Forgiveness of God from Bill and Anabel Gillham and their Life Time Guarantee Ministry. They were a part of the programming here beginning in 1990 until they quit producing their radio program in 1999. While putting their classic programs together for broadcast, I remembered a story that Anabel shared with us many years ago. I called Bill and Anabel to try and get a copy of her story sent to us. They were both eager to do that and the following is that story. It's about one of Anabel's childhood experiences, and more importantly, it's about the way we should perceive the Love of God in our lives. I sometimes wonder how the Father feels when we're consistently suspicious, constantly asking Him, 'Do You love me.' That's a question that has already been answered on the Cross. It's something that's a given. It's a question He asks us, not the other way round.
In the story, Anabel does a perfect 'tying it all together' at the end. (As a side note, Bill and Anabel are doing well. Both are still transferring their faith to others with their funny sense of humor and a bright smile that comes across even on the phone. They are the kind of people that once you have met them you put them in a very special place in your life. They understand the Love of God in a very personal and special way that always comes through in the stories and material they share with the body of Christ. If you wish to contact or learn more about their ministry you can visit their website: lifetime.org.) Here's Anabel's story about Patrick. It's for all of us who sometimes forget about the amazing Love of God.
Dad loved to fly fish, and it wasn't necessary for him to have a friend along. He thrived on the solitude, the quietness, the beauty, the "swish" of the line from his reel, seeing how close he could put his fly to "that dark shadow under the tree across the river—they'll be hiding in the shade by that stump." They? The Bluegill. Goggle-eye perch. Smaller fish, but real fighters. You knew when one was on your line!
He had gone to Blackfork and was heading home … alone. The roads were made for 4-wheel drive vehicles and would have been an exciting challenge, but 4-wheelers weren't around when Dad was here; so he drove the old black Pontiac slowly, carefully, lingering, still enjoying his own private forest.
It was then that he spotted the deserted campsite. There was a cleared place where the tent had been staked, a deep hole that had been used for ice, and a burned out campfire. And there was something else—a little black and brown dog sitting forlornly and expectantly by the pile of rocks that had bordered the fire.
Dad got out and made friends with the dog, sizing up the situation pretty quickly. The dog had no doubt been exploring and wasn't around when time came to break camp and head home. (I can imagine how they had waited and hoped and whistled and called and finally left … without him.) It seemed like the dog knew that Dad was his last chance, so he hopped into the car and they headed for Poteau together.
We were "dogless" at the time (a rarity), so seeing the lost dog in Daddy's arms was a real thrill for us. He was a small terrier with wiry black hair and tan feet. His tail hadn't been bobbed and the tip was tan like his feet. With his ears up, he was not over a foot tall. He let us hold him and love on him, sensing perhaps that this was going to be his new home. We tried every name that we could think of, but we just couldn't excite him. He answered best to a two-syllable name, so we finally called him Sonny.
Dad put an ad in the LeFlore County Sun: "Dog found at campsite on south end of Blackfork River. Call 410 to identify." When a call would come, he'd always ask them to describe their dog, and Sonny never fit the bill. We were so glad, because he had won our hearts. His master had obviously spent time playing with him and training him … one of his favorite pastimes was knocking a pop bottle around with his nose and playing with it like a ball. Sonny had accepted us and we had accepted Sonny. He was part of the Hoyle family.
Then one day Dad called, "Honey, we've got a young man here who thinks the little dog is his. I'm sending him out to let him see Sonny."
I was at home by myself and didn't know just quite how I could face someone coming and claiming Sonny, taking him away. I put him on the back porch and closed the kitchen door.
Our front door opened into a hallway. The first door on the right was to our guest bedroom, the immediate left to the living room. The living room and dining room were one large, long room, with a door at the end of the dining area that opened into the kitchen; the door to the back porch was in line with that door. The divan had been placed as a "divider" between the two areas. Sonny could go around the divan, or crawl under it, but it was too high for him to go over.
A knock on the front door. I didn't want to go. I dreaded it, but knew I had to. The young man at the door stood on crutches—you could tell they had been his life-long companions. He introduced himself and I ushered him into the living room, right at the front end by the piano. We talked a moment, then I suggested that he call the dog when I opened the door to the back porch so we could see what kind of response he would get. He agreed. When I opened the door, Sonny was playing with a pop bottle.
Suddenly there was a short, clear whistle and a call, "Patrick!"
Sonny froze and tilted his head to one side, the abandoned pop bottle rolling toward the wall. Then again, the whistle and that name, "Patrick!"
Patrick scratched at the linoleum floor with his little short legs, trying to get traction, and then he started running—through the dining table legs, over the top of the divan and, with one wild leap, into the outstretched arms of his master, who was ready … balanced … watching anxiously with tears on his cheeks. He grabbed that little dog and held him so close and tight! Patrick knew his master's voice.
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I hope I did justice to that story. It's one of my favorites. Why did I tell it? Because I want to talk about "who we are" and "who God is." We are Patrick, and we have a Master who loves us more than we can possibly comprehend. Oh, Patrick was surviving with us, but his heart was still with the person who loved him, played with him, trained him, and drove 160 miles over a crooked, narrow road to claim him and identify him as his own.
Do you know who you are? Do you know that those arms are outstretched, that He is standing and waiting, with a tear-streaked face, for you to run and with "one, wild leap" jump into His arms? Do you know that you are totally and completely loved? Oh, you may be "surviving" in your present surroundings, entertaining yourself with your "toys," but are you separated from the One who loves you so much that He gave His life for you?
Whatever you have in your hands, let it go. Then, kind of tilt your head and listen. Did you hear that whistle? Sharp. Clear. And you recognize the voice, don't you? Okay. Start scrambling. Run. Faster. Go under and over the obstacles, no matter how tall they seem to be. Then, jump! He's watching … he's able to catch you … and His arms will gather you close and hold you, and you'll be back where you belong.


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Today we can present something interesting from the Vans California Fall 2012 Collection. The brand produced two Vans Era 59 CA's, each coming with repurposed material uppers.
One of them comes with a re-purposed denim upper and the other one with re-purposed heavy gage canvas uppers. The denim sneaker comes with a red plaid lining and heel and the military green canvas sneaker comes with a camouflage lining and heel. Each sneaker is unique, featuring signs of use all across the upper, making the sneakers rather interesting.
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I need some new ideas. I have many cookbooks and barely use them the cost of all ingredients etc. I thought maybe I'd get some new ideas asking everyone what they are cooking today. I'm working on baby quilt while my sliced cucumber are getting ready for sour cream I'm probably making pepper steak to go with them. What are you cooking today?
Quilting My Rainbow
Blue Plalte Special. Meatloaf, rice and salad. Tomorrow, another Blue Plate Special, Baked Chicken, scalloped potatoes and green beans. Saturday nite, Baked Tilapia, broccoli, and pear salad. Sunday is still an unknown.
Sukochi, you are making me so hungry!!!! One good thing about planning and shopping ahead is that you can always change what you have each night.
from TN
Tonight we are having smoked chicken breast sandwiches with a salad. Tomorrow is homemade tomato soup with grilled pepper jack sandwich.
Sheeze we are just trying to get past lunch LOL You guys are way to organized...
Life is like a quilt...bits & pieces, joy & sorrow, stitched with love
Thanks for replying I hope this thread continues because it will give me fresh ideas. I figure everyone eats everyday.
Baked Pork Chops, sweet taters, green beans, baked apples for dessert tonight. Tomorrow will be baked chicken, leftover sweet taters, leftover green beans, fruit salad for dessert.
This sounds great to me loads better than all my DH favorite fast food.
Sheeze we are just trying to get past lunch LOL You guys are way to organized...
LOL ... I'm not organized. I just have to plan ahead or I spend way too much $$ on gas and on restaurants if I don't make a menu. That and trying to lose weight makes me have to plan or overeat. :)
Is2116, I am going to have a greek style salad. with greek vinagarette and a bowl of ratatouille. I love that stuff, and it will be a vegetarian supper tonight. If i feel that I must have something swet later, I'll have some greek salad with fresh strawberries and blueberries in it. Ginny
Oh my, I said i would have greek salad with fruit in it for dessert---no, no, no, I meant greek yogurt with strawberies and blueberries in it. LOL Ginny
My DS made us baked haddock and stir fried green beans and red and yellow peppers with lots and lots of garlic. Yummy!
Millbury, MA
We had kielbasa, cooked cabbage, and baked french fries. Then I made kale chips for a snack.
Vinton, Virginia
I had a 200 calorie, frozen pizza slice LOL
[Ava, Missouri
Kelli:LOL ... I'm not organized. I just have to plan ahead or I spend way too much $ on gas and on restaurants if I don't make a menu.
I hear ya. I actually used to make a menu, when the kids were little and I shopped for everything for two weeks at a time. The only thing I bought in between was milk, bread and the occasional fresh veggie. You actually do spend way less on food that way.


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OAKLAND — Newly elected BART Directors Rebecca Saltzman of Oakland and Zakhary Mallett of El Sobrante were sworn into office Thursday, putting two new faces on the nine-member rapid transit board.
Saltzman, government affairs manager for the California League of Conservation Voters, won the November election to represent BART District 3 in parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties
Mallett, 25, who recently finished a master's degree in urban planning at UC Berkeley, defeated incumbent Lynette Sweet of San Francisco in District 7. It includes parts of western Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and part of San Francisco.
BART Director Tom Radulovich of San Francisco was selected to serve as board president for a year. Director Joel Keller of Brentwood was elected by the board to serve as it vice president.
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Scope and Content Note
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Reviews, 1995
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Boyle?, Walter, 1994-1995
Childs, Eva, 1994
Fees, James Richard, 1996
Klehr, Harvey, 1992
Langtry?, John, 1994-1995
Sessions, William, 1995
Wannall, W. Raymond, 1996
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Carr, Sam, 1938 and 1989
Chinese-Soviet relations. See Soviet-Chinese relation
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Kommunisticheskaia Partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza), 1959-1975
General, 1966 and 1975
Congresses, 1959 and 1971
Twenty-First Congress, 1959. Includes speeches of A. N. Shelepin, N. S. Khrushchev, Chou En-lai, and Leonid I. Brezhnev
Twenty-Fourth Congress, 1971
Communist Party USA
General, 1934 and 1952-1971. Includes CPUSA anti-war leaflets and a list of members of the Central Committee CPUSA in 1934
Campaign of Morris Childs for the US Senate, 1938. Includes Earl Browder's press interview and radio address
Links with foreign communist parties, 1940-1977
General, 1964-1967
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Kommunisticheskaia partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza), 1940-1977
Hall, Gus, 1964-1965
Correspondence, 1964-1965.
Brezhnev, Leonid I., n.d.
Castro, Fidel, 1964
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Central Committee (Ceskoslovenska Komunisticka Strana, Ustredni Vybor), n.d.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Kommunisticheskaia Partiia Sovetskogo Soiuza), n.d.
Johnson, Beatrice, 1965
Jews - Soviet Union, n.d.
Operation SOLO, 1952-1976. Includes a letter from J. Edgar Hoover and descriptions of SOLO missions and communications
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23 prints depicting Morris Childs and 7 prints depicting Eva Childs alone or with other people, n.d.
20 prints depicting Gus Hall alone or with the leaders of the KPSS and other people, n.d.
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This is rather interesting
As I've already seen Angry Birds available for purchase at stores here in Germany. This makes it seem that those are actually bootlegs?
Angry Birds continues on its course toward global domination today when developer Rovio announced the game will be coming to retail later this year. Angry Birds for PC The original Angry Birds is set to take flight on PCs on 25 November and will sell for around a tenner. That'll be followed by Angry Birds Rio sometime before …
As I've already seen Angry Birds available for purchase at stores here in Germany. This makes it seem that those are actually bootlegs?
I seem to remember to have seen that you can buy a pc version already in the webshop.
Or just install Chrome and play it for free*
*assuming you don't consider letting Google in to be too much of a cost to bear.
Although of course you can already play Angry Birds on your PC/Mac. If you're using Chrome, you can download an in-browser version for free.
I wonder if this freebie will disappear once it goes retail?
Is there actually anyone who *hasn't* played Angry Birds (that would want to)?
I can't see my mother buying it, even if she could pick it up from the supermarket on her weekly shop. So who exactly are they targeting with a retail release?
Paris because she's not an angry bird.
Your mother might not pick it up for *herself* but someone's mother might pick it up as a gift. Remember it's Christmas coming up.
Wow - I wonder how many minutes they spent making the cover.
Apparently, not a whole lot.
Background; probably supposed to look like a sunrise in light green/marine pastel colors, with cloudlike sides and bottom.
Slap a title and one angry bird on it - done.
I think it deserves better, but maybe that's just me.
... you can play it within Google + using any browser (I assume. I use IE9).


text: I've been making progress (slow & unsteady, as usual) with the 2000 Softail Standard. The fork boots are both split(:huh), and I need to remove the caliper so I can drop the left fork leg. HD affixes the caliper with dicey looking 10mm 12 point bolts. All my 10mm sockets are 6 point, and my 10mm wrenches are short and don't give me nearly the leverage to loosen the bolts (even using the scarey "larger wrench looped over the end" trick) which are supposedly torqued to 38 ft lbs (and frozen into the aluminum caliper). So I need to get a 12 point metric socket. Our Asian friends have a set of conventional 12 point "Pittsburg Pro" sockets, and these "spline sockets" which they say work on 4, 6, and 12 point fasteners and "deliver more torque than standard sockets". http://www.harborfreight.com/7-piece-3-8-eighth-inch-metric-spline-socket-set-96362.html Any experience/recommendations/tips on loosening these bolts that seem hellishly tight? Thanx!


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Although Rob and Taylor have confirmed they do not have Twitter accounts, Peter is going to have one of them Tweet when he gets to 1M followers:
... only 74314 to go!
However, as was just confirmed as Mr World Twitternelli... not quite the same ring as "PFach" but if it'll get a blue bird ;)
I think that's worth some Rob and Taylor love... don't you?!
- Lorabell
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I definitely do! I'm already following, so I must now pass on the word :) heheh c'mon 1 million! :)ReplyDelete
ha The reason i joined twitter was to follow!! aha.ReplyDelete
i would do ANYTHING to hear from ROB!!!!
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May 2, 2014 @ 11:30 am – May 17, 2014 @ 3:00 pm
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BA candidates (pursuing multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary studies in majors in addition to art) and BFA candidates (focusing on the studio art or graphic design program) display their work. As well as a large variety of artistic media, this exhibit features a great range of imagery, artistic concerns and an explorative attitude.
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Obviously you haven't forgotten "Gangnam Style" or NASA's Curiosity rover landing on Mars. Who could ever forget wondering what the fiscal cliff is or Superstorm Sandy?
But did you already forget about Texts from Hillary? The Kony controversy? Waiting in line to see the Hunger Games? Do mommy porn and Fifty Shades of Grey already feel way more than year old?
Relive the year that was with some of the best, weirdest and funniest lists of things that happened in 2012.
CBS News' 2012 Best Pop Culture Moments
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Covering everything from the debut of HBO's Girls to Madonna at the Superbowl to Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention to the day we all learned what hyperemesis gravidarum was.
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Remember McKayla Is Not Impressed? Binders Full of Women? Grumpy Cat? Nate Silver? Check out the year in things that went down on the Internet.
TV Guide's Best TV Shows of 2012
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The experts in TV tell us what was best in 2012 — so you can set your DVR in 2013.
TIME's Words That Should Be Banished In 2012
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Cray. Adorkable. YOLO. You over it yet? Vote for the most annoying word of 2012 to ban in 2013.
Huffington Post's Most Uncomfortable Celebrity Interviews of 2012
Rihanna + Oprah. R. Patz + Jon Stewart. Shia LaBouf and himself. Remember the weird times.
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We watched a lot of stuff. Flash back to the lip dup proposal. Dumb ways to die. And the Ice Dude.
Harper's Bazaar: The Best Little Black Dresses of 2012
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The classic look was rocked hard by ladies this year — check out how Emma Stone, Alicia Keys and Kristen Stewart (among many others) made it their own.
The Weather Channel's Best Weather Photos of 2012
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After a year full of superstores and weather surprises, check out the scariest and most beautiful things that happened on the planet.
Tom & Lorenzo's Worst Red Carpet Looks of 2012
Not everyone did it great — and your bests Tom & Lorenzo are there to console the people who made major red carpet SNAFUs.
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Winegrowing Practices Scrutinized
An immense amount of growth and change has taken place in the wine industry recently, due in large part to the great success the wine business has been fortunate to enjoy. This success, and the resultant substantial increase in vineyard plantings, has drawn attention to our industry as never before. Where we have historically been perceived in a predominantly positive light, there is now awareness that vineyards and tourism have a significant impact on our environment and community. Legitimate concerns have been raised and it is our sense that, as an industry, we have an obligation to address them responsibly. This is not unique to Napa Valley, rather, it seems to be prevalent throughout California's major winegrowing areas, from Santa Barbara to Sonoma.
Issues in various wine regions illustrate the potential conflicts between concerned citizens and winegrowers. Temecula, in Southern California, has been ravaged by the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter, which is an aggressive spreader of Pierce's Disease. In an effort to keep this insect from establishing itself in other areas, spraying regimens have been undertaken by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (as a side note, parasitic wasps have also been experimentally released in the hope that a natural solution can be found). There has been a backlash against this spraying in some counties, most notably in Sonoma County. A group there advances the idea that the threat this bug poses is a result of a purported vineyard "monoculture," and categorizes Pierce's Disease as a form of natural selection. True, there has been more land planted to vines, but the wine industry in Sonoma is a great contributor to the county's economic prosperity and beauty. Given that landowners will not keep their land fallow, aren't vines preferable to housing or other urban development? Yet, on the other hand, how much vineyard is "enough"? Is there a middle ground that can be found?
In Santa Barbara County, there was a backlash against the sacrifice of beautiful, old oak trees for the purpose of planting vineyards. As a result, companies such as Kendall Jackson began incorporating these incredible trees into their vineyard plans, illustrating the ability of grape growers and those concerned for the environment to resolve contentious issues. In Santa Barbara today, there is talk of prohibiting the establishment of more wineries with public facilities. This represents an effort to maintain the rural character of the county, ostensibly by controlling the number of tourists who visit the area. The winegrowers maintain that a successful industry and tourism bring economic vitality to the region, while those in opposition don't want to see the area become "another Napa Valley," a sentiment that dramatically reflects the change in perspective toward the wine industry that has taken place!
Striking a Balance
Napa County is impacted by all of the above, and more. We are actively addressing many issues, among them a lack of adequate migrant farm-worker housing; the conversion of forested hillsides into vineyards; the health of the Napa River watershed; the restoration of wetlands; tourism and traffic (at what point does one risk killing the goose that laid the proverbial golden egg?); the Glassy Winged Sharpshooter; and a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club against the county for inappropriately approving vineyard plans. In response to some of these issues, groups that have historically been at odds with one another are joining together to find solutions. These alliances bode well for our future.
In response to this growth and its impact on our environment we think it is critical that, as an industry, we work constructively with our neighbors and communities to find common ground. We feel we have achieved this on a personal scale—through our commitment to organic farming and our efforts to improve local watersheds—and it seems that others in the wine industry are coming to recognize their obligation to be more sensitive toward their neighbors. Our hope is that there is and will be a greater cognizance that, though we own the land and have the right to farm it (subject to appropriate permits, of course), we need to go a step further and recognize our obligation to be good stewards of our land. We must illustrate this sensitivity not only by planting our vineyards responsibly, but also by farming them in a manner that causes minimal environmental impact. We should also endeavor to tailor the commercial aspects of our wineries to our rural, agricultural surroundings. Striking a balance between the needs of farming, tourism and our greater communities is crucial if we are to maintain a viable community over time.


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|Jimbo and Tector Hodunk, during the quest "Clan Wars", after siding with the Zafords and killing the Hodunks. Can be farmed after turning in the quest.
|The Dust
| "blagaga."
Slag element. Three pellets per bullet.
|Any of the Assassins from the quest "Assassinate the Assassin's" found at the bounty board in Sanctuary. Can be farmed after turning in the quest.
Southpaw Steam & Power
| "You know... For him."
Fires six shot burst when zoomed.
|BNK3R. Can be farmed after turning in the quest:"Where Angels Fear to Tread Part 2"
|The Bunker
| "yup. back."
Firing increases accuracy, critical hit bonus damage.
|Scorch, during the side quest "Cult Following: False Idols, the second quest in the "Cult Following" group of side quests, the first being "Cult Following: Eternal Flame" which is given by Lilith in Sanctuary. Can be farmed after turning in the quest.
|Frostburn Canyon
| "We don't need no fire."
High fire elemental damage. Stacks with each shot.
|Baby Maker
Madame Von Bartlesby, during the side quest "You Are Cordially Invited: Party Prep", given by Tiny Tina. Can be farmed after turning in the quest.
|Tundra Express
| "Who's a widdle gunny wunny."
Gun will explode like MIRV grenade when thrown.
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Officer Endorses No Games Gear's BUGG
Fairfield Police Department in Essex County, New Jersey is wearing the BUGG. In January 2010, Officer Gerald Veneziano was shot in the Femoral artery while on duty, and was critically wounded. Officer Veneziano has endorsed the BUGG and said that if he were wearing the BUGG at the time of the incident he would not have been injured. He believes it is something that every officer on the street should be wearing.
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if so, does it have to do with time.h?
if so, does it have to do with time.h?
First, If you're talking about microsoft C, you can get the source code from the site in the source code section. If not, you can find out by looking in the file for time.h They will have all the function declarations in there. It'll probably be called timer() or something really obvious. Hope you find it!
What operating system are you using, and what compiler?
I'm using codewarrior. And it's on win 2000. But I'll look at the source code.
One option is to use GetTickCount(), part of the win32 api. Include <windows.h> to use.
I think time.h also has some functions for timing, but may not be as accurate. For more accuracy than milliseconds, use the search function. There was a good post about this a couple of months ago on the c programming board.Code:#include <iostream> #include <windows.h> using namespace std; int main(void) { DWORD start, end; cout << "Hello." << endl; start = GetTickCount(); Sleep(1000); //Sleep 1 second end = GetTickCount(); cout << "start:" << start << " end:" << end << endl; cout << "millisec elapsed:" << end-start << endl; cout << "Good bye." << endl; return 0; }
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Thanx!!! That helps out alot. I was looking to find milliseconds. However, do I have to use namespace? I don't really enjoy using that.
>However, do I have to use namespace?
No, in fact I'm not real fond of it myself. Just:
#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>
and leave out the namespace.
i've written a simple little function that takes a "Timeout" for x number of seconds ( a double variable ):
include <time>
void Timeout(double length)
int starttime = time(0);
while(time(0) - starttime < length)
so Timeout(.5) would wait for a half second.


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May help combat theft...
This could be quite attractive to the operators as it means that the SIM would be presumably non-replaceable and a single entity (Gemalto) would be responsible for blocking of the integrated SIM's, this would make it difficult to resell a handset that had been stolen as it would be blocked from attaching to any network, given that Gemalto knows the Physical SIM within the handset relates directly to a stolen handset, not matter where it is, anywhere in the world.
The inability to connect to a network also prevents activation and therefore makes the device about as much use as a paperweight until returned to the operator or Apple who are the only people who have the facility to ask Gemalto to release the lock out.
It will be interesting to see how iTunes would manage transfer of a Network SIM identity from one handset to another in the event that a handset is swapped out due to fault or theft.
I might also suggest that in the case of a roaming user, the Integrated Gemalto SIM might have the concept of virtual SIM's that could be set up for a roaming user, so that when the user enters another country and the handset identifies it's location using GPS, the handset could automatically use a Network SIM identity that the user has set up for that country and the user gets billed at a local rate by the local network.


text: Ladys and gentlemen please join me at the bar as I have received an unexpected award. Herr Obrest has honored me with a donation award of $200. I have contributed BoxTop's in the of others that I felt were unable to donate due to their location. This was totally unexpected and an honor to receive it. SAnd thanks to all my friends I have made here.


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We're just hours away from tonight's CONCACAF Champions League tie between the LA Galaxy and Puerto Rico Islanders.
For more on the match, consult LAGalaxy.com staff writer Larry Morgan's preview on the match.
The LA Galaxy may be without the all three Designated Players tonight as Robbie Keane is suspended while David Beckham (stomach illness) and Landon Donovan (left hamstring strain) remain injury question marks.
Lastly, be sure to check out my Three Points to the game.
As always, follow along with me on the livechat during the game and be sure to catch Joe Tutino and Ralph Perez's broadcast of the game as well on LAGalaxy.com's match report.


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CARSON, Calif. – A week ago, Gyasi Zardes sealed a 2-1 victory for the LA Galaxy against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, now the forward is looking to build on that effort with another performance against the Colorado Rapids.
Zardes could be expected to pick up the offensive slack again with Robbie Keane yet to train so far this week for LA. If Keane is unable to go, one can expect Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena to opt for the forward tandem of Jose Villarreal and Zardes yet again.
"It's another opportunity to show my potential and help out my team. If Bruce gives me another opportunity then I'm going to make it worthwhile," Zardes said. "My mentality is that I'll work hard for my teammates. My teammates give me that drive, we have great chemistry and we were well with each other. They always push me and yell at me, so once I hear them yelling at me, I just want to give it my all. It's like another burst of energy that comes out of nowhere."
As showcased in his breathtaking goal against Vancouver, Zardes' physical abilities are a key part of his game, but the forward will be tested on Saturday as he will be forced to deal with the Colorado altitude. The altitude in the Commerce City typically diminishes speedsters like Zardes, but the LA forward believes that with a solid pregame workout that he can limit the effects.
"I played in Colorado in college and the altitude is dreadful, when you're running, it's like you're winded. It's important to get a good workout in," said Zardes. "I'm just going to listen to [Strength and Fitness coach Ben Yauss] and really warm up. I want to be as prepared as possible to go in [to Colorado] and give it my all."


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This evening, the AIA Design Committee presents Re-Envisioning the Figueroa Corridor. Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning firm Meléndrez has joined forces with internationally acclaimed urbanists Gehl Architects of Copenhagen and local firm Troller Mayer Associates to realize future plans for the Figueroa Corridor between Downtown Los Angeles and the USC Campus/Exposition Park. Tonight's presentation will feature the design in its current developmental stage along with an informal forum for discussion.
The project vision seeks to create multi-modal solutions: a better environment for pedestrians, transit users, and bike riders, while also considering the needs of the automobile. Some of the major design features include- protected bike lanes, pedestrian scale street lighting, street trees and planting areas (to manage and cleanse stormwater), repaired sidewalk paving, transit furniture, and public art.
Melani Smith of Melendrez and Nat Gale with the City of Los Angeles will present several design alternatives followed by discussion from 6:30 to 8:30 at AIA Los Angeles.


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India is still in a committed relationship with censorship. The Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray died on Saturday, and Bombay was shut down by way of farewell.
On Sunday, the police in Palghar, in Thane district, on the outskirts of Mumbai, arrested Shaheen Dhadha after she posted a status update on Facebook that questioned the shutdown, also known as a bandh. A local daily, the Mumbai Mirror, reported that Ms. Dhadha, 21, had written, "People like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that." The police also arrested her friend who "liked" the post, whom NDTV identified by her first name, Renu.
Got that? The head of a far-right Hindutva political party died, Bombay closed down for 30 hours as a result, and a young woman posted on Facebook questioning the closing down. She was arrested and so was someone who clicked "Like" on her post.
It's madness.
The two women, who were sentenced to 14 days in jail by the court, received bail after a bond of 15,000 rupees ($270) was paid, reported NDTV.
The Times of India reported that a mob of 2,000 Shiv Sena workers vandalized her uncle's orthopedic clinic in Palghar. Repeated calls made to the Dhada orthopedic hospital in Thane went unanswered, while Harshal Pradhan, a Shiv Sena spokesman, said that he was unaware of the incident.
Religious fascism everywhere we look. Golden Dawn, Shiv Sena, the priests in Ireland, the zealots in the US, Boko Haram, the mullahs in Iran…It's everywhere.


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Despite an abysmal non-conference record, RHS (3-13, 0-4) was only one game behind the Lady Rebs (13-5, 2-2) in conference play. A win here represented a chance to turn things around, but ultimately Southside was too much for the Lady Cyclones.
When the Lady Rebels hit their first field goal, Russellville already trailed 6-0. Kenzie Wiedower fired in a 3-pointer, but Southside was a perfect 6-of-6 at the free-throw line and led 10-3 at the 10:50 mark in the first quarter. The Lady Rebels scored again before Alyssa Owens sparked a 5-0 run with a turn-around jumper to bring Russellville within four. Wiedower tossed in her second 3 to bring the score to 12-8 at the end of the quarter.
The Lady Cyclones went cold in the second period. Southside netted eight unanswered points before Russellville finally answered. Owens scored hit a field goal at the 4:57 mark to make it 20-9. The Lady Rebels went on to extend their lead to 25-11, the additional Lady Cyclones basket coming from Jocelyn Brown.
Russellville's 16 turnovers in the first half certainly didn't help the Lady Cyclones keep the game close. Meanwhile, the Lady Rebels only shot one 3-pointer, with the rest of the scoring coming inside the paint and at the free-throw line.
Meredith Scott scored twice more before the end of the half, but by then Southside had widened its lead to 31-15.
The Lady Rebels hit their first 3-pointer of the game late in third quarter to widen their lead to 44-18. Xiomara Sanchez hit a reverse layup and Owens threw in a pair of free throws, but Southside had complete control of the game with a 57-22 lead going into the fourth quarter.
Wiedower led the Lady Cyclones with eight points, followed by Owens with seven and Scott with four. Russellville head coach Steve Wiedower has said over and over with a team as young as the Lady Cyclones, they are going to have to judge their victories in areas other than the final result on the scoreboard.
Rebuilding a team takes time and Wiedower and RHS has a long road ahead.
The Lady Cyclones will host the Greenwood Lady Bulldogs next Tuesday inside Cyclone Gymnasium.


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Know that when
you learn to lose
yourself, you will reach
the beloved. There is
no other secret to be
learned, and more than
this is not known to me.
—Ansari of Herat10
Although you may devote yourself to an aspect of the Beloved, like the guru or the deity as mother, child, or lover, you are in it for the love, not for the attainment, not for the object. It's one of those wonderful paradoxes you encounter on the path. You can't attain it; you have to become it. In the process subject and object, lover and Beloved, become one. You lose yourself and gain your Self. To go from the experiencer to the merger with the One requires grace.
To stay in love, or to serve as Hanuman serves R–am, the true devotee maintains a thread of connection to the self and pulls back from fully merging, or goes in and out.
The truth of this path of the heart is that there is no path. There is only the heart and the love that consumes the lover who becomes the Beloved. Love is a state of being, not a trip from here to there.
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