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Outgoing NARAL president Nancy Keenan. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds.)
Attendees to NARAL Pro Choice America's annual dinner last night, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, could have been forgiven if, for a moment, they thought they had wandered into the wrong ballroom.
At one point during the event, the room lights dimmed and giant screens on either side of the stage were filled with the face of a clean-cut young man who introduced himself as Mark Early. He told the camera that if he could wave a magic wand that would make Roe v. Wade disappear tomorrow, he wouldn't hesitate. In just over a minute, the audience learned that Early is twenty-four, married, and active in the anti-choice movement. "I do think it's possible that Roe v. Wade will be overturned and I don't think it's unlikely either," he said. "I think young people will eventually come around. I want to be a part of that."
But this was indeed the NARAL dinner—and its outgoing president, Nancy Keenan, was trying to instill a sense of urgency among attendees who perhaps felt a bit complacent after this past November's elections. Indeed, Republicans who staked their careers on dismantling a woman's right to choose "paid dearly at the ballot box," as Keenan noted.
But, she continued, "our opponents…will not take those losses last year sitting down…while they poured unprecedented resources into the campaigns in 2012, they were also very busy building a network of young, committed activists indoctrinated in the same anti-choice philosophy that we have fought against for the last forty years."
And, as the video suggested, "They have a unique advantage, for they speak about change. And we're defending a right secured some forty years ago," Keenan said.
The fact that the battle over reproductive rights is quickly evolving and changing is one reason why Keenan has stepped aside as president of NARAL, and that Ilyse Hogue, former Director of Political Advocacy and Communications for MoveOn.org, and writer for The Nation, is taking over. This was a theme hit by many speakers throughout the night—that change was good, and that hard work lied ahead.
"Nancy understands that the pro-choice movement must focus on the future," lauded Tammy Duckworth, a freshman Congresswoman from Illinois and Iraq War veteran, in her speech introducing Keenan. "For that reason she has made the bold decision to step aside to provide, as she says, an opportunity for a new and younger leader to take the helm for the next forty years of protecting reproductive choice. Nancy knows that the future of this movement is in the hands of the rising millenial generation."


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Recharge, get motivated and make your yoga practice inspirational! The intention of this yoga retreat is to inspire you to cultivate positive habits that nourish your mind and body leaving you feeling rejuvenated and replenished. Establishing a sustainable yoga practice is about finding out what yoga means to you and creating a self-practice that fits in with your everyday life. Together we will discover how to cultivate positive habits that nourish, nurture, motivate and inspire. If you're in need of a yoga reset or a place to start, this is the retreat for you!
Accommodation is provided in beautifully furnished 5-metre bell tents. Nestled amongst the lemon and orange groves, the bell tents are simple but sumptuous, with electricity and comfortable beds. Each tent can sleep up to three people. Crisp bed linen and pool towels are provided. There are solar hot and cold powered showers facilities. Internet access is available. There is a small shop on site for all those little essentials you might need.
Emma teaches Vinyasa flow classes that are both naturally dynamic and energetic but also build a strong sense of connection between body and mind by linking each movement to the breath. These classes are for all levels, and Emma will provide modifications and adjustments to suit individual needs. Vinyasa means breath synchronized movement. This style is designed to embody the benefits of an extensive yoga and meditation practice in a relatively short period of time so that people with busy lives can fit in a consistent and meaningful daily practice that is good for both physical and mental wellbeing. Emma designs Vinyasa flow classes in a creative way using music to enhance the mood and feel of the class experience. On the retreat you will experience energizing Vinyasa flow in the morning sessions and a more restorative and Yin yoga approach in the evening. In a restorative class poses are held for longer periods of time often supported so the body and mind can totally relax. Coupled with the magical setting of Rustic Retreats, the experience is truly blissful.
This is a sample timetable and may be subject to change. There will be one workshop a day, it may be in the morning or afternoon. There is also the option to visit local markets on Wednesday and Sunday.
Begin each day with an energizing Vinyasa flow class, linking breath to movement creating a wonderfully meditative practice and end the day bathed in pure relaxation following yin and restorative yoga. The emphasis of this retreat is to create a yoga practice that can be integrated into your everyday life. The physical yoga practice is a great place to build the confidence to move intuitively, listen to your body and start to build the connection between mind, breath and body. Daily workshops running throughout the week will continue to build on this idea as we explore how to create a self-practice and build strength in our practical sessions. We will learn about how we connect with the world and ourselves in a philosophy session and make time for a bit of creative magic in an art workshop. Your week will be filled with accessible teachings that will help you to build and enjoy your practice and find the time to reflect, recharge and relax.
This workshop will include practical advice on how to kick-start your self-practice and tips for staying committed. We will talk about daily obstacles and how to overcome them then jump on our mats to play around with movements and sequences that feel good in our bodies. You will come away with lots of new ideas and things to try when you get home and feel ready to create a home practice that is regular, achievable, fun and inspiring.
There are many benefits to working on creating more openness in the hips. In this workshop Emma will guide you through a delicious hip opening sequence and offer advice about how to adjust poses to promote a safe and nurturing practice. Working on this area can improve circulation, range of motion, improve lower back pain and create an energetic release too. By creating more openness you will see the results in your physical yoga practice, everyday movements, emotional well-being and you may even feel more creative.
The benefits of going upside down or bringing the head below the heart are plentiful. Inversions can stimulate the nervous system, bring more oxygen and blood flow to the brain, boost energy levels and metabolism, engage core muscles, and help with circulation. But, they can also be intimidating and take time to master. In this session we will learn the importance of repetition and building strength over time in a regular practice. We will learn more about how the body works in inversions; identify strengths and what to practice more. In the true spirit of the week we will see this as a time for discovery so wherever you are with your practice it is more about noticing the journey rather than reaching the goal.
All of our sessions and workshops carry a common theme and the most important part of this theme is setting the intention. This may well start before you even arrive at Rustic Retreats so setting aside some time to reflect on how and why we set intentions is a key part of the retreat. We will explore the idea of setting intention from a Buddhist perspective, which shifts the focus from being goal oriented to the present moment. This type of philosophy is practically based and can be used by anyone and for varying situations. This is another great opportunity to take something away and apply it to your everyday life in a way that makes sense to you. We will finish with a meditation to solidify the ideas we discuss and leave you feeling centered and confident.
You will no doubt have an abundance of wonderful memories of your time at Rustic Retreats to take home with you so what better way to capture them than to create a individualized artwork. Even if you don't consider yourself to be very arty you will have tapped into your ability to create, explore and discover in all the other activities of the week so creating an image will come much more easily by the end of the retreat. Emma will guide you through simple techniques to record your memories in a creative way to produce a fabulous artwork you will be proud to take home.
Rustic Retreats run beautifully yoga retreats in the Sierra Espuna mountain range in Southern Spain. A stunning estate, totally off-grid, with zero light pollution, solar power, and fresh spring water. The unique yoga platform sits nestled into the side of the mountain, with breath taking views across the tranquil valley.
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Stimulate all your senses whilst you absorb the bright colors, beautiful textures, tantalizing flavors, and sublime aromas of the fresh food served at Rustic Retreats. The chef will create a myriad of fresh, healthy vegetarian meals to tantalize your pallet, all using the ripest, freshest, seasonal ingredients that are locally produced either from their very own organic garden and vegetable patch or from the local market and farmers.
Varieties of fruit are growing freely on the site such as lemons, oranges, almonds, pomegranate, and carob to name but a few. All vegetarian meals are lovingly prepared by a trained chef in the outdoor kitchen and are served 'al fresco' whenever possible. All meals are included in the price. The meals have been so popular with the clients that they are looking at producing a recipe book for next season.
Play plenty of board games
Relax or read books on the hammocks, shaded terrace, and sun loungers
Take a dip in the swimming pool
Use the outdoor shower block to literally shower under the stars
Take a hike in the surrounding mountains
Contemplate life in the beautiful wooden meditation cabin
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Fly into to Alicante, then it's a 2-hour train journey (6 EUR) through the beautiful Spanish countryside down to Totana station where Rustic Retreats will collect you.

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JSLPS Recruitment 2016 notification released for Data Administer on its official portal apply online application form at jslps.org with 254 vacancies.
Jharkhand JSLPS Program Executive Notification 2016: Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society has come up with employment news of this week. It is advisable that job fighters should pay attention to this article carefully as number of vacancies is 254. Mode of registration process is online so just by referring to its site www.jslps.org on or before 13th October, 2016 you can be a part of this process. Vacancies is posted for various posts such as Programme Manager, Data Administer etc.
We will have brief overview about Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society also known as JSLPS in short form. It was formed under Societies Registration Act, 1860 working under guidance of Rural Development Department. It is nodal agency for implementation of Deen Dayal Antyoday Yojana Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY- NRLM). In order to have a smooth functioning they do require more employees on fixed term employment.
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Total number of Vacancies: 254
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Microsoft to appeal second EC fine
Like it said it would...
Microsoft confirmed today that it will appeal the second part of the fine imposed on it by the European Competition Commission.
In July the commission fined Microsoft €280.5m for not complying with its anti-trust decision. The company had until 2 October to file an appeal.
This is on top of the €498m fine which Microsoft is also appealing to the Court of First Instance. A decision on that is expected later this year.
A Microsoft spokesman told us: "Microsoft announced at the time of the decision that it would appeal the fine imposed in July. The deadline for filing the appeal was 2 October and we met that deadline. Microsoft remains committed to full compliance with the commission's decision."
A spokeswoman for the commission told us: "The commission is confident that its July 2006 decision is well-founded from a legal standpoint. It is up to the Court of First Instance to decide whether the Microsoft appeal is admissable or not."
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I've been looking and I think I'm going to try brewing a Bavarian Weizen(wheat) Beer with a bit of a lemon twist. My mate really enjoyed the wheat beer we had at the Kona Brewery on the Big Island, Hawaii the other week. I've looked on their website and all I can find is their Wailua Ale which appears to have Passion Fruit flavours to it.
I was browsing the Coopers DIY site and noticed they have this recipe for a Bavarian Weizen with a lemon twist which looks like it might come close. Going to give it a try this weekend and we'll see how we get on.
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Marina Abramovic levitates in her chair and then her eyes pop out of her head. A male figure squeegees the images off of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," leaving a mess of black-and-white paint. A pair of pranksters give the toenails of Michelangelo's "David" a bright red sheen.
"White Cube" by Belgian artist and illustrator Brecht Vandenbroucke is not your average comic book. For one, each of the largely wordless stories is painted in acrylic, not drawn and inked in the traditional comics style.
Plus there's the theme: each of the book's short pieces — most are just a single page — are entirely about a pair of pink, bald hellions whose main purpose in life is to wreak havoc in galleries and museums. Hence the title "White Cube," the slang term for today's brightly minimalist exhibition spaces (as well as the blue-chip gallery of the same name in London).
Vandenbroucke says that in his comic, published this year in the U.S., he was interested in puncturing the sanctity of the art industry's favorite gathering space.
"Galleries are like these dream places," he explains. "The idea is that you go into this white-walled space to have a so-called 'objective' art experience. But it's all so strange. There are all of these rules in it. You have to be silent. It demands respect. It's a sacred place, but also a place of authority." He adds: "I wanted to bring some humor to it."
Vandenbroucke went to art school in his native Belgium and currently works as an illustrator for a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times and Wired in the U.S.
"White Cube" began life as a black-and-white zine. "But once I started painting more, I realized that I could do more with it," he says, "and that I could convey the artistic works better."
At that point, the "White Cube" series began to make a recurring appearance on his blog.
Certainly, the narrative in all of these works is quite slim: a pair of cartoonish male figures unleash Katzenjammer Kids-style pranks with and around priceless works of art. "They're very juvenile and quite anarchistic," says Vandenbroucke.
And in their actions, they convey the everyone-has-an-opinion moment we are living in. In one canvas, for example, the duo paint a Facebook "Like" thumb on Fernand Léger's "Three Women."
But the book is at its best when Vandenbroucke is simply doing some painterly riffing on art history, such as the panel that shows a dripping, pixelated version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream," or the two-page spread that captures a lush, Henri Rousseau-esque landscape stuffed with everything from Beavis and Butt-head to elements from Edouard Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'herbe."
Those outside the art industry may find some of the panels puzzling, since the gags can be quite inside baseball. But if you've ever been filled with the urge to vandalize the austerity of the white cube with some total ridiculosity, then this is the book for you.
"White Cube" ($21.95) by Brecht Vandenbroucke is published by Drawn & Quarterly.


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Today was good. I still didn't accomplish everything I was hoping to do, but I guess as long as the day wasn't a complete bust I won't complain too much. I had the whole morning off and spent it reading primarily. Church went well. I really like the talks from Melissa and Kim. Marissa was back teaching Sunday School and did a good lesson as well. It always amazes me at how much I manage to not pick up on while reading the lessons that we end up focusing on in class. We talked a lot about giving up a little sin that is holding us back. I was trying to figure out what that is in my life. I know I have lots of problems, I guess I'm just having a hard time focusing on one. Maybe it is not being considerate enough or forgiving.
We also talked a few times today about sharing the gospel and just opening our mouths. I was thinking what a great new opportunity I will have here with the house to start setting examples and traditions. I am looking forward to having a place where the Spirit will be welcome and a place where we can have those gospel discussions. Some examples were given of missionaries who were relentless with spreading the word and proclaiming the gospel. I wish I could have a fraction of the drive that they had to talk to a stranger when one helped you up from the ground after falling off your bike.
Larilyn and I made brownies after church for branch prayer. Sister Skaggs said that she wasn't going to have anything chocolate there, so I called and asked if we should bring some brownies. They seemed like a big hit cause they were almost completely gone by the end of branch prayer tonight. It was the first time I got to use my new mixer and the oven which was good. Of course, we discovered more things that I was missing, so I've got some additions to the list. Maybe Sib and I will go shopping once she gets home next week.
I wanted to write to Sisters Caldwell and Shiess today, but i apparently failed at making time for that. I don't think I have much planned for tomorrow night, so maybe I can get some letters off then and will be able to actually receive my own mail tomorrow too! I do need to go get the rest of the ceiling fans so they can be installed Tuesday and I've got a lot of things to do in the office tomorrow to catch up and to prepare for the board meeting Tuesday.
Well, that's probably about it for tonight. I'm quite tired, so I'm going to call it bedtime from here. Good night to all!


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The Gospel for August 28th, 2016: "Conduct of Invited Guests and Hosts"
Reflection: The Discomfort of Evangelization is Humbling
"My son, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God" (Sirach 3: 17-18).
I begin with this quote from this Sunday's auxiliary reading from the book of Sirach because I think we are supposed to meditate on the virtue of humility in today's gospel as the first reading does. So I don't want to lose sight of that purpose in this reflection. Nevertheless, I find myself distracted by something else in this gospel that I think is worth exploring as well.
If Jesus is, as we hear Him announce in John 14: 6, "the way, and the truth, and the life," then we must pay attention to everything about Him, not just what He says, but what He does as well. I love what He says in this gospel which is a message of humility and open-table fellowship. However, what He does troubles me a little bit. Here's what I mean.
Jesus is invited on the Sabbath to dine in the home of one of the leading Pharisees. We are told "the people there were observing him carefully" (Luke 14: 1). I think this means they are suspicious of Him, perhaps waiting for Jesus to commit a critical offense so they could discredit Him. I think He is at the table of an enemy, but I am not entirely sure. Still, Jesus is a guest in the home of another. And yet He does not appear to be the gracious guest I would expect Him to be.
First, He heals a man suffering from dropsy, a potentially very serious condition of swollen tissues due to excess water in the body. This incident (Luke 14: 2-6) is omitted from today's gospel because it does not speak to humility. Still, the fact that it happens during this incident speaks to the tension during this meal. Jesus's healing of this man demonstrates the legalism of the Pharisees is not a path to salvation. While I am pleased with this lesson and that Jesus performs this needed healing, I believe there must have been a growing discomfort among the guests at this challenge to Pharisaic tradition.
What Jesus does next makes me quite uncomfortable, and not just out empathy for those at the table. He notices the guests are "choosing the places of honor at the table" (7). In response, He tells a parable of a wedding feast during which gives two pieces of advice. For guests, He says to choose a seat of low esteem to avoid being asked to move from a seat of honor reserved for someone more important. It is better to be asked to move up rather than down. He then gives the moral: "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted" (11). For hosts, He says to avoid invited guests who can pay you back. Rather, He says to invite "the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind…." (13). This he says directly to the Pharisaic host of His meal and ends with, "blessed indeed will you be for their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous" (14). Clearly, Jesus is being critical first of the other guests in their choice of seats and second of the host in His choice of guests. Isn't this a rude thing for a guest to do?
Please don't misunderstand. I am not criticizing Jesus. Furthermore, I understand those at the dinner need to hear this message of humility and unselfishness, just as we all do. But what bothers me is if I should view this incident as an evangelical model. Do Christians have an obligation to preach the gospel, as Jesus does here, in an openly critical way when we are in enemy territory, if I may use that expression? I don't know if I can do it; I don't know if it would be effective; and I don't know if this gospel is suggesting we should evangelize in this way. I just don't know.
Now that I have that off my chest, let me return to the theme of humility. What I do know is that I struggle with the inevitable conflicts that arise from evangelization. I have a low tolerance for conflict, and I find it very difficult to imagine braving the tension Jesus surely causes with what He says and does at that Sabbath meal. In admitting that weakness to myself, I realize it is just another place where I am not in control; God is. So I humbly ask the Lord to use me as He will. If I am called upon to bravely evangelize in enemy territory, I pray for the Lord's strength to do His will. If He spares me this discomfort or sees wisdom in refraining from speaking the gospel truth in moments of conflict, then I pray I will know His will in that intent as well. And in this ongoing struggle to do God's will over my own, the one grace I lean on every week is being a guest at the table of the Eucharist. I think if we approach that table with humility on a regular basis, Jesus will take care of the rest.


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House Sends Sweeping GOP Tax Bill to Trump's Desk
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives gave final approval Wednesday afternoon to its major rewrite of the US tax code, voting a second time on the package after the Senate stripped out a couple of items early on Wednesday morning and sent the legislation back to the lower chamber.
The bill passed the House a second time 224-201, with no Democrats backing it and a dozen House GOP members voting no.
The measure now heads to the President Donald Trump's desk for his signature. Republican lawmakers are scheduled to join Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate their largest legislative achievement of 2017.
In a vote in the early Wednesday morning hours, the Senate approved the final version of the first overhaul of the US tax code in more than 30 years. The bill passed along party lines, 51-48, with the final result announced by Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the vote. The House passed the bill earlier Tuesday, but technical changes were made to it in the Senate.
The President will not actually sign the bill Wednesday, however. The bill will not be "enrolled" yet -- the formal term for when a final copy of a bill passed by both houses of Congress is sent to the White House.
While Republicans cheer the bill's passage, however, 55% of Americans oppose the plan, according to a new CNN poll. Just 33% say they favor the GOP's proposals to reform the nation's tax code.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN that Republicans will continue to try to sell the bill to the public.
"Absolutely. We're looking forward to it," McConnell said. "My view of this is, if we can't sell this to the American people, we ought to go into another line of work."
Trump said the "results will speak for themselves."
"The Tax Cuts are so large and so meaningful, and yet the Fake News is working overtime to follow the lead of their friends, the defeated Dems, and only demean. This is truly a case where the results will speak for themselves, starting very soon. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!" the President tweeted.
House Speaker Paul Ryan appeared on several morning shows Wednesday to defend the legislation he's worked toward since 1993.
"When (the bill) gets in place, when people see their paychecks getting bigger in February because withholding tables have adjusted to reflect their tax cuts, when businesses are keeping more of what they earn, when they can write off their spending and hire more people, that's going to change its popularity, I am convinced," he told CBS in an interview. "So I think there's just tons of confusion out there as to what this does or doesn't do. A lot of people think it's going to raise their taxes. So the proof is in the pudding, and I think the results will speak for themselves."
The plan -- which critics say is heavily weighted to ease the tax burden on businesses rather than the middle class -- drops the corporate tax rate down from 35% to 21%, repeals the corporate alternative minimum tax, nearly doubles the standard deduction for individuals and restructures the way pass-through businesses are taxed.
The bill keeps seven personal income tax brackets and lowers that tax rates for most brackets, including dropping the top rate to 37% from 39.6%.
The Joint Committee on Taxation found that all income groups will, on average, see a tax cut in 2019, though the projections worsen over time. In 2019, all taxpayers would see an 8% tax cut.
The JCT, however, found that by 2027 taxpayers earning up to $75,000 would receive a tax increase -- this would stem from the sunsetting individual rate cuts in the final GOP bill, along with the repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate.
(Photo by Igor Voroboyov/Thinkstock.)


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Officials at Montgomery County Public Safety Training Campus in Plymouth confirmed that a Pennsylvania state trooper has died as a result of an accidental shooting.
State Police Cpl. Gerry McShea says the shooting occurred Tuesday at the Montgomery County Fire Academy. He says the trooper was taking part in yearly gun qualifications when he was shot.
According to sources, a state police firearms instructor demonstrating a new gun was not aware that the weapon was loaded and accidentally discharged the gun, striking the trooper in the chest. The trooper was transported by helicopter to an area hospital but eventually succumbed to his injuries.
The campus where the shooting occurred has classrooms and training facilities for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians.


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After more than two months of silence regarding the status of quarterback Donovan McNabb, coach Andy Reid reportedly made a stunning admission on Tuesday at the annual league meetings.
According to Ashley Fox of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Reid said that the team is receiving offers for the eleven-year veteran and the other two quarterbacks on the roster, Mike Vick and Kevin Kolb.
But while Fox characterizes Reid as saying the Eagles are "entertaining offers," the precise quote isn't quite that strong. Reid's precise quote was that "[p]eople are entertaining us with offers," a subtle yet potentially significant difference, since the phrase "entertaining offers" implies a higher level of commitment to accept one of them.
Still, Reid said that the team is "evaluating" the offers. And that could be enough to disrupt the delicate balance that the team previously had struck with McNabb, making him available to be traded but not saying he was available to be traded, possibly in order to avoid an leverage-killing outburst from the player who at times behaves like the proverbial delicate genius.
Speaking of killing leverage, Fox reports that the lack of a market for Vick traces in part to his public comments regarding his desire to be a starter.
As to McNabb, Fox reports that the Eagles supposedly have dropped their firm expectation of a first-round pick, claiming instead that the Eagles want only a "fair" price.
The stance makes sense. With McNabb and Kevin Kolb under contract only for one more year each, waiting too long to do a deal could force the Eagles eventually to let one of them walk away for no compensation in 2011.
Then there's the question of whether the Eagles would move Kolb, if the offer for the fourth-year player who seems poised to become a solid starter exceeds the offer for McNabb. The sense, however, is that Reid and company are ready to go younger at the position, and that if they trade either guy it will be McNabb.


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Finnish researchers have built the world's first prototype electrical motor using carbon nanotubes in a bid to enhance performance.
The innovative motor, developed by researchers at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), uses carbon nanotube yarn in the motor windings, instead of conventionally used copper wires.
The team believes that using carbon nanotubes could lead to development of considerably lighter and more efficient electric drives.
"If we keep the electrical machine design parameters unchanged and only replace copper with future carbon nanotube wires, it is possible to reduce the Joule losses in the windings to half of the present-day machine losses," explained Professor Juha Pyrhönen, who led the design of the prototype at LUT.
"Carbon nanotube wires are significantly lighter than copper and also environmentally friendlier. Therefore, replacing copper with nanotube wires should significantly reduce the CO2 emissions related to the manufacturing and operating of electrical machines. Furthermore, the machine dimensions and masses could be reduced. The motors could also be operated in significantly higher temperatures than the present ones,"
The prototype motor generating 40W of power has nearly 70 per cent efficiency while rotating at 15,000rpm.
To improve performance of electrical motors, researchers need to increase conductivity of wires in the motor windings. Cooper is frequently used in all types of electrical machines as it provides the second best conductivity of all metals at room temperature. In spite of that, a large proportion of the electrical machine energy losses occur in the copper windings.
As conductivity of carbon nanotubes exceeds that of all metals, the material seems to be a likely contender on the way towards more efficient electrical devices.
"In the industry, the number of electrical motors is enormous: there can be up to tens of thousands of motors in a single process industry unit. All these use copper in the windings. Consequently, finding a more efficient material to replace the copper conductors would lead to major changes in the industry," said Prof Pyrhönen.
The Finnish prototype motor uses carbon nanotube yarns spun and converted into an isolated tape by a Japanese-Dutch company Teijin Aramid, which has developed the spinning technology in collaboration with Rice University, USA.
The industrial applications of the new material are still in their infancy. The researchers believe that scaling up the production capacity together with improving the yarn performance will facilitate major progress in the future.
Electrical machines are ubiquitous in everyday life. In a single-family house alone there can be tens of electrical machines in various household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, hair dryers and ventilators.
Improving their efficiency would thus have a direct effect not only on the households' utility bills but also on their carbon footprint.


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A new draft guideline will help more professionals who work with children recognise and respond to any form of abuse and neglect.
Professor Corinne May-Chahal, a leading researcher in child protection at Lancaster University, is chair of the committee developing the draft guideline, out for public consultation, which presents information on how professionals working with children outside health settings, such as social workers, teachers and police officers, can spot the signs of abuse or neglect.
The guideline, from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), also highlights how to handle newly recognised forms of abuse such as female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual exploitation, child trafficking and forced marriage.
The draft recommendations call on all professionals who work with children to:
- Make sure children feel like they have been listened to, with discussions recorded in a way they understand and are comfortable with;
- Speak to colleagues from other organisations so children, and their parents or carers, do not have to repeat their concerns;
- Think critically and use their professional judgement and not just rely on formal protocols;
- Follow up on any referrals they have made to make sure action has been taken.
Professor May-Chahal said: "Our awareness of the different forms of child abuse and neglect is developing all the time but it is difficult for professionals to keep track of the best ways to assess abuse and intervene effectively. This guideline is important as it will help professionals spot the warning signs and then focus on what early help and interventions can be provided.
"The guideline gives examples of soft signs, the behaviours or emotions a child is exhibiting, which could indicate something may be wrong. These may not always be proof of abuse or neglect taking place, but they underline when to check on a child's wellbeing. It also provides further context on stronger signs that should trigger professionals to take a more in-depth look at the child's circumstances and welfare."
NICE has already produced guidance for health professionals on recognising common signs of maltreatment.
This new guideline will provide practical advice for anyone who works with children outside health settings, including social care professionals and staff working in education or custodial settings.
It differentiates which physical and emotional behaviours indicate possible abuse or neglect and which should raise serious concern.
Recommended indicators described as 'consider' as potential signs of abuse may have another explanation for the child's state.
It says staff should look at these soft signs and make judgements based on what they know about how each child usually behaves and whether it differs from what would be expected for their age. For example staff should consider abuse if a child has frequent rages at minor provocation, excessive clinginess, low self-esteem and recurrent nightmares.
Indicators described as 'suspect' abuse, should signal a more serious level of concern. These, which should not be seen as absolute proof but mean further investigation is needed, include a child regularly arriving at school unclean or with injuries, overtly sexual behaviours in children who haven't reached puberty and parents carrying out excessive physical punishment.
Professor Gillian Leng, the Deputy Chief Executive at NICE, said: "Anyone working with children has to play their part in responding to abuse or neglect. Our previous guidance for this area focused on health professionals. Now we want to help staff outside of hospitals recognise when a child may be at risk of harm.
"We want all professionals to be aware and recognise when they need to ask questions or follow up with colleagues about a child's wellbeing. Not all cases will cause concern but if we do not ask, we may miss opportunities to protect children in their time of need.
"This guideline will sit alongside existing statutory guidance providing important context on what works to help vulnerable children in the aftermath of abuse or neglect. Our committee looked at the best available evidence and have made recommendations on suitable therapies and approaches for helping children as well as their parents or carers."
The draft guideline says that when assessing children, staff should collect information on all significant adults in their life such as parents, carers or siblings. These people should be involved in any plans, unless they are under investigation for inflicting the harm.
It also describes using drawings to help very young children understand discussions or, in trafficking cases, using interpreters from outside the community that exploited them.
The recommendations also describe how social care services should help families showing possible signs of abuse of neglect. It says to consider home visits for at least six months. If parents or carers need educational programmes these should cover anger management and addressing negative beliefs about themselves or their child.
The guidance states that, as a minimum, children who have suffered abuse or neglect should be given a safe place to stay and referred to appropriate support services.
Professor Leng added: "We now want feedback from people working to keep children across the country protected from harm. We will consider all views as we prepare the final guideline to make sure we have the right approach for improving how we respond to child abuse or neglect."
The public consultation on the draft guideline will run until Wednesday 19 April. The committee will meet again in May to consider comments that were submitted. The final guideline is expected to publish in September.


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I would like to introduce to our From the Heart readers, Sharon Norris Elliott, published author, public speaker.
So our readers can get to know you better – tell us a little about yourself Sharon. I love and am loved by God. I was born and raised in Southern California and have been in the writing and speaking ministry since 1991.
Do you have a personal mission statement? My ministry, Life That Matter's, exists to encourage members of the body of Christ to discover their life purpose and live up to their full potential. The five divisions of my ministry achieve this goal through the use of WebTV, books, conferences, seminars, and a devotional blog.
Raising Boys To Be Like Jesus and Living A Milk and Honey Life are two of your published titles. Can you tell us what they offer the reader? Raising Boys to Be Like Jesus encourages parents to use Jesus Christ's life as an example of the type of life they want for their sons. I hope to persuade parents that it's both practical and possible to raise Godly sons in today's society. Living a Milk and Honey Life: Letting Go of what's Holding you Back encourages women to move from the bondages in their lives to the deliverances God has in store.
Did these titles get birthed from personal experience? Both were birthed from personal experience. I tried my best to raise my own boys to be like Jesus. I also understood that, like in His plan for the Israelites, God's perfect place for me is my land of milk and honey. I needed to leave my places of bondage and walk into my deliverance.
What are some of the creative ways you have promoted your books? For Living a Milk and Honey Life, I host Christian women's spa retreats entitled Milk & Honey Life Retreats. For Raising Boys to be Like Jesus, I teach Boys Like Jesus seminars.
What type of feedback have you received from your readers? Women absolutely love the retreats and parents feel the insight in Raising Boys is perceptive, astute, and easy-to-incorporate into their daily lives.
What other titles do you have coming out in the next two years? Power Suit: The Armor of God Fit for the Feminine Frame is scheduled for release from New Hope Press in early 2011. I am working on A Heart for the Word Devotional Collection which will be a collection taken from my daily devotional blog. My four book series – Who God Can Bless – is currently being reviewed by several publishers.
What was toughest about your publishing journey and do you have any advice for other authors out there? Waiting; there's a lot of waiting in this business. Also early in the business, rejection was a bit discouraging, but you learn that both waiting and rejection just mean you really are in business. My advice for authors is perfect your craft and listen to experts. Do what they say, the way they say it, until that advice no longer works for you and you need to refine to suit your own style.
You also are the founder and director of AuthorizeMe Seminars. Explain what these are and how our reader might find out more information on where they can find one in their area. AuthorizeMe Seminars help you get your book out of your head, down onto paper, and into a professional proposal format ready to submit to an acquisitions editor. You will also leave this fun yet intensive 12-hour seminar with tips on marketing, editing, and titling your book, and much more. Visit www.AuthorizeMe.net to find upcoming seminars or to sponsor a seminar in your area.
Before we say goodbye and allow you to get back to your writing, tell the reader where they might find out more about you. I'd like to encourage readers to tune into my web T.V. show "A Heart for the Word" at www.WebTV4Women.tv. There, women can study the Bible with me at their leisure.
My website is: www.SharonNorrisElliott.com, www.AuthorizeMe.net, and www.MilkAndHoneyLife.com
My blog address is: www.sanewriter.wordpress.com
FB: http://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/sanewriter
Thank you Sharon for spending this time with us today. May the Lord continue to open doors of ministry for you and may your titles encourage the reader in their daily walk.
From my heart to yours,


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7 Questions You Should Ask
Before You Hire an Energy Adviser
1. Are you a consultant or just a broker?
True consultants or advisers provide value beyond price. Most brokers, while they may have relationships with multiple suppliers, often steer clients to the supplier that pays them the highest fee. Because STEP Resources is NOT beholden to any supplier, we only advise our customers transact with suppliers considered Market Makers.
2. Do you negotiate directly with utilities and regulatory bodies on my behalf?
It's important you get a "Yes!" answer to this question but unfortunately most "so called" energy consultants will have to say no. They want to make a quick sale and don't have the necessary expertise and relationships to deal directly with utilities and policy makers, or they have a conflict of interest.
3. Can you help me manage my energy spend, plan for the future and find ways for me to reduce costs?
Most brokers will hem and haw about this but they really can't help much. Some will offer to help, but will take as much as half of the savings they identify. STEP Resources looks at your usage in conjunction with facility operations to identify patterns that can identify opportunities to control your overall utility cost
4. Will you analyze my usage to make sure I'm getting the best rate while minimizing extra charges, such as for demand or reactive?
When purchasing a commodity it's all about managing your energy spend; the majority of advisers are nothing more than brokers who just want to make their commission from the sale and move on. STEP Resources will analyze your situation and guide you based on our years of experience in the industry and understanding of the available options. STEP doesn't sell energy—we help you buy it smarter.
5. Do you recommend different kinds of products or do you rely on fixed price kinds of deals?
Fixed price products have the highest costs to clients AND highest profits for suppliers and brokers. That's why they promote these products. At STEP Resources we strive to minimize both your costs and your risk and therefore, when possible, steer clear of fixed price options.
6. How are you compensated?
Most advisers and/or brokers collect fees from both the customer and the supplier. It is virtually impossible for you to determine how much of your energy cost goes to those fees. Conversely STEP Resources discloses all fees up front with no hidden costs in the energy price. We are 100% transparent.
7. When is the best time for me to enter into a commodity contract?
Most any time is best. The worst time is a few months before your current agreement expires when your options may be limited. Even if you're in an agreement now you can start procuring energy from any supplier for when your current contract expires. STEP Resources often helps clients prepare in this way.


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LANCASTER � A permanent firefighters memorial, honoring all firefighters who have served the town, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, will be dedicated on Friday, Nov. 29, at 3 p.m., at the Lancaster Fire Station, 1055 Main St.
During the ceremony, the 10th anniversary of the in-service death of Firefighter Martin McNamara V, will be noted, as well as a tribute to Firefighter Fred McGee, who died in 1931 while responding to a fire.
The general public is invited.
The memorial, which used to be housed on the side of the fire station, was moved to an area near the police station. Volunteers and donations made the memorial possible.
Refreshments will be served in the fire house after the dedication.


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Las Vegas – When you have a (very large) group of speakers as senior and as knowledgeable as those assembled for the afternoon keynote at the Cloud Connections show here, it's probably best to let them speak for themselves. So we did. Check out what they had to say about the evolution of the cloud and how it will impact IT and business:
Ric Telford, vice president-cloud services, IBM, on cloud as the evolution of IT:
"The first thing you need to do is position this as part of a journey you are already on," Telford said. "It's the logical progression of the evolution of IT. You probably already have a good virtualization plan in place, a standardization plan in place. Selectively look at the workloads and figure out what would make sense to use a public cloud service provider [for]."
"The end goal of standardization is really to get to the platform as a standard layer. And then the more that standardizes the less you care about it. What you do then is just write your app and deploy it out. That's what you really want to get to."
Peder Ulander, chief marketing officer, Cloud.com, on cloud and open source:
"In many ways, it starts with table stakes: how do you engage with the right developers and right platforms to drive this new shift in IT services," Ulander said. "All of the world's largest cloud's today have been built on open source. I think we're going to see more and more of that from large and small companies. [It's] enabling a faster spin in technology driving innovation."
John Stetic, vice president of product marketing, Novell, on identity and the cloud:
"Where things start to knit together is at the application level, but more fundamentally where it gets knitted together is at the identity level. Identity management becomes really essential to bring the cloud into your organization at a software-as-a-service level," Stetic said. While identity is key for cloud applications, a well-thought out management strategy is essential for hybrid cloud environments combing private and public clouds, he said. "That whole integration is almost like a nirvana; you can have your own resources and [reach out] for more resources outside in the cloud. How can you build the right type of management infrastructure to allow your business units or application teams to be able to consume that infrastructure and deploy out [cloud] resources?"
"For the first time internal IT has real competition," Malekzadeh said, meaning that developers no longer are willing to wait six weeks for their internal IT department to provision a server for a new project. Instead, "in ten minutes and for ten dollars they can get a trial going" on a public cloud service at Google or Amazon.
Saying he's heard the same story a dozen times in the last three months, Riley said IT departments need to be sure that in trying to control the cloud they don't just re-introduce bureaucracy. "The guy who used to rack and stack servers will now turn up your cloud instance. You need to call him up," he described hearing, adding after a beat: "And it still takes about six weeks…I worry about that."
"What [people are] asking for typically is: I want some of the ability I see in commerical cloud services [like Facebook] and I want the economic promises [of cloud] I read about in the magazines," O'Hara said. "That's not achieved without a draconian approach to standardization and process control. That's what happens in the public cloud. [Cloud providers] have automated as much of the processes and simplified as many of those processes as they can."


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edited by Brad Linaweaver and Edward E. Kramer
Tor (reprint, trade paperback, 352 pages, $16.95/$23.95 Can)
Publication date: December 1, 1998 (First Printing: July 1997)
Originally published in hardcover last year, this collection of near-future space tales received a significant amount of attention -- as much for its politics as its fiction. Robert J. Sawyer's entry, "The Hand You're Dealt," was nominated for a Hugo Award. "A group of writers including Poul Anderson, John Barnes, Gregory Benford, Ray Bradbury, and others offers stories about the twenty-third century, where individual societies outside of Earth have evolved into a galactic federation without formalized government known as Free Space." "A collection of mostly original stories written around the premise of a libertarian society of space traders. The stories reflect an idealism of freedom-loving men roving space vs. gravity-constrained groundhogs. There is a long tradition of this in science fiction, mostly inspired by Heinlein." -- Denver Post
Olde Missis Milliwhistle's Book of Beneficial Beasties
Don Lindahn and Val Lindahn
Longstreet Press hard cover
You either know how to title your book or you don't. And the next book I write, I hire Ron and Val to come up with a title. Another addition to this month's Young Adult collection, this one rich with pictures of you-know-what.
Jane Lindskold
Avon Eos (paperback, 499 pages, $5.99/$7.99 Can)
Publication date: November 11, 1998
Lindskold is the co-author of Donnerjack and the forthcoming Lord Demon, both posthumous collaborations with Roger Zelazny. On her own she's written a number of fine fantasy novels, including When the Gods Are Silent and Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls. "Wild, strange, and unpredictable, he is known as the Changer: the ultimate vagabond who slips in and out of myths and cultures, refusing to be pinned down to any one origin just as he refuses to be locked into any one shape--or name. Yet when a quest for vengeance forces him to shed animal form and seek out King Arthur, the Changer discovers that the darkest of dangers threaten the timeless realm. For Arthur's sworn enemies have risen once more to topple the king and spread chaos among humankind. The Changer himself will be the enemy's unwitting accomplice, unless he somehow stops the dreaded forces and diabolical powers threatening to destroy Arthur's kingdom--and all humanity."
When the Gods are Silent
Jane Lindskold
A compact, standalone fantasy novel from the author of The PIPES OF ORPHEUS and SMOKE AND MIRRORS. Magic is but a myth, but it may mean a great deal more to Hulhc, a lowly farmer who has discovered his long-dead father's journal of wizardry. Hulhc believes that Magic may still exist, and if it does it may provide a miracle great enough to save his dying wife. Together with Rabble, a mysterious mercenary, Hulhc sets sail across the Sea of Truth on a quest to restore Magic to the world.
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edited by Denise Little
DAW (paperback, 309 pages, $6.99 US/$8.99 Can)
Publication date: April, 1999
Original anthology. "How would Little Red Riding Hood's story play if we heard it from the viewpoint of the wolf, and what's the real scuttlebutt about the seven dwarves? Whether they're told to us as bedtime treats or viewed as Disney movies, fairy tales fuel our imagination. Now fantasy's finest indulge themselves and offer us some wonderful new versions of these treasured tales. Maybe the wolf should get to eat at least one little pig. Perhaps Cinderella was really a master schemer in her own right. Could Sleeping Beauty have had a problem with narcolepsy? Whatever readers' favorite story is, they're bound to find it in this treasure trove of carefully fractured fairy tales."
edited by Denise Little
DAW (paperback, 312 pages, $6.99 US/$8.99 Can)
Publication date: February, 1999
Denise Little's last Tekno Books anthology was Alien Pets, back in December. Looks like she'll be doing nearly one a month, just like her mentor Martin H. Greenberg. "This anthology goes straight to the hearts of fantasy and romance fans alike, with magic-crossed lovers and unearthly powers colliding -- with truly unpredictable results. Included are tales that run the gamut from a seemingly hopeless romance between a mortal and a vampire to a modern retelling of a Gaelic myth about a man who falls in love with a woman who is ugly but brilliant and good-tempered in the day, but beautiful and black-hearted at night to an intricate tale of ghost-crossed love."
edited by Denise Little
DAW (paperback, 317 pages, $5.99/$7.99 Can)
Publication date: December 1, 1998
Denise Little is part of ubereditor Martin H. Greenberg's Tekno Books group, a publishing endeavor which produces nearly a hundred anthologies a year (and just helped celebrate Greenberg's 1000th book, DAW's Battle Magic). Her previous editorial experiences include the Irish Magic series. "This collection of stories focuses on the often-overlooked companions who travel the stars with their masters, human or otherwise. Tales of these faithful creatures vary from cuddly animals from Alpha Centauri, to genetically altered Earth animal, accompanying humans to the edge of the galaxy, and alien invaders disguised as loyal housepets."
The Ignored
Bentley Little
1st US appearance of this British horror novel. No one ever seems to notice Bob Jones -- including his co-workers, girlfriend, and even his parents. But Bob finds he's not alone when he's accepted by a group who call themselves "The Ignored." And the vengeance they intend to wreak on society is more than enough to make them memorable... it will make a sensation. From the author of Dominion and University.
The Arcana, Book II: Silverlight
Morgan Llywelyn & Michael Scott
Silverhand must find the Arcana -- The Spear of Light, The Stone of Destiny, The Cup of Blood, and The Sword of Flame -- to defeat The Duet, malevolent twin sorcerers. And to complete a really bitchin' dinette set.
Strongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife
Morgan Llywelyn
Tor paperback
A young adult tale of Richard de Clare, greatest of the Norman knights. Set in 12th-century Ireland in the years following the Norman Conquest, this is the story of Richard and Aoife, the willful Irish princess who took up a sword alongside him to defend her land.
Pride of Lions
Morgan Llywelyn
Tor paperback
Sequel to Lion of Ireland, the story of Brian Boru, who led the bickering chiefs of Ireland to unity. Now Llwelwyn's historical chronicle of Ireland picks up in the year 1014 as 15-year-old Donough, son of the slain Brian, leads his first commmand to battle at Clontarf to establish his right to rule.
Scott Lobdell & Elliot S! Maggin
Emme Frost once led a group of young mutants known as the Hellions, until they were all killed while in her care. Her guilt over their deaths is starting to threaten her new students, the teens of Generation X, as strange ghostly manifestations that resemble the Hellions are wreaking havoc throughout the campus of Professor Xaviar's school. Her new students must discover the secret behind these ghosts before it's too late.
Anne Logston
Ace (paperback, 263 pages, $6.50 US/$8.99 Can)
Publication date: April 1, 1999
A tale of romantic fantasy from the author of Firewalk and Wild Blood. "Known equally for her swordmanship and for her magical talents, Peri single-handledly rescues a prisoner from a Sarkond warriors' camp -- and finds herself the liberator of a dreaded Sarkond heretic. Now, they must depend on each other in order to survive -- and face the prophecy they are destined to fulfill, together."
Anne Longston
Ace paperback
Kayli is a new member of the Order of the Inner Flame, thrust suddenly into the role of High Lady by an arranged marriage. But an awakening passion feeds the magic within her, and she becomes a target of treason. The tests before her will prove whether or not she is strong enough to control fire and her own destiny.
James Long
Bantam (hardcover, 339 pages, $23.95 US)
Publication date: June 8, 1999
James Long's first novel to be published in the US is the tale of an unusual love triangle. Mike and Gally are a happily married couple, despite the fears and nightmares that have plagued Gally most of her life. When they move to Penselwood Gally finds some inner peace, and in an old crumbling home there her nightmares finally stop. She makes an unusual acquaintance in Ferney, an eighty-three year old neighbor who she finds both oddly disturbing and delightful. Ferney's dead wife, also called Gally, was murdered 60 years ago, and he has never stopped searching for her... something he's done every lifetime since the reign of Elizabeth I.
The Enemy Papers
Barry B. Longyear
White Wolf trade paper
Another tasty omnibus from White Wolf, this one collecting the complete Enemy series from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Barry B. Longyear. Includes the novels The Tomorrow Testament and The Last Enemy, as well as the "Director's Cut" of the original novella "Enemy Mine" (adapted as the movie of the same name), The Talman, the holy book of the Dracs, and several original essays. A hefty collection at a bargain price.
The Last Enemy
Barry Longyear
White Wolf/Borealis hard cover
A horror novel from the Hugo-award winning author of Enemy Mine.
The Loved Dead
H. P. Lovecraft
Carroll & Graf (reprint)
H.P. Lovecraft's most famous work was with his own Cthulhu Mythos cycle, added to over the decades by some of the finest horror writers in the field. But in his day he paid the bills by collaborating with many young writers of the uncanny and eerie struggling to break into the field. Available for the first time in paperback.
The Dream Cycle
H. P. Lovecraft
Del Rey trade paper
With an intro by Neil Gaiman, this collection brings together Lovecraft's dream stories.
The Official Guide to the X-Files
Brian Lowry
HarperPrism trade paper
A perfect Christmas gift for the X-philes on your list. Interviews with the principals, episode synopses with background notes and reports from the Internet. folk had to pry it out of my hands--fun reading.
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Dell Yearling
One of the best novels to cross our desk in some time, this 1994 Newbery Medal winner tells the story of a utopian community in a futuristic world where animals are mythical, family is assigned, and choice is no longer an option; Everything is Under Control. In this society there is no war or fear of pain, and everyone is given a role to serve. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, the sole citizen to hold the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. It is time for Jonas to receive the truth about his world.
David Lubar
Tor (hardcover, 213 pages, $16.95/$23.95 Can)
Publication date: June 20, 1999
New Young Adult novel from the author of the Accidental Monsters series. "Martin has a bit of a problem respecting authority. He can't help it. It's like insulting adults is his special talent. And since Edgeview Alternative School is a warehouse for the system's freaks and rejects, Martin fits right in. That is, until he falls in with a group of five misfits who are so messed up they make the other Edgeview delinquents seem like choir boys. Even the freaks call them freaks. Unknown to the five, however, each possesses a hidden talent. A remarkable, powerful talent. Martin discovers the key that will unlock the secret of their hidden talents. And in the process he will battle his own worst enemy: himself."
Shadow Moon
George Lucas and Chris Claremont
Bantam Spectra paperback
A paperback reprint of a traditional fantasy novel from the creator of Star Wars and Marvel X-Men writer Claremont.
Star Wars
George Lucas
Del Rey hard cover
One of the first releases in a new Star Wars campaign along with...
The Empire Strikes Back
Donald F. Glut (based on a story by George Lucas)
Del Rey hard cover
...volume two and then there is...
Return of the Jedi
James Kahn (based on a story by George Lucas)
Del Rey hard cover
...volume three.
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Dark Homecoming
Eric Lustbader
Pocket Books hard cover
Modern-day thriller from the author of several popular fantasy novels. Ex-NYPD detective Lew Croaker, last seen in Floating City and Second Skin, has retired to captain a Miami charter boat. But he finds himself up against the moral dilemma of a lifetime when he's offered a compatible kidney for his desperately ill niece in exchange for assassinating the ruthlessly talented killer Juan Garcia Barbacena.
Elizabeth A. Lynn
Ace (reprint, paperback, 341 pages, $6.50 US/$8.99 Can)
Publication date: April 1, 1999 (First Edition: April 1998)
Elizabeth A. Lynn won two World Fantasy Awards in the 1980s, for the novel Watchtower and the short story "The Woman Who Loved the Moon." But a thirteen-year sabbatical from fiction made many wonder if she'd retired. Last year she returned with the hardcover release of Dragon's Winter, making a splash in the field all over again. "Twin boys are born to the dragon king of Ippa, though only one-Karadur Atani-is born of dragon blood. But Karadur Atani will never become a dragon, for his bitter twin brother steals his talisman and leaves him trapped in the body of an ordinary man. As a powerful wizard rains death and destruction on the people of Ippa, Karadur Atani leads his warriors into war-to challenge his wizard brother and to reclaim his destiny."
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Last year's Bespoked was, genuinely, the best bicycle show I'd ever attended. This year was even better. The quality was outstanding, easily on a par with anything coming out of the US or EU. If you love exotic bicycles and you fail to attend the show next year you'll be kicking yourself. After two storming years it's into its stride now. It has momentum. You can bet that the assembled engineers, artisans and craftspeople will spend all year thinking of ways to outdo each other next year. I can't wait.
One of the best builders who attended the show didn't have a stand. In fact he turned up unannounced and wandered around on his own. The 'bike' he brought to the show was one of the most innovative and forward looking I've ever seen. But he left it locked up to a railing outside where passersby largely ignored it. Over the last few years Steve Parry of SP Designs has produced a small fleet of innovative small bikes largely based on Bromptons. When I worked in a Brompton dealer in Bristol he would pop in from time to time to show us his latest machine. Steve is a man seemingly possessed. His purpose in life is making the Brompton folding bike better. I should add that Brompton are not great fans of his work. He's made 'Bromptons' with Titanium frames, with front and rear deraileurs, with carbon fibre forks and seat posts and 'Bromptons' with disc brakes. He's made 'Bromptons' which weigh a fraction of the weight of the bikes which roll out of Bromptons own factory. Parry's bikes may or may not be suitable for production. Perhaps there is no great market for hand made super folders. Whatever. They might never make it to production but it warms my heart to know that there are people like Steve out there pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the world of pedal power. He's a man on a mission.
The thing he rolled up on is no less innovative than any of his previous machines, and true to form it uses Brompton components. Its an electric scooter which folds. And it's a brilliant, brilliant thing.
Folks in other parts of Europe have embraced scooters for their short distance convenience. They fill the void between walking and cycling perfectly. An electric one makes a lot of sense. I goes without saying that I want one…..


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TAMMS, ILL. — A few times a week, Joseph Dole stands in a back corner of the outdoor recreation area at Tamms Correctional Center, straining to catch a ray of sunlight.
"About four feet gets sun," said the rail-thin Dole, who is serving a life sentence for murder. "You can only get it if they call yard between 11 and 1. I just stand there. You feel warm, you feel refreshed."
Another murderer, Adolfo Rosario, said he hadn't shaken anyone's hand since his transfer to Tamms 11 years ago. "There is no contact at all, none," he said.
"The hardest part is the isolation," said Tyrone Dorn, serving time for carjacking. "It's like being buried alive."
The so-called supermax section of the prison was built in the 1990s to house Illinois' most dangerous inmates. Human-rights activists persistently criticize it. The long isolation of supermax prisons, opponents say, drives inmates to mental illness -- when the inmates aren't already ill.


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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) on Monday is expected to give a speech on the Senate floor to warn that climate change deniers like Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) are making it "impossible to get real work done in the Congress."
"The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says global warming is a hoax, he is just dead wrong according to the vast majority of climate scientists," Sanders said in a statement released prior to the speech.
"It is time for Congress to get serious about global warming, and to work to transform our energy system. That starts by making sure that in this, the so-called greatest deliberative body, we deliberate with facts not myths."
Sanders' remarks are expected to begin after 3 p.m. ET.
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Clarkson University's Susan Powers Granted Tenure And Promoted
[A JPEG photo of Susan Powers is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/powers.jpg.]
Clarkson University President Denny Brown has granted tenure to Susan E. Powers of Potsdam, effective February 13. Powers is also promoted to associate professor as of that date.
Powers has been an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since joining the Clarkson faculty in 1992. Her research interests include understanding the fate of pollutants such as gasoline, coal tars and chlorinated solvents in groundwater systems. Pollutants like these are responsible for contamination at nearly 75 percent of sites with groundwater pollution.
Powers' current projects include assessing the migration of these pollutants in groundwater systems complicated by aquifier hetrogenities and non-ideal chemical mixtures. Understanding the effects of these complexities is required in order to effectively clean the groundwater. Powers has also served as a faculty adviser to Clarkson's award-winning International Environmental Design Competition team.
Awards and honors which Powers has received include the 1997 Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award of the American Society for Engineering Education, Clarkson's Outstanding New Teacher and Outstanding New Adviser awards, and the Alcoa Faculty Award. She has also received research grants from the National Science Foundation, General Motors and the Environmental Protection Association, among others.
Powers has published in many scientific journals, including Water Resources Research, the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, and Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials.
Previously, Powers worked as a lecturer and research assistant at the University of Michigan and as a project engineer at Engineering -Science in Liverpool, N.Y. Powers earned her doctoral degree in environmental engineering from the University of Michigan, and both her master of science in civil and environmental engineering and bachelor of science in chemical engineering degrees from Clarkson University.


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We should state from the jump here that we didn't get much time to play with this thing. About 30 seconds after we picked it up a Samsung PR rep scurried up and told us to stop taking pictures…what could they be hiding? We're not entirely sure, but we'll let you know what we did discover. The SWT-W100K appears to be a South Korea-only device (judging from the conspicuous Anycall branding). It sports an embedded WiMAX radio, 4.3" WVGA touch screen, Bluetooth, GPS, media player, DMB mobile TV support, Opera Browser, 2 megapixel rear-facing and VGA front-facing camera, and more. The response time of the device is quick, and the menu system seems to be pretty clearly organized (though much of the text was in Korean). We're guessing that the odds of this thing landing on American soil are effectively null, but you know where to send that review unit, right Sammy?
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Robin Bryant
Age: 54
Occupation: Assistant to the vice chancellor for administration, University of Colorado Boulder; part-time potter
Years in St. Vrain Valley: Almost 3
What brought you here? What has kept you here? After 28 years of living in Boulder and raising our two daughters, my husband and I were looking for another community to live in for our retirement years. We have friends who live here and had heard wonderful things about the Longmont community and the support for art and artists. Everyone I have met has been so welcoming and supportive and friendly.
You recently organized a local ceramics group, Longmont Clay. What do you hope to accomplish with the group? The overall goal is to connect with and develop relationships with other clay artists and create a community of people who are passionate about clay. As in many art mediums, working in clay can be a solitary path. I find connecting with and learning from other clay artists to be inspiring. I have been a member of the Boulder Potters Guild for many years and that organization offers an instant community of others who are passionate about clay. When I moved here, I was trying to figure out how to meet others in this community who work in clay. Through a friend, I met Katy Diver, who teaches totem classes out of her studio.
What are your favorite local places to go see art? Muse Gallery, Firehouse Art Center and the Sun Rose Cafe.


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Tim Baker, MU Extension Horticulture Specialist
102 N. Main, Suite 1, Gallatin, MO 64640
660-663-3232, email@example.com
Horticulture Tip for the week of October 1-7, 2017
Title: "Emerald Ash Borer"
As you may have heard, the Emerald Ash Borer has been found in Northwest Missouri. This insect has become a major pest of ash trees in the eastern U.S., where it has removed ash trees from entire forests. While the insects are tiny, they feed in large numbers, killing trees quickly. If you would like more information on the Emerald Ash Borer, contact your local University of Missouri Extension center.
Horticulture Tip for the week of October 8-14, 2017
Title: "Bringing Houseplants Indoors"
Many houseplants do well outdoors during warm weather. But plants of tropical origin will not tolerate frost. Some may even be subject to chilling injury, where damage occurs at temperatures well above freezing. When it's time to bring them indoors, inspect them carefully for insects and diseases. You don't want to bring insects into your home for the winter, so treat them if needed.
Horticulture Tip for the week of October 15-21, 2017
Title: "Harvesting Pumpkins and Winter Squash"
"Frost on the pumpkins" may bring images of fall weather and harvest time, but it's not a good idea to leave your crop in the field that long. Pumpkins and winter squash need to develop a hard, thick rind, so that they will last for a long time in storage. But don't let them freeze or even get frost on them, if possible. That will damage them and shorten their storage life.
Horticulture Tip for the week of October 22-28, 2017
Title: "Fire Ants"
Fire ants in Missouri? These pests made the news a few years ago when they arrived in hay which had been imported by southern Missouri cattle producers. As a result, warnings were given to all livestock producers to be careful when importing hay from the south. But did you know it can also affect horticultural crops, by arriving in nursery stock? If you see any of these aggressive pests, call your local MU Extension center.
Horticulture Tip for the week of October 29 to November 4, 2017
Title: "Terrariums"
Now that another growing season is over, many gardeners are ready for a rest. No more weed pulling for six months! But growing plants doesn't have to end with the arrival of frost, snow, and winter. You might consider starting a terrarium. This tightly closed, clear glass or plastic container is filled with small plants, and provides a great hobby to get you through the winter. Ask for our guide sheet on the topic.
This has been Tim Baker, with a Horticulture Tip from University of Missouri Extension.
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018
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Silkscreen prints on 12 inch US-american cardboard boxes, with four of the artist`s motifs made famous in large installations. Among them, "Sleepwalker", after an early Bellini opera poster and "Messerschmidt" as in Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, who in the 18th century cast heads from Laverter`s dubious phrenological studies into bronze.


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Open Historical Map/Projects/Ghost Tracks/US/NY
New York Ghost Tracks
List of Ghost tracks in New York currently documented in Open Historical Map.
Located near the Town of Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York.
[Bridgehampton Temporary Road Course]
The temporary road course operated from 1949 until 1953, when a death in practice brought its use to an end.
Bridgehampton Race Circuit was built in 1957 after racing was banned on public roads in NY State. It operated until the late 1990s; the last race was 1997 but there was sporadic use after that for private events.
For the temporary road course, the roads used still exist and were traced from OSM Bing. The old course map is reproduced in Lost Race Tracks[1]. Dates are from America's Speedways[2] (Note that Americas Speedways mis identifies this course as an airport circuit, which it is not.).
For the permanent circuit, dates are from America's Speedways[2]. Some portions of the track are still identifiable in current OSM Bing imagery. The remainder was located using 1996 Terraserver imagery from MSRMaps.
Burden Lake Speedway
Located south of West Sand Lake, New York.
The track opened in 1948, and ran into the early 50s. The exact closing date is uncertain; America's Speedways gives 1956 but other local sources suggest 1952.
Dates are from America's Speedways[2]. Other information from Ken Gypson, Lecture, Saratoga Auto Museum, 2007-11-24, Greg Rickes, and Jack Hanifan. Track outline is visible in aerial imagery, traced from OSM Bing.
Pine Bowl Speedway
Located south of Troy, New York.
This oval operated from 1948 to 1966.
Dates are from America's Speedways[2]. Other information from Ken Gypson, Lecture, Saratoga Auto Museum, 2007-11-24, Greg Rickes, and Jack Hanifan. Track outline is visible in aerial imagery, traced from OSM Bing.
Route 66 Speedway
Located southeast of Troy, NY.
This track also operated under the name "Hollywood Bowl". It ran from 1952 through 1960.
Dates are from America's Speedways[2]. Other information from former owners.Track outline is visible in aerial imagery, traced from OSM Bing.
Watkins Glen (WGI)
Located west and southwest of Watkins Glen, New York.
[Watkins Glen Historic Circuits]
The first Road Race post WWII was held at Watkins Glen, New York in 1948. There would be two circuits using public roads, followed by a permanent circuit in the mid 1950s. Formula 1 races would be held here through the 1970s. In 1980 the modern circuit was built, which shares some sections with the third circuit.
The first three circuits are represented in OHM (the fourth circuit is very much in operation and is in OSM.) The first circuit used public roads, all of which still exist. The second circuit used public roads, most of which still exist (the third circuit was built in the same area as the second circuit and some of the second circuit roads are gone and have left no trace). The approximate locations of the missing roads are in OHM, and I am seeking older NY State aerials that should show more exact locations. A similar problem exists for the third circuit; the turn known as Big Bend is approximated in OHM at this time.
Maps of the first circuit's route are readily available in the Watkins Glen area for motor racing tourists to use following the course. The route of the second circuit is also readily available in the literature as are maps of the third circuit. The parts of the third circuit not in use by the fourth circuit are difficult to trace from modern imagery as the current track has largely eliminated all traces of its predecessor in OSM Bing imagery. Road Racing at Watkins Glen[3] describes the first three circuits and may be the original source of the standard maps of the first and second circuits.
White's Beach Speedway
AKA Raceway Park
Located on the west side of Ballston Lake, New York.
This 1/4 mile dirt oval operated from 1952 to 1961.
Dates are from America's Speedways[2]. Track outline is visible in aerial imagery, traced from OSM Bing.
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3/06/01The random draft order generator creates a random draft order that is customized to your league based on number of teams in your league and number of rounds that you'll be drafting for. Each player is given one pick per round, but each round is randomly generated with no regard for the results generated in the previous round. This type of drafting order can be used as an alternative to the filp flop order where, in a league of 8 teams, one team has the 1st and 16th picks and another has the 2nd and 15th, and so on until the team with the 8th and 9th picks. A random draft order changes things up a little bit from the way draft orders are traditionally selected.
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No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training...what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
A system of morality which is based on RELATIVE emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
"The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person."


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It took a whole lot of convincing from the 2 physios and manager Rafa Benitez before Aleksandar Mitrovic was forcefully removed from the pitch at St. James' Park during the dying minutes of the 1-1 draw between Newcastle United & Sunderland.
Pure passion from Mitro but it was good to see sense prevailed in the end. Watch the incident below!