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Retirements hurt Dems' prospects
The Democratic quest to win the House majority has always been something close to mission impossible. A procession of lawmakers opting for retirement is pushing the prize even further beyond the party's grasp.
Seventeen seats shy of the majority and confronting an electoral landscape tilted against them, Democrats have virtually no room for error in the November midterms. Yet the problems they're encountering of late are coming from within their own ranks.
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Since December, four Democratic incumbents have announced they will not be seeking reelection to districts that contain large proportions of Republican voters. Of those, Democrats freely admit that two seats — one held by Jim Matheson of Utah, the other by Mike McIntyre of North Carolina — are almost certain to shift to Republican hands. In the two other districts, both in New York, Democrats will be forced to wage hard-fought and potentially costly races to defend seats that are in their column.
( PHOTOS: Who's leaving Congress?)
In each instance, the absence of an incumbent lawmaker — with a roster of donors and track record of winning elections — has left a much-needed seat deeply vulnerable to GOP takeover.
Other lawmaker retirements favor Democrats. At least five Republican incumbents are vacating seats for which Democrats are expected to compete aggressively. Democrats argue that four of them — one in suburban Philadelphia, one in New Jersey, one in Iowa and one in Northern Virginia — are now tossups because a Republican is no longer seeking reelection.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) contends that with more Republican incumbents vacating competitive seats than Democratic ones, the party has the upper hand.
"You just have to go by the numbers," he said.
Yet in a year when Democrats need everything to break their way, that hasn't happened. Prior to the onset of the congressional retirement season, some Democrats said they needed a disproportionate number of departures to come from the ranks of swing district Republicans. Instead, many Democrats acknowledge it's been a wash at best — and at worst, a slight net negative.
( Also on POLITICO: Veteran Democrat George Miller to retire)
"It was always going to be uphill to win the House," said one Democratic operative who is closely involved in the party's effort to win control of the lower congressional chamber. "Every retirement makes the hill feel more mountainous."
Some Democrats worry there are more departures to come. There is widespread concern that Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, will step down rather than face a tough race for the conservative seat he's held for more than two decades.
A Peterson spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment on the congressman's reelection plans.
Retirements, of course, aren't Democrats' only hurdle this year. Many in the party are deeply worried that the fumbled Obamacare rollout will hurt their candidates. Others fret about the president's declining poll numbers. Still others are wary of the "six-year itch," the historical tendency for the party occupying the White House in the sixth year of a president's tenure to lose seats.
( Also on POLITICO: Jim Moran to announce retirement)
Republicans can barely contain their glee at the Democratic departures, calling them more evidence that the House will remain in GOP hands for another two years. Some Democratic incumbents, such as George Miller of California and Jim Moran of Virginia, are leaving safe seats they've held for decades. Republicans argue the departures show that the longtime Democratic lawmakers no longer see a path to getting back into the majority and are bailing out now.
"George Miller, Jim Moran, these are longtime, very active, competent legislators. I have to believe that if they thought it was [soon] that they could get gavels back, they would not be leaving," said Oregon Rep. Greg Walden, the National Republican Congressional Committee chairman. "If they thought they could be chairmen again, you'd probably stick it out another term."


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Happy 1st of November! I smell the Christmas spirit already which
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The present Government policies on the use and possession of illicit drugs have failed utterly.
As a former detective in the Metropolitan Police, I saw at first-hand how the policies of criminalising people for possessing and using proscribed drugs resulted in wholly discriminatory and socially-excluding enforcement, whereby the young, the marginalised and black communities were targeted, while the white middle-class users of illicit but socially-accepted narcotics were ignored and allowed to continue unmolested.
More to the point, as an active detective focusing on financial crime and money laundering, I realised that by insisting on enforcing the policy, drug criminalisation was helping to pour a torrent of raw cash into the pockets of organised criminals. The more we criminalised the problem, the more money the drug pushers made, while the resultant costs of crime escalated.
It was the most futile and ridiculous policy, but no-one had the courage to challenge it publicly, because politicians on both sides of the House of Commons were scared to engage in a real debate, for fear of alienating the opinion forming leader writers in the scaremongering media. The Home Office too had set its mind against any form of debate, and indeed, any informed person in a position of public authority who has dared to challenge the status-quo, finds themselves being marginalised. Professor David Nutt is a recent and classic example.
It was when I became actively involved in the issue of interdicting money laundering, and seeking to prevent the profit flows from the narco-trade, that I began to realise the real truth. The anti-money laundering laws were routinely flouted by the banks, because the flow of drug money was so important to their bottom line. Frankly, without the drug trade, many medium-sized banks around the globe would have gone out of business years ago.
in the UK drug cash is generally calculated by HMRC to be in the region of £6.5 billion, annually. It is only when you appreciate the size of the narco-cash flows that you begin to get a handle on just how big and how widely extended illicit drug taking is. Most children at our schools have experienced drug sales taking place in their grounds. Many of them have taken drugs during school time. At university, it is almost a sine-qua-non that drugs are routinely available in every hall of residence, depending on your narcotic of choice. Many young people prefer to drop Ecstasy prior to going out because pills are cheaper than the alcohol they would have to buy at the club.
This is one of many reasons why the so-called war on drugs is an abject failure and continuing along this road of criminalisation is a hugely expensive waste of valuable police time and resources.
That is one of the many reasons why we urgently need an evidence based health focussed approach to drug policy and for the decriminalisation of drug possession, and why I am proud to be associated with the efforts being made by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) to promote this outcome.


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truTV Taps Fifth Season of "Black Gold"
truTV has ordered a fifth season of its hit series Black Gold. Produced by Thom Beers' Original Productions (Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers), a FremantleMedia company, Black Gold follows roughneck crews in the oil fields of Texas as they struggle against the elements, equipment and sometimes each other to bring in the next big gusher. truTV has ordered 10 episodes for the fifth season, slated to begin airing this winter.
"Black Gold has been an important part of the truTV lineup since we re-branded the network in 2008, and last year it really proved its value with the most-watched season yet," said Marc Juris, executive vice president and COO of truTV. "We look forward to working with Thom Beers and his Original Productions team as we head back to Texas for a new season of Black Gold."
When it comes to drilling for oil, there is no room for error. Each crew must work through conflicts, handle dangerous equipment and balance the demands of their jobs and their families. This past season, legal troubles threatened the possibility of driller Brandon becoming a full company man; motorman Cheston set out to make a name for himself in the oil industry; floor man Tank came back for redemption and revenge; tool pusher Oscar sought to prove his worth in his new job; Josh finally got his shot as a driller; Twist tried his hand as a derrick man; and supervisor Freddy worked to keep Rig 28 and his ramshackle roughnecks in line while trying to zero in on the pay zone.
In its fourth season, Black Gold averaged 1.6 million viewers, capping what turned out to be its most-watched season yet. The series also ranked among cable's Top 5 entertainment programs in its Wednesday 10 p.m. timeslot among key male demos.
Black Gold is executive-produced by Original Productions' Thom Beers, Philip D. Segal and Jeff Conroy, Sarah Whalen is co-executive producer and Brent Henderson is series producer.
About Original Productions
Founded by Thom Beers, Emmy(R) Award winning Original Productions produces authentic non-fiction programming featuring everyday heroes in extraordinary situations, including Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Ax Men, Black Gold and instant rating hits Storage Wars and Bering Sea Gold. Beers' steadfast focus on top-notch storytelling with engaging personalities in high-risk circumstances has produced more than 1,400 hours of original programming. Additional information is available at http://www.origprod.com and http://www.freemantlemedia.com.
About truTV
truTV, one of cable's fastest growing brands, offers a wildly entertaining look at the real world through outrageous characters, unpredictable situations and irreverent storytelling. Currently seen in 92 million U.S. households, truTV features such popular original series as Hardcore Pawn, Full Throttle Saloon, Lizard Lick Towing, Storage Hunters, Impractical Jokers, Operation Repo, South Beach Tow, Black Gold and World's Dumbest. In addition, truTV is a partner in airing the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. During the daytime, the channel features expert trial coverage under the name In Session.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.


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What is the trend like for the usage of cross-platform GUI frameworks right now? Are more people starting to use cross-platform frameworks (such as GTK+, Qt and wxWidgets) or are there more who use more platform-tied frameworks (e.g. Cocoa or WPF)? Is it more or less stagnant? Is it like a rollercoaster? What do you think the trend will be like, say, 5 years from now?
The OS landscape is shifting with less people using Windows (personal observation). This should increase the demand for cross-platform toolkits, shouldn't it?
Edit: Also, which (cross-platform) toolkits are growing the most, if so?


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Angelina is a super sex spy, trained in the art of fucking. She has been used in several covert operations to use her pussy to overthrow regimes. But her last mission went awry and poor Angelina cannot remember who she is... but the real question is does she remember how to fuck? Collapse
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'Mad Men' Season 7, Episode 4, 'The Monolith': TV Recap
Editor's Note: Every Sunday after the newest episode of "Mad Men," lawyer and Supreme Court advocate Walter Dellinger will host an online dialogue about the show. Other participants include Columbia University history professor Alan Brinkley and Columbia University film and television professor Evangeline Morphos. Our panelists will post thoughts after the episode ends at 11 p.m or sometime the next day. Readers are invited to join in with their thoughts in the comments section.


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Claude Leveille necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Courant Investment Partners
I am a private investor born and raised in Montreal Canada, who now lives in Austin TX. I once worked at a technology company called @Home Network. Since then I have been a private investor. I am now in the process of starting a value investment fund called Courant Investment Partners. I will have offices in Austin TX, SF and Montreal. The investment philosophy of the fund is making long term investments in solid companies with very defensible market positions.
The target audience will be successful individuals in CA who built technology companies. Furthermore, I will be raising funds from institutional investors in Canada. In both cases the target audience will be looking for a serious company to entrusts their funds to. I want to project an image of integrity, conservativeness, seriousness.
The website should convey what Courant Investment Partners stands for. I selected the name Courant because it is connotative of the following ...
Means informed, knowledgeable
- Same in French and English
- The New England Courant newspaper was where Benjamin Franklin first worked
- Ben Franklin is grandfather of idea of compounding interest.
The website and fonts should appeal to a professional audience of pension plans, institutional investors, while not being too staid.
The website should use relatively conservative colors that are not too vibrant. Look for winning logo awarded to Kotsev for design/colors/font.
A few website for businesses similar to mine are ...
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Ten Reasons to Make Our Sushi the Best!
We use only super premium short grain rice.
Not long grain or medium grain rice.
We use only pure rice vinegar which imported from Japan.
We use quality blue fin tuna or toro (fatty tuna).
Not yellow fin tuna, ahi tuna or frozen tuna.
We use only gold & silver grade nori (seaweed).
We use only natural white pickle ginger.
Not artificial pink color.
We use top grade wasabi to served our sushi.
We carry the most sushi item than any other restaurant in Northeast Ohio.
Was reviewed by Plain Dealer / Northern Ohio Live Magazine / Scene Magazine & Sun Newspaper.
We don't premake sushi.
Good food takes time to prepare. Expect some wait time when we are busy.


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US-led project will provide satellite imagery to the region's governments documenting changing conditions to help communities more effectively deal with natural disasters.
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win for inventing a new energy efficient , environmentally friendly light source, the LED.
Cambodia has nearly 3 million Internet users, most of whom go online via their mobile phones.
Netropolitan, described by some as an on-line country club, is a space where folks who can afford a $6,000 initiation fee and a $3,000 annual membership can mingle, privately.
Even the night before phones' Friday debut, nearly 70 people were waiting in line in front of the Apple store in downtown San Francisco.
Some Chinese teenagers are so addicted to online games that they wear diapers to avoid bathroom breaks.
The service starts early in the morning and ends at 8:30 pm, charging passengers 1,500 riel per ticket.
Mann Sophal says hydroponic farming is easier than traditional farming, but it does require some know-how about the equipment and the water.
Wildlife conservation officials say the practice of serving wild meat in Cambodia is endangering many of its animals, along with other forms of trafficking.
The draft law, on which work started two years ago, has assumed increasing relevance since July's general election.
In interviews with VOA Khmer, media experts said more funding of that sector could help prevent such errors in the future.
The law will affect many of Cambodia's younger generation, who go online often and use social media as a major means of communication.
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Micetro is Keith Johnstone's famous Survivor-style, round-robin elimination contest, where improvisors work together to score points per scene in the hopes of being the last player standing. After each round the people with the most points continue to the next round. The person with the most points at the end of the hour is the winner, earns a $5 prize, and is guaranteed a spot in next week's show. Along the way, they are coached and guided by expert directors, who set up each scene and keep the laughs on track.
Micetro is on every Wednesday at 8pm. You can buy tickets online or at the box office the night of!


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Mitzvah Moment: Knitting-for-a-Cause
On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 1:00 – 3:00 in the Temple library you will find an exceptional group of women knitting things for special causes. Of course, they are doing lots of laughing and chatting too!!! The 15+ members include those who are first learning to knit to those who are proficient and amazingly fast at the craft.
So far, the group has graciously knitted and provided the following:
✓ Purple baby hats for National Center for Shaken Baby Syndrome
✓ Scarves for the homeless as distributed by Rich Skydell from the SHIP Mobile Kitchen
✓ Squares provided to Michael's craft store which they use to construct blankets for those in need
✓ Hats for preemie babies at Jacoby Hospital
✓ Blanket for auction that benefited the Preschool Place at Temple Sholom
✓ American Doll clothing also for the Preschool Place auction
If you want to be w ith a group that is happy, works well together, talks a lot and does wonderful knitting projects for charitable causes, PLEASE join Knitting-for-a-Cause and
contact Zella Rubin at (908 ) 722 -3279.


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Simply put, I'm not a dessert person. Put some bacon in some dessert, the right way, and then, I'm a dessert person. That's exactly what happened last weekend when I tried my very first bacon macaron at a friend's wedding (Congrats Myung and Mikey!). At first bite, I thought what a delectable consistency of macaron, the crumbly outer shell, the chewy layer underneath, the creamy sweet filling with a hint of smoky and salty essence from the sliver of bacon… wait, what? Yes, the candied bacon & maple cream cheese macaron is delightful, satisfying both the sweet and salty tooth. After eating four, I knew I had to talk to owners of Macaron Parlour, a business started by Christina Ha and Simon Tung, who are also engaged to get married next spring! Christina tells us a little bit about what they call their baby, my newest obsession, also known as Macaron Parlour.
How did you two start making macarons, and later, turned it into a business?
We started because the Hester Street Fair started in our neighborhood. We saw it as an opportunity to take an idea and turn it into a business and grow with a new outdoor market. We pitched our idea to one of the founders, SuChin Pak, and she told us that she would love it if we focused on macarons, so we did!
As for how the macaron-making began, I was always fascinated with it since first coming across them in Paris four years ago. Three years ago, I decided to get into pastry (making) and the macaron was my greatest challenge. I worked on them every day for months before I finally decided that I had to go to Paris and take the macaron class offered by Pierre Herme at Ecole Gregoire Ferrandi. After finally mastering this challenging feat, it was time to share that sense of accomplishment with others. Once I met Simon, for some reason, I felt like the right way to go was to make it fun (he's a lot of fun!).
How did you come up with the idea for the bacon maple cream cheese macaron?
Well, I came into the relationship with a bunch of macaron flavors, but one day, we sat down and started talking about bacon, and then we started eating candied bacon. I told Simon I was going to go to work, but when I come home, there better be some candied bacon left. I came back to a candied bacon and mayonnaise macaron. We decided that it wasn't quite right, and we started thinking about all the things that go with candied bacon, so we went about recreating the breakfast experience in a macaron. Simon describes it as what happens when maple syrup gets all over your bacon and pancakes.
What is this Thai chili macaron I read about? How did that come about?
That's actually inspired by a recipe from Chef Kathryn Gordon. She recently came out with the book "Les Petits Macarons." She teaches classes at the Institute of Culinary Education and she had a thai chili peanut butter macaron. It was great and we adapted it to suit our own palate. We don't offer this flavor very often anymore, but we still get requests from it from friends who like the spicier side of life.
Any other unique creations in the works?
We're trying to go after flavors that we really enjoy, whether it be something we enjoyed growing up, or something we would like to eat now. We just made a Snickers-inspired macaron over the weekend and we are so pleased with it. We made our own "nougat" to emulate that chewy-stickiness you get when you bite into the candy bar--that is really the key to nailing the flavor. We also use dulce de leche for the caramel, honey roasted salted peanuts, and a dark chocolate ganache. This is a two-tone macaron, using one of our brown sugar shells (we're the only ones to make macarons with brown sugar) and a white shell.
We had this other flavor very briefly last year, but we're bringing it back with a little bit of bourbon this time. It's a banana caramel macaron with chopped candied pecan pieces inside. We make a caramel and sauté bananas in it, and whip it up with some bourbon, and butter. Then, we toast the pecans and candy it with some caramel, butter, brown sugar, and sugar in the raw.
What's the taste-testing process like when coming up with new flavors?
We eat a lot of candy and a lot of restaurant desserts. We just eat as much as we can, and let that sort of inspire us. We're like, how can we make this into a macaron? Simon will tell me about what he ate growing up, and I'll think about what the distinctive characteristics are. Since we have a lot of friends in the food business, we get a chance to ask them for their feedback as soon as we make new flavors. We've been lucky enough to nail the recipe within the first few tries, but there are a lot of things we still miss. Like when we did a crème brulee flavor last year, everything went well until two days later when we noticed how soft the macarons were getting. They tasted great, but they were not holding up as well as we thought. It is a constant adjustment process, but it's fun.
Parisian patisserie Laduree recently opened it's first stateside store here in NYC. Have you had a chance to visit?
We got to visit during its first week open. It's nice that the opening of a macaron shop has brought so much hype into NY. We have a lot of people coming up to us now and telling us about how they heard about macarons from the opening of Laduree, but they still haven't had a macaron before. It's a real conversation starter and we get to tell them a little about macarons, and a little about our macarons. We ate all the flavors from Laduree, and there were a lot of nice ones, but after eating 16 in a row, I'm not sure we can pick a favorite.
What's the most unique dessert you've ever eaten?
It's hard to say. We really eat out a lot and there is a lot of great stuff out there that is amazing for different reasons. I love ice cream, but that's totally different from a fantastic brioche. It's really hard to compare and say that, "This is it." Simon eats everything, so sometimes it seems like everything is his favorite dessert.
Any favorite dessert spots in the city?
My first job out of school was at Locanda Verde. I have a lot of love and respect for Karen DeMasco. She makes fantastic desserts, but she's also a great teacher and one of the nicest people in the industry. I loved the place before I worked there, and I introduced Simon to it, so now it's one of our favorite spots. The food there is great, but really, we're in it for the desserts. Plus, it's always a perk to see her again.
Find Macaron Parlour at the Union Square Holiday Market from November 18 to December 24 and always at Lily O'Brien's Chocolate Cafe or on their website and Twitter (@macaronparlour).
Tune in to our "unique desserts" episode of 1st Look this Saturday after Saturday Night Live on NBC.


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The Government Services Union (GSU) was created at a merger convention in August 1999. We were previously known as Union of Public Works Employees and Supply and Services Union.
Our 8,000 members are organized into 29 Locals across the country, representing most of the workers at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Shared Services Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM).
GSU's national office is located in Ottawa and provides members, Locals and elected officers with assistance and representation on grievances, staffing issues, disability and workers' pensation claims and union / management consultation. We also provide financial and membership services to our Locals.
GSU's National Council, elected by and from Local delegates at our triennial convention, is posed of 16 Regional Vice-presidents, three National Vice-presidents, (one as an Equity Officer), and the National President. The National Council meets annually.
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GSU is mitted to promoting equity and diversity in all of our member's workplaces. We represent GSU members across Canada and we defend equity and diversity issues in society at large. If GSU members experience discrimination in the workplace in any form, ?we will file grievances and we will defend for their rights.
As the National Vice President responsible for Equity, part of my responsibilities is to ensure all of our regions and locals recognize the issues and are ready to defend our members when called upon. As National Vice President for Equity it is also my job to ensure we continue to spread the message about equity to our membership and to ensure that our member's equity rights are an important part of the workplace culture.
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A new report suggests people are saying a lot more about themselves online than they realize. One of the basic features of Facebook, the world's largest social media site, is that it allows and encourages people to "like" various pages set up for businesses, celebrities, or just basic ideas. Researchers found that the pages people like can be surprisingly revealing about basic details.
This isn't a matter of the obvious pages. Someone who "likes" a page dedicated to the Green Bay Packers could reasonably be assumed to be a fan. This is a question of whether a program can accurately predict intelligence or sexual orientation based on pages people like.
Researchers found strong correlations between personality attributes and certain page likes. People who "liked" curly fries and thunderstorms were more likely to also have higher intelligence, while likes of Clark Griswold and Bret Michaels were associated with lower intelligence. None of those examples has an obvious connection.
Neither does the fact people who like the iPod or Stewie Griffin are more likely to be dissatisfied with their lives than people who like Indiana Jones and swimming.
All this raises the basic question of "So what?" Someone looking at what pages a person likes and concluding they're probably an outgoing individual is not generally going to raise concerns.
The questions come in when you take multiple factors and start building a profile that becomes almost eerily detailed. No one is recommending that you drop social media or quit looking at pages that appeal to you. But it may be worth taking the time to think about just how much information about yourself you leave on a digital trail.


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2014 Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000m run during the spring season for the Retrievers, placing 14th at the 2014 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Vermont… Recorded a season-best 5k time of 18:12.41 at the Mason Spring Invitational… Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2013-14 Indoor: Did not compete.
2013 Outdoor: Ran a career-best 10,000m time of 39:35.23 to finish 11th at the 2013 America East Outdoor Championships… Her time ranks tenth in the UMBC record book… Also competed in the 5,000m event during the season, posting a season-best time of 18:29.34 at the Big Dawg Invitational at UMBC Stadium.
2012-13 Indoor: Recorded a career-best time of 18:14.52 in the 5,000m run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational… Her time ranks as the tenth-fastest in UMBC school history… Also competed in the 800m, one mile, and 3,000m events during the indoor season.
2012 Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 10,000m run at the America East Outdoor Championships... Ran a personal-best time of 39:35.97 in the event at the Duke Invitational to rank tenth in the UMBC record book... Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2011-12 Indoor: Ran a season-best time of 19:09.89 in the 5,000m run at the Gotham Cup.
Background: Was First Team All-IAAM B conference from 2007-2009… Selected to first team All-Baltimore City for Cross Country in 2008 and for Track in 2009… Named to First Team All-IAAM A conference in 2010… Helped lead her track team to three consecutive undefeated seasons in conference and winning the championship in 2007… Was also a member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and named a Theresian scholar.
Personal: Daughter of Bobby and Peggy Gessler…Has three younger sisters Katie, Amy, and Becky… Majoring in biochemistry… Born July 14, 1993.


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Title: Ship of Fire
Author: Michael Cadnum
Pages: 197
Cover Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Character Rating: 4/5
Overall Rating: 3/5
This book had the same problem as the last book I read, it took about 70 or so pages to actually get into the story. I don't mind that, if the book is long, but again, when the book is less than 200 pages, it is unacceptable. I really liked the the main character, I thought he was a strong character, and would have liked to get to know him more. The plot was not my favorite though, which surprised me. I normally like the "sea going adventures", but this one did not impress me greatly. All in all, not my favorite in the least.
When young apprentice surgeon Thomas Spyre has a chance to sail with the legendary sea-figher Sir Francis Drake, he knows it is the beginning of a great adventure- but the voyage turns out to be much more. Thrown into the salty hubbub of shipboard life, Thomas must use his sword as well as his medical skills, and he finds a dashing and enigmatic friend in the controversial Admiral Drake. Is Drake the hero of legend, or is he little more than a glorified pirate, looting and unsuspecting enemy to fill Queen Elizabeth's coffers?


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TV Your Way: Digital Video Recorders
Say goodbye to commercials — and hello to convenience — with digital video recorders.
TV Your Way
Too busy to catch the latest episode of Friday Night Lights? Tired of trying to persuade your daughter to do her homework instead of watching The Hills? Your family could benefit from a digital video recorder (DVR). Nearly 14 million people have jumped onto the DVR bandwagon, and here's why:
- Convenience: DVRs allow you to record television programs when they air but watch them later, according to your own schedule.
- Control: You can fast-forward through commercials, rewind to hear a joke you didn't quite catch, or pause to answer the telephone.
- Ease: Using the programming guide, you can select a show to record by name, rather than by time. For example, type "Hannah Montana" via an on-screen keyboard and select whether you want to record a specific episode or all future shows — and even skip reruns.
- Search Capability: Keywords let you find shows with your favorite themes or performers. Enter "George Clooney" and every TV program or movie with his name in the listing will be recorded.
Which system is right for you? It depends on how much you want to pay — and how much time you have to play.
Choose Your Channel: Bundled Up
Cable/Satellite DVRs ($)
You want a basic, no-frills DVR without the commitment of owning equipment.
Most cable and satellite companies lease DVRs to subscribers. With a cable DVR, the programming guide information is transmitted to your home over the cable, eliminating the need for a telephone line. Satellite companies — which usually bundle DVR service with their higher-end receivers and offer the capability as a service add-on — typically require a telephone line.
Cost: DVR boxes are $10 a month, on top of the basic cost of renting a cable or satellite box. A subscription is $5.99 monthly for DirecTV, while DISH is $5.98 and includes a DVR lease for new subscribers.
Choose Your Channel: Off the Shelf
TiVo ($$)
You want to control what your kids can watch and experiment with advanced recording options.
Available at retail outlets, TiVo comes with family-friendly elements, such as KidZone, a password-protected "area" where parents can find and store programs appropriate for different age groups. A four-digit password puts TiVo into KidZone mode, and the password has to be re-entered before anyone can "leave" the zone. (Parents can still record their favorite shows, but kids can't access the programs without the code.)
"TiVoToGo" lets you take your favorite shows with you, either through an Ethernet cable, or wirelessly, using a USB adapter ($30). Download TiVoToGo software to your networked PC, then transfer recorded shows to your laptop or to a portable media player like an iPod or Sony PlayStation Portable.
A broadband Internet connection also gives TiVo subscribers access to programs (movies can take four to six hours to download) from Amazon.com. Rent movies for $3.99 each or buy for $10 to $15; TV shows are $1.99 to own.
Cost: Boxes run from $100 for an 80-hour standard-definition recorder to $300 for a full-blown HDTV recorder, which stores 180 hours of standard TV or 20 hours of HDTV. Subscriptions are $12.95 to $16.95 a month, depending on whether you commit to one, two, or three years. Yearly prepaid plans range from $179 to $299.
Choose Your Channel: New Addition
Moxi ($$$)
You're a tech-savvy "early adopter" who wants to access Internet video, music, and digital photos — as well as regular television programming — through your TV.
Moxi is currently being offered to some cable subscribers but will soon be available in stores. Its high-speed search capabilities and filters let you quickly find the programs you want to record (which will become more important as consumers are faced with seemingly infinite television and Internet options).
Moxi also boasts rich graphics and a quarter-screen live TV view that keeps you tuned in to one program while searching for something else to watch.
Cost: Boxes start at $1,000. A high-definition box includes a DVD player and streams video, pictures, and music from a PC to the TV. Games like solitaire, poker, and sudoku are also available. As of press time, Moxi subscription fees were still being determined.
Technologies, Unite!
Since people are always online these days, and many kids spend more time on the computer than they do watching television, the two technologies were bound to merge at some point. Look to YouTube, iTunes, and Amazon's Unbox to make the Internet as much a source of new video programming as cable or satellite.
PC: Microsoft's Media Center option — with TV tuner cards and DVR software — is included in Windows Vista Home Premium. The drawback to a computer-based DVR is that few people want to watch TV on a computer monitor. So manufacturers are creating products that pull recorded programs from a PC and show them on the living room TV, like Microsoft's Xbox 360. HP's MediaSmart TVs allow you to watch television programs (and listen to music and view digital pictures) stored on your computer.
Cost: Windows Vista Home Premium is $30 more than the cost of a standard PC. The TV tuner adds $100. (The computer can then function as its own DVR using its hard drive for storage.)
Apple: The trivet-size Apple TV syncs your iTunes library with your television (works for Mac or PC) so you can retrieve programs or music you've downloaded from iTunes via your wired or wireless home network and play them through the TV. ABC programs can be purchased on iTunes the day after they've aired.
Cost: from $299; TV shows, $1.99 an episode; movies, from $9.99 to $14.99.
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KAUDA, Sudan — At the crest of a steep green mountainside in central Sudan, Gasim Ibrahim huddled in the shadow of a huge boulder, listening in fear for the whining drone of planes 10,000 feet overhead.
A bomb from one of those planes in mid-June killed his sister, Faozi Ibrahim, who was six months pregnant, so Gasim and his extended family — more than a hundred of them — climbed here for safety.
"I will stay here as long as the war continues," he said.
Nearby, Dr. Tom Catena, an American from upstate New York, also talked about the planes, Russian-made Antonov cargo aircraft. The crude bombs that Sudanese crews roll out the backs of the planes as they pass over civilian areas blew off the arms or legs of many of the wounded in the clinic Catena runs.
He said the intent to target civilians was clear: "The Antonov is not a military weapon. There is no way to get any accuracy."
On Saturday, Sudan will become two nations under a 2005 peace agreement that divides the country into a northern, Arab-run, half with its capital in Khartoum and the new nation of South Sudan, run by Africans, with its capital in Juba.
When the peace agreement was signed, hopes were high that it would end decades of bloody civil war. But in the past month, the fighting in one of Sudan's most obscure conflict zones, the remote Nuba Mountains in the state of South Kordofan, has put such hopes in doubt.
The Sudanese government has prohibited foreigners from traveling to the Nuba, blocking road access and banning all flights. But a small group of journalists, including a correspondent for McClatchy, made it into the region this week. What they found backs accounts by aid workers and others of ethnic cleansing that Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said "could constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity."
The Nuba were among the non-Arab northern communities who joined with the southern rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army, and its political wing, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, during the war. But when partition takes place Saturday, their land will lie within Sudan.
In May, the Sudanese government ordered former rebel fighters here to disarm or move into South Sudan. Clashes broke out June 5 and spread quickly, but the genesis of the fighting remains hazy.
In interviews, refugees and the wounded described what appears to have been a government plan to exterminate Nuba political opposition leaders through door-to-door executions. That soon deteriorated into an indiscriminate slaughter of whoever was "black."
Meanwhile, a heavy aerial bombardment by government Antonovs, MiG jets and helicopter gunships rocked rebel military strongholds and civilian villages.
Abdulaziz Tajir, a 36-year-old teacher, said he was near the Tangal village market when bombs began to fall one evening. Ten died on the spot, all civilians. Tajir suffered a baseball-sized wound in the chest.
Saleh Nahar, 32, was in his house when a bomb struck Kauda village and threw shrapnel through his leg. "Every time I hear a plane, I smell the bomb," he said.
Most graphic are descriptions of helicopter gunships hovering over fleeing civilians, strafing the ground. Juma Fadul, 25, fled from a church Friday as a helicopter opened fire in Al Hamra. He was shot in the head, but survived.
"Government troops yell, 'Allahu akbar'" — God is great — "and 'Let us chase the black people to the mountains' when they attack," he said. "All our houses had been set on fire."
Photographs collected by Nuba and distributed to reporters showed graphic scenes of civilians dismembered, disemboweled or lying in pools of blood.
Members of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's northern branch who've fled to Kauda say the government had distributed lists of active members of the movement to be intercepted and killed. Nuba members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army responded with force, even pushing into Kadugli, South Kordofan's capital. That's when government forces began targeting civilians indiscriminately, slitting throats and opening fire on gatherings in the street, witnesses say.
Casualty counts aren't clear, but "hundreds" seems to be a cautious figure. Several people interviewed claimed that they'd witnessed more 100 deaths themselves.
What makes all this more dreadfully real for the Nuba is that it's not the first time they faced extermination.
In the early 1990s, as Nuba increasingly joined with the rebellion in the south, the Arab government in Khartoum declared a "jihad" against the Nuba in a campaign of killing and displacement that academic and Sudan expert Alex de Waal, who's now an adviser to the African Union mediation team for Sudan led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, has described as "genocidal in intent." It's estimated that 200,000 Nuba died.
Official international investigations into recent incidents are unlikely to have much effect. The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, already has charged Sudan's president, Omar al Bashir, and South Kordofan Gov. Ahmed Haroun with genocide for similar actions in Darfur.
An effort by the African Union to broker a cease-fire has stalled, and the Nuba say they foresee a long struggle ahead. Young new Nuba recruits can be seen training with wooden guns.
So far, the tens of thousands of Nuba Sudan People's Liberation Army troops have held their own against government firepower. A Sudan People's Liberation Army officer coming from the front lines, who asked not to be named in order to protect his family from possible government retribution, said the southern army had taken 61 government garrisons since fighting began. "We are on the offensive," the officer said.
His account couldn't be independently verified, though Sudan People's Liberation Army control over most of the Nuba Mountains appears for now to be protecting many villagers from all but aerial attacks.
How long the southern army can hold out, however, is unknown. The greatest long-term threat may be hunger as villages remain abandoned and fields unplanted.
The Sudanese government has barred humanitarian aid, and women and children huddled among the rocks were chewing leaves from a baobab tree for food.
"People cannot continue like this," said the local chief, Nimir Lalu Kodi.
(Boswell is a McClatchy special correspondent. His reporting from Sudan is supported in part by Humanity United, a California-based foundation that focuses on human rights issues).
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/victorian-teams-get-set-for-amazing-race/story-e6frf9ho-1226335167259Detectives Shane Haw and Andrew Thoday are crime scene officers, working in fingerprints, DNA and crime scene photography.They have worked in Melbourne's southern suburbs together for six years, and Victoria Police approved the men going on the show, "as long as you don't bring the police force into disrepute", Haw said.Both detectives have young families and they said doing The Amazing Race was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."We wanted to get out of the rat race for a while. It's something that we would never do," Haw said."We are just average blokes who happen to be cops and we love having fun, so we thought what better a thing to do than The Amazing Race."The detectives are tipped to go well in the show. And they would do it all again."It's a money-can't-buy experience," Thoday said."We were just rapt to be given the opportunity."We had an absolute ball."A launch date for The Amazing Race has not been announced, but it will air some time next month.
Looks like a Matt and Tom 2.0 to me, I really liked that team
<--- Best scene last episode, tyvm.I'm really liking how they're alphas who bottomgoddess. I hope they go far whilst bottomgoddessing! <3
To tell the truth, I think them doing the Fast Forward will be more pleasing to the eyes.
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"I love my glass of wine. I love tequila," the actress, who is dating New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, told the British version of ELLE magazine. "To be in New York for two weeks and not have one beverage, I'm not sure I've ever done that!"
Kate also revealed in the magazine that she plans to be a convert of Botox, when the time is right.
"Everyone's so obsessed with who gets Botox, but it's great! Are you kidding?" she told ELLE, according to Britain's Daily Mail. "The fact that women can avoid going under the knife and get a little Botox treat and not have to worry about it? I'm glad it's there for when it's time."
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Vol. LXI, No. 15
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
LICHTENSTEIN'S BRUSHSTROKE: Roy Lichtenstein began his series of Brushstroke paintings in 1965. In the early 1980s, the brushstrokes became three-dimensional like this one in oil on patinated bronze (1996). This "amiable, oddly animate, and genially self-contained" work can be seen in "Pop Art: Contemporary Perspectives," which will be at the Princeton University Art Museum through August 12. Hours are TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.5 p.m.; Sunday 15 p.m. Closed Monday and major holidays. Admission free. Visitor information is available at (609) 258-3788. Both the photo and quote are from the exhibit's multi-author monograph.
SMOKER STUDY SCULPTURE: Imagine it on a Times Square rooftop circa 1965 advertising cigarettes. This alkyd on steel creation by Tom Wesselmann is on view from now through August 12 in the Princeton University Art Museum's "Pop Art: Contemporary Perspectives," which is also the title of the monograph from which this image is taken.
"Where the poet does his job by virtue of an effort of the mind he is in rapport with the painter, who does his job with respect to the problems of form and color."
"Everything modern or possibly merely new is uncompromising."
Wallace Stevens, from a 1951 talk at the Museum of Modern Art
If you could fill an art gallery with works based on the imagery of Wallace Stevens, who had a painter's eye for form and color, you'd have a show for the ages. As I read around in this forever-modern and most painterly of poets, I keep finding lines that could be captions or subjects for the artists represented in the new Pop Art exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum. It's tempting to imagine what Robert Indiana or Roy Lichtenstein could do with Stevens's "Fat cat, red tongue, green mind, white milk" or his old sailor who "catches tigers in red weather."
"Pop Art: Contemporary Perspectives" (also the title of the multi-author monograph published by the museum and distributed by Yale University Press) begins with a Lichtenstein screenprint of a disembodied hand pointing right at you the way the famous World War I poster of Uncle Sam pointed at would-be recruits: Pop Art Wants You. The question was, did I want Pop Art? I was not in a receptive mood. My sinuses were raw after a week-long cold, my head was heavy with the misery of the Sunday New York Times, it was a gloomy afternoon, and all the coat hangers in the lobby had been taken, thanks to a well-attended special video presentation that delayed access to the center of the show for some 15 minutes. As I circled the one available gallery, I was thinking, "How can I write about this? What can be said?" I saw nothing that jolted or exceeded my expectations; no visual equivalent of jazz's "sound of surprise." There were some nice pieces by Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns, and it was easy to like Allan D'Arcangelo's big-as-life Side View Mirror that evoked the pre-digital Playland Penny Arcade America where you could steer your little car, trying to keep up with the painted roadway as it rolled right and left through a shifting landscape. At the Lambertville Flea Market the previous day I'd seen material for a dozen Pop Art exhibits about 20th Century America; all the left-overs from the great American consumer banquet, and its popular culture sideshow, were laid out on tables or displayed indoors in stalls. I might have found more to enjoy in the flea market overtones in Jasper Johns's Decoy II with its Ballantine cans and in the hanging tools on painted blue sky sections in Jim Dine's Art of Painting No. 2, if I hadn't been distracted by the situation. A museum aide was doing her best to politely hold back patrons who were understandably impatient to see the rest of the show.
Perhaps the forced delay contributed to my sense that the first gallery had been "arranged" while the second one simply happened. It's refreshing when art comes suddenly, boldly at you as if you'd collided with it on the street. The sensation sends you back to the time when you could be thrilled by the idea of a ring that glows in the dark being concealed in a cereal box. You don't have to ask yourself "How do I write about this?" You don't have to make notes. All of a sudden the shiny forms on the wall are doing wonderful things with the light, radiant primary colors gleaming on a landscape painted on porcelain while an enormous red dream of a table radio looms the way such things did when you were a kid and were high half the time and didn't know it.
The artist who brought this show to life for me is Tom Wesselmann, whose work had extra impact because I didn't know it. With Warhol and the others, I knew what was coming. This painter was also paying homage to other artists, like Mondrian, who inspired the tilework on the wall behind the big red radio, and Matisse, who provided some of the patterns from which Wesselmann sewed and cut and molded his still-lifes and landscapes. Looking at his Smoker Study Sculpture of a female hand with bright red gleaming fingernails holding a cigarette, I thought of the rooftop creations Wesselmann, Warhol, and Lichtenstein might have made if they'd been turned loose on Times Square, the crossroads of consumer culture and commercial art.
Warhol's Show
David Bowie wrote his song, "Andy Warhol" ("Looks a Scream/Hang him on my Wall"), back in the 1970s, and Warhol's Brillo box and Campbells Soup can were so familiar, so much of the period, that I gave his work here only a cursory glance, with the exception of a piece from The Thermoflax Series. The image surrounding a handwritten poem by Gerard Malanga ( The poet wrestles with language ) could be a snapshot of one of the daily acts of violence occuring in one of those safe-as-Indiana Baghdad neighborhoods.
It's all too easy to take Warhol for granted, as I did on my way through the exhibit. Ric Burns's documentary (available on DVD at the Princeton Public Library) should be seen by anyone who makes that mistake. His is surely one of the great American stories. The other Pop artists, some of whom were "there" before him, only worked the genre. Warhol lived it, orchestrated it, and disseminated it. He died 20 years ago this February. Think what he could be doing now, with innovations like YouTube and all the bright new tools that would be available to him. Of course he's everywhere anyway, most recently in a new movie, Factory Girl, about Edie Sedgwick, who starred and died in the ongoing show Bowie was singing about ("I'd like to be a gallery/Put you all in my show").
"Abstract sculptors, like abstract painters, should be totally abstract, not half so," according to Wallace Stevens, who also had a special fondness for Picasso's statement that "a picture is a horde of destructions" and liked to quote it in relation to poetry. I'm not sure how he would respond to Warhol, but it seems more than likely that he'd relate to what Roy Lichtenstein was doing with his Brushstroke series, particularly Brushstroke (1996), a small standing sculpture done in oil on patinated bronze. Having imagined what Lichtenstein would do with a line of Stevens, think of the poem ("Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Brushstroke") Stevens might write about this stylish magnification of the painter's line, the painted word, the abstracted heartbeat of art. As Kevin Hatch points out in his essay on Lichtenstein in the monograph, the piece is "amiable, oddly animate, and genially self-contained."
Enter Mrs. Stevens
Art and commerce came together brazenly enough when Andy Warhol was struggling for a way to establish himself as the CEO of Pop in 1962. According to Ric Burns's film, someone told him, "You like money. You should paint pictures of money," and so he accomplished one of his breakthrough works with a wall of dollar bills while making a statement about the realities of the profession. I wonder if Warhol ever heard of the way poetry, art, and commerce came together four decades earlier for Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stevens. When they were living on West 21st Street in Manhattan, their landlord was the sculptor who designed the dime and half-dollar issued by the
U.S. Treasury Department in 1916, and his model for the head used on what came to be known as the Mercury dime was Stevens's wife, Elsie. If you grew up between 1916 and 1950, that was Elsie Stevens's face on the head side of the ten-cent coin you were buying your comics and Cokes with, at least until FDR became the face on the almighty dime. Warhol would have loved it.
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Color-loving couple Melanie Holliday (32 and a public insurance adjuster) and Andrew Greenburg (32 and a yacht captain) said their "I dos" on a private beach, surrounded by vibrant hues that expressed their gypsy vibes. "The theme of the wedding is the theme of my life," Melanie says. "My everyday style in wardrobe and home décor is very colorful and bohemian." It was important to the couple that a wide range of colors was infused in the ornamentation of the ceremony and reception. Embracing the eye-catching palette of the tropics, the bride clutched a full, overflowing bouquet of blooms, and each bridesmaid wore a bright, multicolored caftan for the ceremony. The flower girl donned a custom-made leafy crown with a pink pineapple on top. While the waterfront locale was the focus of the ceremony, the reception—which took place only a few steps away—was awash with brilliant color. Table runners were splashed with a bold rainbow watercolor pattern, and jeweled chandeliers sparkled overhead. A humorous rhyming sign directed guests to the festive reception area, where they were treated to chicken, pasta and fresh fish from the Florida Keys. "Have food and drinks for guests prior to the ceremony just in case it doesn't start on time," Melanie says. "This keeps waiting guests happy." Before everyone left the party, they were gifted potted orchid plants, which had worked double-duty as décor until that point. "My advice for anyone planning a wedding is to hire a wedding planner to plan the entire event," Melanie says. "I should have let my planner handle it all so I could have enjoyed everything!"


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Edward "Philip" A. Haddad died peacefully in his sleep with his beloved wife by his side.
Philip and Guinevere Haddad were married 64 years.
Philip was born and raised in Charleston and his parents were Andrew Haddad and Maheba Howard Haddad.
While in school, he served as a page in the West Virginia Senate. Philip always gave credit to Charles Lively, who arranged for him to serve in the Senate. He considered this experience an honor and very valuable later in life.
At an early, age Philip's father passed away and he left school to help his mother support the family. He went to work for his uncle in the produce business. Philip worked there until he enlisted in the U.S. Army Infantry. He obtained the rank of sergeant and was on Normandy Beach, France, the day following D-Day. While in the military, he was wounded and received two Purple Hearts. Part of his recuperation time was done at Ashford General Hospital, which is now The Greenbrier.
Many years later, Philip, his wife, and several friends visited Normandy, France, and met with the superintendent of the cemetery. When the superintendent learned that Philip had been on the beach, he presented him with an American flag similar to the ones placed on a fallen soldier's grave; a few pebbles from the beach; and Taps was played on his behalf.
After returning from the war, he married Guinevere Elias and they worked together as owners of a fruit stand, and later as owners of The Medicine Shoppes. They retired from The Medicine Shoppe at the age of 52. After that, he developed an interest in the real estate business, thus forming the Haddad Land Company. Gene Embrogno, a personal friend, became his mentor and Philip found his expertise invaluable.
Philip was a lifelong member of St. George Orthodox Cathedral, where he served as president of the Parish Council several times or as chairman of various committees. He was also a member of the Order of St. Ignatius on a local and national level.
After serving 35 years as a prominent member of the board of directors of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Philip Saliba awarded him a Silver and a Gold Medal of Honor for his outstanding years of service. He was also known as the best, most flamboyantly dressed man at an Archdiocese Convention.
He was a founding member of St. Paul's Orthodox Church of Naples, Florida, where he served on various committees.
Philip realized the importance of an education and, along with his wife, established the Philip A. Haddad Scholarship Fund with St. George Orthodox Cathedral. Scholarships have been awarded to 190 members of the cathedral who have graduated from high school and wish to attend college. The funds were used to defray college expenses.
Mayor Kemp Melton presented Philip with a Key to the City and he served on the Urban Renewal Committee for many years under different mayors.
For many years he generously gave produce to Manna Meal. He also gave boxes of candy for the homeless at Christmas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Andrew Haddad; mother, Maheba Howard Haddad; and sister, Mary Haddad.
He is survived by his wife, Guinevere; brother, George (Rose) of Lexington, Kentucky; a niece, Elizabeth (Tom) Smith; two nephews, George, Jr. (Sabrina) and Philip Gregory (Monica); two great-nephews and eight great-nieces.
Special thanks are extended to Josephine Stanley; dear friends John and Neva Haddy and to his wonderful caregivers, Donna Whiting, Gunna Early, Chris Kabir and Greg Richardson for their outstanding service which was has been greatly appreciated.
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MEMORY ETERNAL! Philip Haddad, a longtime member of the Archdiocesan Board of Trustees, fell asleep in Christ last evening in Charleston, West Virginia. Philip is survived by his wife Gwena. Condolences may be sent to the family c/o Fr. Olof Scott, dean of St. George Cathedral in Charleston, at email@example.com [1]. May he be granted Paradise, and may you be granted long life.


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Stable Channel Update
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
- [112983] Low CVE-2011-3083: Browser crash with video + FTP. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
- [113496] Low CVE-2011-3084: Load links from internal pages in their own process. Credit to Brett Wilson of the Chromium development community.
- [118374] Medium CVE-2011-3085: UI corruption with long autofilled values. Credit to "psaldorn".
- [$1000] [118642] High CVE-2011-3086: Use-after-free with style element. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
- [118664] Low CVE-2011-3087: Incorrect window navigation. Credit to Charlie Reis of the Chromium development community.
- [$500] [120648] Medium CVE-2011-3088: Out-of-bounds read in hairline drawing. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
- [$1000] [120711] High CVE-2011-3089: Use-after-free in table handling. Credit to miaubiz.
- [$500] [121223] Medium CVE-2011-3090: Race condition with workers. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
- [121734] High CVE-2011-3091: Use-after-free with indexed DB. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
- [$1000] [122337] High CVE-2011-3092: Invalid write in v8 regex. Credit to Christian Holler.
- [$500] [122585] Medium CVE-2011-3093: Out-of-bounds read in glyph handling. Credit to miaubiz.
- [122586] Medium CVE-2011-3094: Out-of-bounds read in Tibetan handling. Credit to miaubiz.
- [$1000] [123481] High CVE-2011-3095: Out-of-bounds write in OGG container. Credit to Hannu Heikkinen.
- [Linux only] [123530] Low CVE-2011-3096: Use-after-free in GTK omnibox handling. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
- [123733] [124182] High CVE-2011-3097: Out-of-bounds write in sampled functions with PDF. Credit to Kostya Serebryany of Google and Evgeniy Stepanov of Google.
- [Windows only] [124216] Low CVE-2011-3098: Bad search path for Windows Media Player plug-in. Credit to Haifei Li of Microsoft and MSVR (MSVR:159).
- [124479] High CVE-2011-3099: Use-after-free in PDF with corrupt font encoding name. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team and Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team.
- [124652] Medium CVE-2011-3100: Out-of-bounds read drawing dash paths. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
And some additional rewards for issues with a wider scope than Chrome:
- [Linux only] [$500] [118970] Medium CVE-2011-3101: Work around Linux Nvidia driver bug. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
- [$1500] [125462] High CVE-2011-3102: Off-by-one out-of-bounds write in libxml. Credit to Jüri Aedla.
Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.
We'd also like to thank Aki Helin of OUSPG, Sławomir Błażek, Chamal de Silva, miaubiz, Arthur Gerkis and Christian Holler for working with us during the development cycle and preventing security regressions from ever reaching the stable channel. $9000 of additional rewards were issued for this awesomeness.
Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in hopping on the stable channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
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