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British wave sailor Vickey Abbott has made the beautiful island of Sal, Cape Verde her home. With her own business on the island Vickey has both, fully settled into Cape Verde life and been able to score some incredible windsurfing conditions. Whilst it is usually the reef breaks you here about from CV, Vickey has a slightly different story to tell.
Back at the very beginning of this year, I found myself dealing with some particularly wealthy, arrogant and selfish clients. They were importing some luxury sports goods and wanted them yesterday. They didn't care how much they paid and were prepared to bribe every man and his goat. The crunch moment came as we drove past a slum and this guy had the audacity to say 'surely customs must feel some sympathy for me, I want to use my boat before I finish my holiday'. I had to bite my tongue to prevent me from retorting that as most of the customs officials don't yet have running water in their houses, they were highly unlikely to consider his problem of importance. What's more it irritated me immensely that he would assume all the officials would be open to bribes. My experience here has been quite the opposite; in fact the Cape Verdeans are extremely proud people and take offence to bribery and any suggestion that they are corrupt.
Right then in that moment I decided my new year's resolution would be to have a social conscience and to try to put back into the community. I learnt to windsurf and surf here and feel that the ocean here is an important part of life on the island. I decided to try and share some of that passion with the local community.
Since living here the bi-polar nature of Cape Verde frequently surprises me. Santa Maria has grown from a tiny fishing village to a large tourist town. It now boasts multiple hotels, apartment complexes and modern developments, yet right beside that you have people living in cardboard boxes and hand built houses, collecting their water daily in jerry cans. The town has maintained its charm and the Cape Verdean people, even those with nothing, are always happy and laughing. One of the main growth sectors has been the water sports industry. From just a couple of small windsurf centres the town now has multiple windsurf centres, Kite schools, Surf schools, diving centres and Jet ski rentals. This has opened up a whole new sector of employment for the local population and thus was born the idea to try to teach some of the local street children to windsurf. In doing this, hopefully, some of them will gain access to employment that would otherwise elude them.
Friday June 1st was international children's day, celebrated in Cape Verde with a bank holiday. I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce windsurfing and water sports to 30 children, from the charity Castelos do Sal. These children come from various deprived and / or neglected backgrounds in Santa Maria and are generally left to fend for themselves in streets during the day. Castelos do Sal is doing fantastic work ensuring that the children go to school and that after school they participate in extracurricular activities and receive food and health care.
In January I met with the charity staff to propose the idea; a day of water sports and beach activities for all the children. Although ½ of the children (despite living not even 100meters from the sea) are unable to swim, we decided that it would be perfectly possible to arrange a day on the beach for all of them. Club Mistral and Surf zone agreed to close for the event and provide us with windsurfing equipment and their teaching staff for the day.
So, on Friday morning, we collected the first group of 15 extremely excited children. They leapt into the back of the two awaiting pickups with much singing and cheering, all the way through town and over to Club Mistral.
All the kids had a taste of windsurfing; those that could swim actually had introductory lessons whilst those who couldn't swim had the chance to sail out and around the bay sat on the boards with an instructor.
The jet ski rescue cover soon became the hit of the day, stealing the lime light as every child had a go. Surf boards were given to those kids not out windsurfing and they soon busied themselves playing in the small shore break. Whether they could swim or not, it didn't seem to make any difference as they dived into the sea. We had some off water activities which provided plenty of entertainment for those that tired of the sea, with hula hoops, juggling and beach kite flying.
After 3 hours there were plenty of huge grins and exhausted children.
At 2pm we collected another group of the younger children equally excited and even more hyped up after hearing all the details from the mornings group. This time Surfzone had closed their centre and provided the equipment and staff. Although the children were a little younger they got stuck into windsurfing and surfing with matching enthusiasm. Again the jet ski was the main hit but we also had sand castle building competitions and other beach games that soon wore all of them and indeed us out.
Many thanks to every volunteer that came down to help, to Club Mistral and Surfzone for putting aside the time, staff and equipment for all the children and to Sal Beach Club and Hotel Morabezza for providing much needed drinks and snacks for the children.
The day was a great success, the children were exceptionally well behaved and most importantly all seemed to have a great time, which was the aim of the day.
Hopefully we will be able to repeat this again soon and to raise some money to purchase equipment so that Castelos do Sal can incorporate water sports activities into the extracurricular activities on a more permanent basis.


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TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 14-year-old Japanese girl killed herself by mixing laundry detergent with cleanser, releasing fumes that also sickened 90 people in her apartment house, police said Thursday as they grappled with a spate of similar suicides.
Emergency responders enter an apartment building in Konan, Japan, where a girl commited suicide.
None of the sickened neighbors in Konan, southern Japan, was severely ill, although about 10 were hospitalized, authorities said. The deadly hydrogen sulfide gas escaped from the girl's bathroom window and entered neighboring apartments.
The girl's suicide Wednesday night was part of an expanding string of similar deaths that experts say have been encouraged by Internet suicide sites since last summer.
A 31-year-old man outside Tokyo killed himself inside a car early Thursday by mixing detergent and bath salts, police said. A local police spokesman refused to give further details, but Kyodo News agency reported that the man put a sign reading "Stay Away" on the car window.
At a business hotel in Shiga prefecture in western Japan, a man in his 30s was found dead Thursday morning by employees who noticed a strange smell coming from his room, according to national broadcaster NHK. Shiga police said officials are investigating the incident as a case of suicide by hydrogen sulfide gas but could not elaborate.
Reports of another similar death emerged Thusday afternoon when the body of a 42-year-old woman in Nagoya, central Japan, was found in a bathtub. According to Kyodo, there was toilet cleaner and bath powder nearby, along with a sign outside that read, "Poisonous gas being emitted. Caution."
Nagoya police said they could not comment on the case, but Kyodo said that fire officials called to the scene did not detect hydrogen sulfide gas.
The method has alarmed officials because of the danger that bystanders can be hurt.
"It's easy, and everyone can do it," said Yasuaki Shimizu, director of Lifelink, a Tokyo-based group specializing in halting suicides. "Also, there is a lot of information teaching people how to do it on the Internet."
Police say they have not tallied the number of detergent-related suicides, but media reports suggest that it has reached about 30 this year, including several cases in which others were also sickened.
The 14-year-old girl, whose name was not released by police, followed the pattern of other deaths.
She mixed detergent with a liquid cleanser in her bathroom, police said. The door was closed, and she had affixed a sign on the outside warning, "Gas being emitted," Kyodo reported.
Most of those sickened nearby complained of sore throats, and about 30 people were evacuated to a nearby gymnasium.
Hydrogen sulfide gas is colorless and characterized by an odor similar to that of rotten eggs. When inhaled, it can lead to suffocation or brain damage.
Japan's government has long battled to contain the country's alarmingly high suicide rate. A total of 32,155 people killed themselves in 2006, giving the country the ninth highest rate in the world, according to the government.
Suicides first passed the 30,000 mark in 1998, near the height of an economic slump that left many bankrupt, jobless and desperate.
The government has earmarked 22.5 billion yen ($220 million) for anti-suicide programs to help those with depression and other mental conditions.
Last year it set a goal of cutting the suicide rate by 20 percent in 10 years through steps such as reducing unemployment, boosting workplace counseling and filtering Web sites that promote suicide. E-mail to a friend
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Efforts to reduce federal pay and benefits are taking a toll on government workforce, group says.
The group representing the government's senior executives urged President Obama on Thursday to leave federal employees out of any budget deficit deals.
Efforts to reduce federal employees' pay and benefits are taking a toll on the government workforce, said officials from the Senior Executives Association in a Nov. 29 letter to Obama. The group cited the 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which showed a dip in job satisfaction among career civil servants, as evidence that the pay freeze and other proposals affecting federal benefits are having an adverse effect on morale.
"SEA hears from its members that the continuous focus on reducing federal employee pay and benefits has lowered morale throughout their agencies," wrote SEA President Carol A. Bonosaro and General Counsel William Bransford in the letter. "The [employee viewpoint survey] bears out this fact. Not only will this lead to recruitment and retention problems, but the reality is that further cuts to federal employee pay and benefits will not significantly reduce the deficit."
Bonosaro and Bransford asked Obama not to use feds "as the quick way out of the budget deficit, only to have the unintended consequence of a later increase in spending that will arise because of a loss of talent."
Several federal employee advocates have expressed concern during the past few weeks that a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff could include an extended federal pay freeze, an increase in the amount federal workers contribute to their pensions, or other similar changes to federal salaries and benefits.


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Volunteers help beautify North Division HS on MLK Jr. Day
For some people, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day on, instead of a day off.
School was out Monday at North Division High School, but the halls and cafeteria were bustling with people stepping up to lend a hand.
"Typically it is a day off, so this is really the first time for me that I've been able to get out and do something, so it's pretty awesome," volunteer Patrick Frigge said.
Frigge is a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student volunteering with other students, community groups and businesses at a City Year service project.
"We are beautifying North Division High School with over 100 different murals," City Year Corps member Meghan Foley said.
The murals include inspirational logos, quotes and mottos.
Together, City Year staff and corps members worked side-by side with volunteers.
About 350 volunteers were hard at work, spread out over three floors. Some had a direct connection to North Division High School. Others were there for the first time.
Casey Kalman drove in with a group from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"I had murals in my school, and it always kind of brightened our day when we finally came in and saw that they were done. So it makes me happy that we're helping to make their school a prettier place," Kalman said.
Tyanna McLaurin, whose relatives graduated from North Division, was also painting.
"It's just great to see that, you know, things are being done to maintain the excellence that already exists in this school," McLaurin said.
"Even if it's just painting some words on a pillar in the cafeteria, it's nice to know that we're able to do something," Frigge said.
North Division reopened last year after being shut down.
The principal said this project will help rebuild the image and the legacy of the school and also give the kids a positive message.


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Horseshoe crabs are star attraction at Seaside Center event
The horseshoe crabs of Long Island Sound are a bit busy at the moment, deep in the midst of their six-week spawning season, but educators at the Bruce Museum's Seaside Center in Greenwich hope that a few pop in for a visit this weekend.
The Seaside Center and Sacred Heart University will team up on Sunday, June 1, for a presentation on Project Limulus, an ongoing study of horseshoe crabs, one of the world's oldest species. The initiative calls on citizens to tag the creatures and keep up with their whereabouts.
"It's going to be a lot of fun," said Peter Linderoth, the museum's manager of outreach education. "There are going to be many opportunities for citizen science."
Visitors to the center, which is located at Greenwich Point Park, will learn more about the more than 10-year-old project, which aims to study the ecology of Limulus polyphemus (its more formal name), from its habitat to its impact on the Long Island Sound ecosystem. They also will have the chance to spot and tag horseshoe crabs on the beach.
Since the late 1990s, Jennifer Mattei, a biology professor at Sacred Heart University and co-director of Project Limulus, has had her eyes on Long Island Sound's horseshoe crabs. Early on, she learned she would have to call in some recruits.
"We are trying to cover 110 miles (of shoreline)," she said, adding that she modeled her efforts after the citizen science programs launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University, which calls on people around the country to count birds, watch nests and track visitors at backyard feeders.
With training and education, residents up and down Connecticut (and Westchester County, N.Y.) shores can learn to tag the animals and then track them, adding to a growing body of data, Mattei said.
More InformationBruce Museum's Seaside Center, Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich. Sunday, June 1, 1:30-4 p.m. Free for program. Beach pass required for entry (nonresidents can pick up a pass $6 at Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Road, Old Greenwich 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) 203-413-6756, www.brucemuseum.org.
This is the third year that the project has taken up shop for an afternoon at the Greenwich center. The day is presented with assistance from the Friends of Greenwich Point and the Town of Greenwich.
"We work to present a big family-day style program," Linderoth said, adding that all ages can get involved. "Participants get to learn a little bit more about the project, about horseshoe ecology and about the importance of tagging."
Once the crabs are tagged, they head back out, but they are not without their watchers. Volunteer observers are encouraged to look out for the unique tags on their walks or runs along the beach and call in the number and location. "Location is key," he said, allowing the researchers to track the animals' movements in and around the Sound.
He said university students and other center educators also try to dispel misconceptions, too, such as any lingering fear that the tail, or telson, is some sort of stinger. It is not -- it is more like a rudder, which they use in the water, and as a tool to flip themselves over if they end up on their backs.
Mattei said people also learn that though the species has been around since the time of the dinosaurs, it is integral to cutting-edge medical advancements. Unique cells in their blood, or amebocytes, are used to test human vaccines for bacterial contamination.
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"By supporting young leaders – City Year corps members and Young Heroes – who are making a difference in their community, we are helping build the next generation of leaders to take on pressing community challenges. Together, Bank of America and City Year are working to enable young adults to be more engaged citizens who have the tools and resources to affect positive change in their communities."
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by Jim Harris
Philadelphia tourism has been the subject of some pretty bizarre marketing campaigns over the years. In 2001 there were the "Philly's More Fun When You Sleep Over" TV commercials that showed people walking around the city in their pajamas.
Earlier this year, the "With Art Philadelphia" campaign was trotted out. They liked that phrase so much they trademarked it, which was probably unnecessary, since no one knew what it meant.
Then, just last week the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (catchy new acronym: PHLCVB) announced that in partnership with a local marketing firm, they had come up with a new "global message" for Philadelphia. If they had asked me, I would have recommend that they hire Clint Eastwood to direct the new TV ads since Clint is definitely available. Ever since Mitt Romney lost the election, all Eastwood does is stand around all day talking to an empty chair.
But they did not ask me. Instead, they came up with a new marketing concept that "PHL" (shorthand for Philadelphia) is the "Modern Renaissance City." As part of their new "Modern Renaissance City" campaign, PHLCVB put out a three-minute video that features supermodels shopping in trendy stores and fantasy hipsters dancing on rooftops like wind-up toy monkeys. You, know, just like everyday life in Kensington. Oh, and the only character over 30 years old in the video is a statue of George Washington. I guess old people don't figure in the new PHL.
The PHLCVB website also contains a feature called "Inspired Itineraries," which suggests what sites famous Philadelphians might frequent if they hadn't all moved away. One item on their website menu actually begins with, "Will Smith might live in L.A., but his stomach still belongs to Philadelphia." Great; maybe they should erect a statue of Will's stomach outside the Art Museum next to Rocky. In addition, there are "six narrative pillars" on which the new Philadelphia "brand" is built:
•Freedom, democracy and America
•Innovation and education
•Creative spirit
•Outdoor life and sports
•Vibrant street life
•Accessible and friendly
If I might just respond with a few bullet points of my own to add to the new advertising/marketing campaign:
•One-party political system, sort of like the Soviet Union or Communist China
•Area hospitals lead the country in treatment of gunshot injuries.
•If you had one dollar for every non-corrupt Traffic Court judge in Philly, you'd have no money. (I was once fined $50 downtown for "driving without a valid reason.")
•Most corrupt public officials north of Mexico
•But on the plus side, our politicians are not quite as corrupt as the Mafia.
•Watching Eagles play is only slightly less enjoyable than watching your farm blow away in a dust storm.
•A visit to City Hall is like a visit to Dante's Inferno.
•A subway system only Charles Bronson could love
•Cheesesteaks must be ordered in English.
•Fewer murders in Philly this year than in Syria
•By law, no more than 70 percent of any neighborhood's residents may be obese.
•Public school system would have to improve to get up to Third World level.
And last but not least,
•3 words: Philadelphia Parking Authority
Bottom line: don't come here unless you're tough enough to take what the city has to dish out. Let's face it, the Quaker City has always been parochial, and we don't need no stinkin' tourists.
These days, when I'm traveling through Center City after dark and I see all the young suburbanites and tourists packed to the curb like sardines, I'm reminded of Frank Sinatra's comment when he wandered out onto the stage at the Spectrum in 1986, drink in hand, and muttered, "How'd all these people get in my living room?"
I want to shake these delusional revelers and bring them to their senses. I want to say, "Hey, what are you doing? Dining on the sidewalk? Are you nuts? I'm walkin' here! This ain't no Paris, and it sure ain't the freakin' Renaissance. I was born in Philly. What's your excuse?"
Now how's THAT for an advertising campaign?


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LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder's plan to fill the gaps of Michigan's mental health care system might lie in his ability to convince lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to expand Medicaid to provide 500,000 Michigan residents with coverage under the federal Affordable Health Care Act.
Snyder, a Republican, said on Wednesday that it would "actually expand mental health coverage significantly" and that it is "one of the factors" he is "taking into account." Snyder said he will "make that call" during his budget presentation Feb. 7.
Last June's Supreme Court decision on the federal health care law gave states the power to choose whether to opt into the Medicaid expansion. But Republicans in Michigan, who control the legislature, remain hesitant to use that power.
Snyder's decision will come at the same time he is expected to propose new programs and call for increased funding for mental health care. Michigan Department of Community Health Director James Haveman said he expects Snyder to recommend about $5 million more toward mental health in the next month's budget proposal to create new programs aimed primarily at early intervention for youth.
Snyder asked the MDCH to review the mental health care system last month after he vetoed a bill that would allow residents to carry concealed weapons in public places like churches and schools, just days after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Snyder is likely to receive backlash from GOP lawmakers if he chooses to go through with the Medicaid expansion. Sen. Bruce Caswell, a Hillsdale Republican, introduced a bill last week that would prohibit Michigan from expanding Medicaid eligibility.
Republicans are hesitant to move forward before fully understanding the long-term effects of the decision, said Ari Adler, spokesman for House Majority leader Jase Bolger. "There is no guarantee that the federal government won't change its mind and provide less funding at some point," Adler said.
Under the federal health care law, a family of four with an income of $31,809 or less in 2012 would become eligible for Medicaid, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. The federal government would provide Michigan with the full cost of coverage through 2016, eventually dropping down to a 90 percent share.
Snyder's decision to expand Medicaid would "be a wonderful first step in his commitment" toward improving mental health, said Malisa Pearson, executive director of the Association for Children's Mental Health.
With the closure of approximately 70 percent of state psychiatric hospitals since the mid-1980s, the bulk of services are now provided by the state's 46 Community Mental Health boards. But advocates say budget cuts have left the system underfunded. The state cut non-Medicaid mental health funding by about $44 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2012.
At the same time, funding for mental health services for those who do qualify for Medicaid has grown. Haveman said the state has increased Medicaid mental health funding to account for a growing number of Michigan residents who qualify for Medicaid.
But historically about half the people who approach mental health services do not have continuous Medicaid eligibility, Reinstein said.
In the face of budget cuts, Community Mental Health centers have been forced to prioritize and can often serve only those with severe mental illnesses, said Michael Vizena, executive director of the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards. People who have less severe forms of mental illness but who are not Medicaid eligible "very often have been turned away and put on waiting lists," he said.
Many of the people are low-income and would become eligible for Medicaid if Michigan chooses to opt into the expansion, he said.
Pearson, whose now 17-year-old son has been in and out of Michigan's mental health system since the age of 3, said many families who aren't eligible for Medicaid "simply can't afford the hundreds of dollars an hour to take their children to get services."
Advocates applaud Snyder's recent call to improve the mental health system as the first step in the right direction.
Haveman said the new programs Snyder is expected to introduce will include mental health first aid training in professions like teachers and physicians who often come in contact with children and young adults.
The training "will go through a whole series of how to understand the mentally ill person," Haveman said. Participants will also be educated about the services available in the community so if someone identifies a person in need of help they can "point them in the right direction," he said.


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Infinity Ward Plans Additional Security for Future Titles, Due to PS3 Hack
The announcement also comes in light of the fact that the recent developments have allowed the manipulation of Modern Warfare 2 player stats on the PlayStation 3.
"Games rely on the security of the encryption on the platforms they're played on, therefore; updates to the game through patches will not resolve this problem, unless the security exploit itself is resolved on the platform," said Rob Bowling, Infinity Ward's Community Manager.
Bowling went on to say that Modern Warfare 2 was being hit the hardest, due to its popularity, but that the "number of legitimate players severely outweighs the bad apples." Bowling suggests playing with friends to avoid the problem altogether, but also points out that the issue only concerns "legacy games such as Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2."


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PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA, acquired Vanex, Inc., Mount Vernon, IL, a privately held suppler of Plascron and Breakthrough water-based industrial coatings. Vanex's coatings find use on metal, plastic and wood in the structural-steel, building-systems, construction and fabricated-metals industries. PPG, among other products, supplies TrueFinish liquid and powder coatings to manufacturers, custom coaters and distributors.
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Allan Darby was talking about some of the battles he fought after he survived Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
From the bed, where he spends most of his time, he talked about breaking his leg on the football field in October of that year.
That led into a story about watching the Japanese planes fly over Pearl Harbor and strafe the hospital where he was recovering. From there, he ended up in a foxhole on an island in the Pacific, the longest night of his life, he said. He trailed off, trying to place all of the memories in the correct order.
"Am I getting ahead of myself, Lee?"
"You're doing great, Dad," said Lee Darby, who had been listening quietly from the corner of the room.
On the 71st anniversary of the attacks today, with most Pearl Harbor survivors in their 90s -- Darby, of Absecon, will turn 92 in January -- relatives are especially aware of the value of these kinds of stories. Families maintain the legacy of Pearl Harbor veterans through stories, photographs, objects and letters from the war.
Lee Darby said some of her earliest memories are of her father speaking openly about the attacks and the ensuing war. Allan Darby calls her his secretary because she remembers details of his life so well. She knows his stories, and tells them proudly as if they were her own.
"It's like being inside his head because I can pretty much tell the story verbatim. Sometimes I can tell it better than him," she said, laughing.
And she isn't the only one. Darby struggles to walk, so his son, Allan Darby Jr., represented him in a wreath-laying ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivors Sunday in Somers Point. Darby's granddaughter, Jaime, wrote about the Pearl Harbor attacks for her college entrance essay. Darby's great-granddaughter Madison, 13, recently wrote a report on the attacks for school. His other great-granddaughter, Lily, 4, walks up to anyone she sees in military uniform and says, "Thank you for your service."
Lee Darby went to Hawaii with her father, mother and daughter in 1996.
"It was fascinating to see it through his eyes," she said. "To be there and for him to show you, 'This is Kolekole Pass where the planes came in.'"
Aside from preserving her father's memories, Lee Darby fights to get disabled soldiers proper health coverage and works to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder. She also lives with and cares for her father.
Darby has attended many Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremonies. This year, he plans to stay at home.
"I'll be in bed here, watching everything happen on TV," he said.
Margaret Lopez remembers, as a child, playing with a wooden tent spike that her father, Stephen Acocella, whittled during the war. There was also the model airplane, welded together with shell casings.
Lopez knew that her father served in World War II and that he survived the Pearl Harbor attacks, but, until recently, he never spoke about the details.
"I kept it quiet and in my head. I never got them involved with what I went through," he said. "I felt like I was bragging or something."
Also, it was traumatic. To this day, Acocella, of Vineland, has nightmares about the attack.
"I can remember it like it was yesterday," he said. "It's constantly in my head. Never changed, after all these years. I can still see what I was doing that morning."
He woke up and, still in his underwear, asked his friend why the Army and Navy were doing maneuvers. Then he saw smoke, heard explosions and realized it wasn't the Army and Navy. Outside he could see the Japanese planes bombing ships. The planes were so close that he could see a Japanese pilot in the cockpit.
"I could see him laughing in the plane. He was only treetop high," Acocella said. "I was so ticked off, we started throwing rocks and potatoes at him because we had no ammunition, guns, no bullets for our rifles."
Details like that -- the chucking of potatoes at the incoming planes -- which might not be mentioned in the history books, are the ones that Lopez said helps her relate to the event.
"You laugh about it today, but at the time it had to be so frustrating when they didn't have ammo and they're throwing apples and whatever they have," she said, laughing. "I mean, it sounds funny, but it's actually upsetting. You can imagine how that felt."
Acocella went four years without returning home. Lopez's mother, whom Acocella married when he returned from war, wrote to him every day. He read about the deaths of two of his sisters in a 2-month-old newspaper. Lopez carefully notes striking details such as these.
Lopez and Acocella live in separate homes on the same property. She displays his awards and photographs prominently throughout, something the humble Acocella would not do on his own.
Acocella has grandchildren, and Lopez said they also proudly keep his first-person account alive.
"We've had relatives write up a story, and he wrote up a story," Lopez said. "And I'll ask him details like, 'Where were you when that happened?' or 'What happened to you after that?' We keep it alive like that. And we're just so proud of him for what he's done."


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• SWT = "Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala"= Exalted He is (used for Allah)
• S = Peace be upon him and his family (used for Prophet Muhammad)
• as = "Alayhi al-Salam"= Peace be upon him (used for the prophets and the Imams)
• RA = "Radhiyallah Anh/Anha"= may Allah be pleased with him/her
Please note that the addresses of Sahih al-Bukhari which are given in the form of x.xxx match the Arabic-English version of Sahih al-Bukhari which is available in most mosques. The first number before the point indicates the volume number, and the number after the point indicates the tradition number (not the page number). For example al-Bukhari Hadith 8.578 indicates volume 8, tradition #578 for the Arabic-English version.
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- 6 rippled lasagna noodles
- 1 pound lean ground turkey, 7% fat
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 can (15 ounces) low-sodium crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup low-sodium canned tomato sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1/2 cup shredded, part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
Heat oven to 375°F. In a large pot, boil 4 quarts water over high heat, then add lasagna noodles, one at a time. Stir gently after adding last noodle, and boil 8–10 minutes. Noodles should be flexible but not overly soft. Drain noodles and immediately place on a baking sheet or cutting board in a single layer. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook ground turkey until cooked through, and break into crumbles. Add chopped onion and sauté until onions soften slightly. Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil, oregano, garlic, black pepper, and red pepper flakes if desired. Stir and lower heat to simmer for 1–2 minutes. Spray a small baking dish (at least 9 inches square) with nonstick cooking spray. Handling each noodle separately, spoon about 1/4 cup of meat mixture along the length of the noodle, then roll up from one end. Place open-side down in the baking dish. Spoon remaining meat mixture evenly over the tops of the lasagna rolls. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the rolls, and bake 25 minutes or until cheese is lightly browned. Garnish with chopped parsley before serving.
Yield: 6 servings.
Serving size: 1 roll.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 197 calories, Carbohydrates: 29 g, Protein: 9 g, Fat: 5 g, Saturated Fat: 3 g, Cholesterol: 43 mg, Sodium: 182 mg, Fiber: 3 g
Exchanges per serving: 2 starch, 1 medium-fat meat. Carbohydrate choices: 2.
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What is Yoga?Yoga is an ancient Indian body of knowledge that dates back more than 5000 years ago as a way to work the mind, body and spirit together as one. The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "Yuj" meaning to yoke, join or union. This implies joining or integrating all aspects of the individual - body with brain and mind with essence - to achieve a happy, balanced and useful life, and spiritually, uniting the individual with the extreme. What is commonly referred to as "yoga" can be more accurately described by the Sanskrit word asana, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses. Asana is only one of the eight "limbs" of yoga, the majority of which are more concerned with mental and spiritual well being than physical activity. In the West, however, the words asana and yoga are often used interchangeably.
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The former Mighty 8th Air Force Museum is now the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force.
Although the Pooler institution's overall mission will not change, the new name reflects its role of providing education about the unit and those who served with it to a national - and international - audience, said museum president and CEO Henry Skipper late Wednesday morning.
"This is an announcement that I believe signifies really a new era in our museum," Skipper told a group of museum supporters gathered in front of the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress that serves as the centerpiece of the museum's Combat Gallery. "The Mighty 8th Air Force Museum has always existed to honor the men and women of the 8th Air Force from World War II to the present, and for the past 17 years we've done just that."
Among the museum's supporters are countless veteran volunteers, including many who served with the 8th Air Force during World War II.
Bud Porter, a 92-year-old Hilton Head Island resident, served as a ball-turret gunner on a B-17 crew with the unit during the war. He makes the trip to the Mighty Eighth at least three times a week because it gives him the opportunity to speak with people about his experiences and learn from others.
"This museum, you know, I've been involved since the beginning, and it's like a second career for me," he said. "For me, it's a bit reliving memories - some good, some bad. But it's (also) the people and their stories that make this place really special."
Every year some 115,000 people visit the 90,000-square-foot museum just off U.S. 80 near Interstate 95. The majority, Skipper hopes, leave not only with a greater understanding of the 8th Air Force's role in combat, but also with an emotional connection to the men and women who served with it.
"What we do is all about education," he said. "Whether we're teaching or just informing, it's all about making sure our guests leave with the knowledge and a deep appreciation for the significance of the 8th Air Force in the history of our country and the history of the world."
Future plans to expand the museum, he hopes, will only add to the goal.
In the coming months, the Mighty Eighth will unveil a new, expanded Prisoner of War exhibit; within the next year, Skipper said, the museum also intends to unveil plans for an expansion to the existing structure that will house an exhibit chronicling the 8th Air Force since World War II.
"These are changes that are part of our strategic initiative that will take place over the next few months and the next few years," he said.
The expanded POW exhibit will include original artifacts owned by the about 28,000 8th Air Force veterans who spent time in Nazi POW camps during World War II. It will explain the harsh day-to-day life imprisoned service members faced at the hands of the enemy.
The other new exhibit, that will likely not be ready for at least two years, will detail the roles the 8th Air Force has played in conflicts since World War II.
"We'll start with Korea through Vietnam," Skipper said. "... It will be a significant addition to the museum. In addition to the space that we currently have, with this particular exhibit, over time, we expect to enlarge the museum itself as we gain more and more artifacts, and as we're able to move the building out so we can tell the story a lot more effectively."
All the changes, the CEO said, are designed only to improve the museum experience and give a title on par with its mission.
"A national museum much more accurately describes who we are and what we're doing," Skipper said. "We are, and have always been, a national museum - even a national treasure, even international.
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Greetings to all! Is everyone doing ok? I'm doing well enough, although had a couple little bleeding issues yesterday and a few minor ones earlier in the week, but we're not going to get into that!
I want to post some recent photos of Mothers Day @ Celia and Gregs! Celia just sent me these photos last night - we had gotten Mom those birds @ the Christmas Store in Littleton, CO. Later I thought, she really has so many collectables all over her house, that I shouldn't have gone that route - but I know she liked them! Probably would have just been as happy w/a bottle of Bailey's! :)
Look @ what a great photo this is of Mark and Mom - she is in heaven when she is in his company! They have a very special relationship and we all adore him too! We look forward to seeing Davis soon, as he will be in town next week! Both boys are just extraordinary, they've been (and are) so much fun!
Here is a photo of Mark with his girlfriend Karen Down - she has fit right in and made herself @ home with our family and we all really like her! She made the best cookies for Mothers Day and I ate both of the ones she sent, much to my Marks dismay! Oh well, I assured him there's gotta be a recipe out there where we can get more! I want to say they were choc. chip, but they had a green mint frosting and some crushed pepermint on top - delish!
Here are a couple more photos from my birthday sushi party @ Celia's! The flower arrangement next to me is from Mark Fossum! He is such a doll!
I don't know if you can tell, but on that last photo, Mark is picking up one of those pieces of cake w/his chop sticks and I'm pretending to pour some soy sauce on it! Everything was so good! We always have fun when we all get together and share a lot of laughs! My family makes it possible to deal with this terrible ordeal I'm going through and really give me an incredible amount of love and support! They're the best!
As always, wishing you all great health! Gotta go see what the kiddos are barking at! Take Care!
Turns out they were barking @ some Jehova's Witness - Yikes!
I keep forgetting to post this photo of the beautiful flowers that Mom brought me from her garden for my birthday! I had so many people @ work do a double take and come back to ask me about them!


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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Comerica Bank for a two-year, $10 million revolving credit facility.
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Subject to certain exceptions, all borrowings under the credit facility will be secured by substantially all of Verenium's assets, excluding intellectual property, and will bear interest at the daily LIBOR plus 4.75%. The proceeds from this facility will be used for general working capital purposes. In addition, subject to certain limitations, the structure of the credit facility enables Verenium to leverage certain additional assets for additional secured financing.
"We are very pleased with the flexibility this new facility provides the company, and that we have addressed a significant portion of our overall financing needs with a non-dilutive source of capital," said Jeffrey Black, Chief Financial Officer at Verenium. "This is a prudent next step for us in that it provides a low-cost source of capital to continue to move the business forward."
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|Miracles of the Qur'an:
An astonishing prediction is found in the first verses of Surat ar-Rum, which refers to the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the later Roman Empire: The Byzantine Empire, which had met with a great defeat, would soon gain victory.
These verses were revealed around 620, almost 7 years after the idolatrous Persians had severely defeated Christian Byzantium in 613-14. In fact, Byzantium had suffered such heavy losses that it seemed impossible for it even to survive, let alone be victorious again. Following their defeat of the Byzantines at Antioch in 613, the Persians seized control of Damascus, Cilicia, Tarsus, Armenia, and Jerusalem. The loss of Jerusalem in 614 was particularly traumatic for the Byzantines, for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed and the Persians seized the "True Cross," the symbol of Christianity.
In addition, the Avars, Slavs, and Lombards also were posing serious threats to the Byzantine Empire. The Avars had reached as far as the walls of Constantinople. Emperor Heraclius ordered the gold and silver in churches to be melted and turned into money in order to meet the army's expenses. When this proved insufficient, bronze statues were melted down in order to mint more money. Many governors had revolted against Heraclius, and Byzantium was on the point of collapse.188 Mesopotamia, Cilicia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Armenia, which had earlier belonged to Byzantium, were invaded by the idolatrous Persians.
In short, everyone was expecting Byzantium to be destroyed. But during this time, the first verses of Surat ar-Rum were revealed, announcing that Byzantium would triumph in 3 to 9 years. This predicted victory seemed so impossible that the Arab polytheists thought it would never come true.
Like all the other predictions in the Qur'an, however, this one also came true. In 622, Heraclius gained a number of victories over the Persians and conquered Armenia. In December 627, the two empires fought a decisive battle at Nineveh, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of the Tigris river, near Baghdad. This time too, the Byzantine army defeated the Persians. A few months later, the Persians had to sue for peace with Byzantium, which obliged them to return the territories they had taken from it.
The Byzantine victory was completed when Emperor Heraclius defeated the Persian ruler Khosrow II in 630, recaptured Jerusalem, and regained the "True Cross" for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
In the end, "the victory of the Romans" proclaimed by Allah in the Qur'an miraculously came true within the verses' stated "three to nine years" time frame.
Another miracle revealed in these verses is the announcement of a geographical fact that could not have been known by anyone at that time: that the Romans had been defeated in the lowest region of Earth. This Arabic expression adnaa al-ard is interpreted as "a nearby place" in many translations. However, this is not the literal meaning, but rather a figurative interpretation. The word adnaa, derived from the word dani' (low), means "the lowest." The word ard means "the world." Therefore, adnaa al-ard means "the lowest place on Earth."
Some interpreters of the Qur'an, considering the closeness of the region in question to the Arabs, prefer the "closest" meaning of the word. However, the actual meaning indicates a very important geological fact: The Dead Sea basin, one of the regions in which the Byzantines were defeated in 613-14, is the lowest region on Earth.
As stated earlier, for Christian Byzantium, the loss of the True Cross was the heaviest blow in that defeat in Jerusalem, located near the shores of the Dead Sea.
The Byzantines and the Persians actually fought at the Dead Sea basin, which is situated at the intersection point of the lands belonging to Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. At 399 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is the "lowest" place on Earth's surface.
However, as only modern measuring methods and equipment can prove this fact, it would have been impossible for anyone living at that time to realize this truth. Yet, the Qur'an states clearly that this region was the "lowest land" on Earth and thereby provides further evidence that it is the word of Allah.
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Prophet Muhammad (saas) had a dream when he was in Medina, that the believers had entered the Sacred Mosque and walked around the Kaaba. He gave the good news to the believers. Those of the believers who migrated from Mecca to Medina had not been able to return since. When Prophet Muhammad (saas) spoke of his dream, as the account has it, the believers went to Mecca for the purposes of pilgrimage, although the idolators would not allow them in. The unbelievers saw this as an opportunity to sow discord, and tried to prove Prophet Muhammad's (saas) dream false by saying that they had been unable to go to the Kaaba and unable to cut their hair.
Allah revealed verse 27 of Surat al-Fath to Prophet Muhammad (saas) to help and support him, and revealed that the dream was true, and that if Allah so wished the believers would be able to enter Mecca. A short while later, with the Treaty of Hudaybiya and the conquest of Mecca, the believers were able to enter the Sacred Mosque in complete safety, just as the dream had shown. That was how Allah showed that the news He had previously given to Prophet Muhammad (saas) was true. (Imam Taberi, Taberi Tefsiri, [Tafsir at-Tabari])
Another important point here is this: When Prophet Muhammad (saas) gave that good news to the believers it looked totally out of the question. In fact, the situation pointed in quite the opposite direction, and the polytheists appeared quite determined never to let the believers in. That led those who harbored doubts in their hearts to doubt the words of Prophet Muhammad (saas). Yet, Prophet Muhammad (saas) trusted in Allah, took no notice of what people might say, had complete faith in what Allah had revealed to him and told people about it. It is an important miracle that his words were confirmed by the Qur'an, and that they came to pass shortly afterwards.
As these verses reveal, the Children of Israel were to experience two victories. Following the first of these, and their "reaching to a degree of great haughtiness," Allah then sent a powerful army against them. Indeed, when the Jews killed the Prophet Yahya (as) and set a trap to kill the Prophet 'Isa (as), in other words, after their "reaching to a degree of great haughtiness," they were exiled shortly afterwards from Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D. The Temple of Solomon in the city was completely demolished.
Following their exile from Palestine in 70 A.D., the Jews wandered all over the world. Since they were seen as the killers of 'Isa (as), they were generally despised in European countries, had to live under oppressive conditions, and even most of the time had to practice their religion in secret. When that verse was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (saas), the Jews were living under very difficult conditions and had no state of their own. Yet, Allah told them that they would one day recover their strength.
That looked like a particularly remote possibility when Prophet Muhammad (saas) was alive, yet it later came about. They returned to Palestine and established the State of Israel in 1948. Israel's military and political power is no secret to anyone today.
In this verse regarding the Jews, and in other verses, one of the important things is the revelation that things that looked totally impossible at the time, would come about. All of these examples are miracles of the Qur'an, of course.
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In his book Darwin's Black Box, the prominent American biochemist Dr. Michael J. Behe stresses that the structure of the living cell and all other biochemical systems were unknown "black boxes" for Darwin and his contemporaries. Darwin assumed that these black boxes possessed very simple structures and could have come about by chance. Now, however, modern biochemistry has opened up these black boxes and revealed the irreducibly complex structure of life. Behe states that Darwin's comments on the emergence of the eye seemed convincing because of the primitive level of nineteenth-century science:
Darwin persuaded much of the world that a modern eye evolved gradually from a simpler structure, but he did not even try to explain where his starting point—the relatively simple light-sensitive spot—came from. On the contrary, Darwin dismissed the question of the eye's ultimate origin… He had an excellent reason for declining the question: it was completely beyond nineteenth-century science. How the eye works—that is, what happens when a photon of light first hits the retina—simply could not be answered at that time.1
So, how does this system, which Darwin glossed over as a simple structure, actually work? How do the cells in the eye's retinal layer perceive the light rays that fall on them?
The answer to that question is rather complicated. When photons hit the cells of the retina they activate a chain action, rather like a domino effect. The first of these domino pieces is a molecule called "11-cis-retinal" that is sensitive to photons. When struck by a photon, this molecule changes shape, which in turn changes the shape of a protein called "rhodopsin" to which it is tightly bound. Rhodopsin then takes a form that enables it to stick to another resident protein in the cell called "transducin."
Prior to reacting with rhodopsin, transducin is bound to another molecule called GDP. When it connects with rhodopsin, transducin releases the GDP molecule and is linked to a new molecule called GTP. That is why the new complex consisting of the two proteins (rhodopsin and transducin) and a smaller molecule (GTP) is called "GTP-transducin-rhodopsin."
But the process has only just begun. The new GTP-transducin-rhodopsin complex can now very quickly bind to another protein resident in the cell called "phosphodiesterase." This enables the phosphodiesterase protein to cut yet another molecule resident in the cell, called cGMP. Since this process takes place in the millions of proteins in the cell, the cGMP concentration is suddenly decreased.
How does all this help with sight? The last element of this chain reaction supplies the answer. The fall in the cGMP amount affects the ion channels in the cell. The so-called ion channel is a structure composed of proteins that regulate the number of sodium ions within the cell. Under normal conditions, the ion channel allows sodium ions to flow into the cell while another molecule disposes of the excess ions to maintain a balance. When the number of cGMP molecules falls, so does the number of sodium ions. This leads to an imbalance of charge across the membrane, which stimulates the nerve cells connected to these cells, forming what we refer to as an "electrical impulse." Nerves carry the impulses to the brain and "seeing" happens there.2
In brief, a single photon hits a single cell, and through a series of chain reactions the cell produces an electrical impulse. This stimulus is modulated by the energy of the photon—that is, the brightness of the light. Another fascinating fact is that all of the processes described so far happen in no more than one thousandth of a second. As soon as this chain reaction is completed, other specialized proteins within the cells convert elements such as 11-cis-retinal, rhodopsin and transducin back to their original states. The eye is under a constant shower of photons, and the chain reactions within the eye's sensitive cells enable it to perceive each one of these.
The process of sight is actually a great deal more complicated than the outline presented here would indicate. However, even this brief overview is sufficient to demonstrate the extraordinary nature of the system. The eye is so complicated, and finely calculated that it is nonsensical to claim that this system could have come about by chance. The system possesses a totally irreducibly complex structure. If even one of the many molecular parts that enter into a chain reaction with each other were missing, or did not possess a suitable structure, then the system would not function at all.
It is clear that this system deals a heavy blow to Darwin's explanation of life by "chance." Michael Behe makes this comment on the chemistry of the eye and the theory of evolution:
Now that the black box of vision has been opened, it is no longer enough for an evolutionary explanation of that power to consider only the anatomical structures of whole eyes, as Darwin did in the nineteenth century (and as popularizers of evolution continue to do today). Each of the anatomical steps and structures that Darwin thought were so simple actually involves staggeringly complicated biochemical processes that cannot be papered over with rhetoric.3
The irreducibly complex structure of the eye not only definitively disproves the Darwinist theory, but also shows that life was created.
1. Michael J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box, The Free Press, New York, 1996, p. 18.
|Quick Grasp of Faith:
In Paradise, all of the believers who have lived since the time of Prophet Adam (as) will be together. Among these people will be the prophets, martyrs, and sincere believers who affirmed the messengers and followed the path they showed. The glad tidings are given to the believers in the Qur'an, as follows:
Is it possible to distinguish those people who are more pious? How is piety (taqwa) displayed?
It is impossible to determine who has the most piety in Allah's sight. A person's true piety, sincerity, and faith are hidden in his or her heart, and only Allah knows them, whereas people may only form a strong opinion about somebody's piety.
People form their opinions about others based upon their conduct. For example, a person's sincerity toward Allah, loyalty to the religion, sincere effort to earn Allah's good pleasure, eagerness and resoluteness to serve religion, love for the believers and loyalty allow others to form an opinion about that person's piety. Even so, the final judgment belongs to Allah alone.
People become pious by avoiding sins, forbidden acts, or behavior that does not comply with the Qur'an's morals. Whoever is firmer in living according to good morals, makes more effort to help religion, and is more devoted to adhering to the religion's commands increases his or her piety.
Pious believers also can be identified by their wisdom. Their decisions are right, they find much easier and quicker solutions to problems, and their speech is much wiser and more impressive. They can perceive aspects of events that remain unnoticed by others, and have a much keener awareness. They do not do things to put themselves forward, but display a sincere manner. They do not seek the adulation and praise of other people, but only Allah's good pleasure. Regardless of the situation, they always observe the limits set by Allah. People who possess all of these features may be expected to have a high degree of righteousness. However, one still cannot form a definite opinion concerning another's degree of piety or level of faith in relationship to other people, for all such evaluations are only superficial, being based upon what is seen from the outside. Peoples' true faith, devotion, sincerity, and nearness to Allah is known only by Allah.
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In this site, we will analyze this scientific crisis faced by the theory of evolution. This work rests solely upon scientific findings. Those advocating the theory of evolution on behalf of scientific truth should confront these findings and question the presumptions they have so far held. Refusal to do this would mean openly accepting that their adherence to the theory of evolution is dogmatic rather than scientific.


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Japanese debut for LaFerrari
The "LaFerrari", the first hybrid supercar built at Maranello appeared for the first time in Japan last night. The latest member of the limited special edition series produced by the Prancing Horse was shown to a group of selected owners and enthusiasts of the Marque in an exclusive setting in the centre of Tokyo.
"Japan's passion for supercars goes back a long time and we are happy to be able to give our most loyal customers the most powerful car ever built by Ferrari," said Herbert Appleroth, the President and CEO of Ferrari Japan.
Guests at the event were able to enjoy a special exhibition called "Supercar Chronicle," which brought together all the previous supercars from the Prancing Horse's illustrious past – the 288 GTO, the F40, the F50 and the Enzo. After that came the unveiling of the "LaFerrari" in an refined and elegant ceremony, which matched the exclusivity of a car of which only 499 examples will be built.


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Li Li obsessed with scientific research, Duxue Min Si, committed to
innovation, intoxicated scientific charm; Pharaoh of steel welding
interpretation of industrial art, the great craftsman to deserved. However, the
talk style, it touches on Liu's life trajectory is more tempting.
Insects and birds called flowers and earth, nature left behind every moment of beauty is the grace of God, Liu walking in the green mountains and rivers, with the camera to record this touching bit, he will frame the beautiful frame for the text And images, leaving the wandering beautiful nostalgia, but also stagnant around the style and style.
There is a documentary on the network called "companion" documentary program is very popular about a pair of adventure couples travel the world experience, full of real people really King, wherever there are quiet and rustic exotic villages, there are thrilling Somalia The Gulf or gunfire in the Middle East town. They go to the ordinary people do not want to go or can not go to the place to see their programs, as if exposure to the rest of the world, while I will feel - after all, not everyone can like them can To meet in the vegetation mountains and rivers, go out and see the world of thousands of weather.


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We often look to our movie and television stars for sartorial inspiration, but we also seek out their style for living life, conquering the predictable dips, and being outrageously fabulous.
Audrey Hepburn gave those fans looking for a gamine approach much to work with, and Judy Garland schooled plenty of people on the nature of pluck. And Dame Joan Collins? Few famous people have done sheer fabulousness as well, or as easily. Who sashays into a room as well as Ms. Collins, and with such polished power?
The performer, who dominated on the TV series "Dynasty" throughout much of the 1980s, has a sparkly frock or two in her personal collection, you will not be surprised to learn. And some of those gowns, and other articles, went to auction in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
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Standouts on the block include "outstanding couture dresses from the 1960s, screen worn costumes, designer fashions and accessories, jewelry, career memorabilia, decorative art, furniture and personal items," too.
A pair of "vintage Louis Vuitton steamer trunks" will go to the highest bidding globetrotter, as well as "a couture halter dress worn to the 'Doctor Doolittle' premiere."
Want to eye everything? There's video at the Julien's Auctions site.
Want to learn to sashay into a room with pure fabulousness? A "Dynasty" re-watch may up your Joan-a-tude exponentially.
Want to see a beautifully emotional turn, among many, by Dame Collins? Her splashy '80s-era looks get much press, but spend an hour with the original "Star Trek" series, and the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever." It's a performance that's legendary in sci-fi pop culture, and one that held a different sort of allure, one that's both heartache-y and thought-provoking.
Few actresses are as memorable, both in person and on the screen. For a peek at the auction, sashay this way, and don't forget your stole and your sheer strength.


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Watching the Democratic debate last night, I thought to myself: I would buy a used car from Barack Obama. He is smart, disarming, adroit, and likable. In a debate format with Hillary Clinton, the competition has been reduced to seeking Democratic votes on claims to the greatest ideological purity. For him, the claim rests on his opposition to the Iraq war. For her, the claim rests on her health care program. Both Obama and Clinton are peddling tales of gloom and doom, and both recognize no greater threat to the United States than the Bush administratoin. In substance, they both portend a grim Eurosocialist future for the United States. With his personal attributes, however, Obama has it all over her.
For John McCain to prevail against Obama, McCain will have to deploy an intellectual rigor in exposing Obama that he has yet to display on the campaign trail. Tony Blankley draws the lessons of the Clinton campaign against Obama and calls for "a surgeon's scalpel." Does McCain have it in him?
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text: People are passionate about their tacos in Tijuana. Ask any local and they'll tell you their favorite - complete with mouthwatering details. Three local Tijuana foodies take Rick on a taco "crawl" starting with arrachera (skirt steak) tacos at El Yaqui. Piled high with beans, creamy avocado salsa and Mexican "candy" (roasted jalapenos). The feast moves on to include suadero tacos at Los Ahumadores, sauteed and fried shrimp tacos at Mariscos El Mazateno, steamed tacos on Tijuana's tourist strip and ends with smoked salmon tacos at Salceados. At home, Rick creates a taco feast for a casual backyard cookout.


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Permit this old lady an opportunity to step up on her journalist soapbox and speak out in recognition of the overlooked women in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the silent older women, who, as a group, were given conspicuous short shrift at October's National Conference on Women and HIV/AIDS. As they customarily are, the senior women were, for the most part, invisible and isolated; they were essentially ignored.
Yes, planners of the 1999 national women's meeting followed the lead of many "professionals" in the HIV/AIDS community -- scientists and researchers, educators, medical and social service providers, other conference organizers -- who tend to neglect this aging population when reaching out to females in general. This is an oversight that must be corrected.
Of the approximately 65 sessions offered at the Los Angeles conference, only one examined issues of older women in its entirety. Should I have been surprised by this unfair representation? No. The myth is that women, as their years advance, are no longer sexual beings, and therefore, can't be infected with the virus. So there's no urgency to consider them or their place in the HIV/AIDS picture.
All this, despite the fact that AIDS cases among females over 50 have nearly tripled in this decade, while heterosexual transmission rates in this age group have increased 106 percent. At the conference, there was a paucity of detailed presentations on HIV prevention programs targeted at aging women, who may be more vulnerable to infection because they remain uniformed about the disease. This was especially discouraging to me because that is primarily what I preach: prevention. I am passionate about prevention because of a letter I opened on a Sunday in January 1991, upon my return to my Kansas City apartment from a fortnight spent in San Francisco. There I celebrated the holidays with longtime friends and with my only child, my adult son Stephen.
The letter, from a health insurance company to which I had recently applied for new medical coverage, announced that I had been rejected because of a "significant blood abnormality," revealed in a routine test. Shaken by the startling news, I slept little that night, and next morning, telephoned the insurance underwriter who had signed the letter.
"What is this 'significant blood abnormality?'" I inquired. "Why did I flunk your test?" Her reply: "Oh, I'm sorry but that's confidential. Your doctor will have to tell you." A few hours later, I was in the office of my family practitioner, who looked troubled as she referred to a fax from the insurance company and said: "Jane, this report claims your blood tested positive for HIV." Stunned, I had a second test two days later, anonymously this time. And, then I waited for the results. I waited two weeks -- the longest two weeks of my life -- before I learned that the second test only confirmed that I am HIV-infected.
My family and the few friends I told were as shocked as my doctor because I didn't fit an HIV/AIDS stereotype: I obviously was not a gay man; I had never been an injecting drug user, nor had I ever had a blood transfusion. At the time of my diagnosis nearly nine years ago, I was a 55-year-old career woman, who after graduating from the University of Kansas journalism school, spent 15 years as a reporter/feature writer for the Kansas City Star and continued as a writer for another two decades.
I had lived a traditional lifestyle: I'd been a virgin on my wedding night in 1959 and I remained monogamous during 23 years of marriage. But in the early 1980s, I was divorced and, for the first time in a quarter century, I was dating again. I didn't consider myself promiscuous. I didn't frequent the singles bars. I went out with men my age who, like me, had been married and were divorced. In those days, I knew little about HIV/AIDS, only that a mysterious, fatal ailment was affecting the gay community. It didn't occur to me that I would put myself at risk by engaging in unprotected sex with an attractive, intelligent, amusing man of many interests, a man who had been a close friend my entire adult life. But that's what happened to me at the end of 1985 at the age of 50. Infection with HIV.
Following my diagnosis in 1991, I withdrew. I did not have the courage to put myself in situations that might be painful -- where I might experience discrimination, rejection or prejudice. I lived in partial isolation, spending time mostly with family and friends who were supportive, compassionate and non-judgmental. Four years passed. I took my prescribed antiviral drugs and I was blessed; I stayed well. But I remained shamed and humiliated, still hiding the fact of my HIV.
Then, I had a change of heart. Why not liberate myself by publicly admitting my predicament and, perhaps, help some others at the same time? Encouraged by my son and my friends, I decided to stand up and say, "Look at this face, this old wrinkled face. This is another face of HIV. It's not who you are. It's what you do and don't do, regarding transmission of the virus." At first it was not easy. I had to conquer a fearful stage fright, and I had to become semi-comfortable with admitting: "I live with a stigmatizing sexually transmitted disease." Now, nearly five years later, I have given more than 250 educational programs around my home base in Missouri and in 26 cities in 18 states.
Troubling, however, is the fact that too few of these HIV prevention presentations are in settings where I talk directly to older women or to those who provide medical or social services to them. The prevailing, naïve attitude that senior women are not at risk for the viral infection, and don't need prevention information, must be reversed -- in everyone's mind.
This includes the women themselves, who need to be aware that their behaviors can put them at the same risk for infection as their younger counterparts. Coming of age in a generation that considered condom use necessary only for birth control, post-menopausal females have to be taught "safe sex" practices. I don't want them to make the mistake I did; and, then join the increasing numbers of HIV-infected.
It's no fun, being "senior" and living with the virus. Think first about how little information there is about possible interactions between antiviral drugs and those routinely prescribed for a variety of older ailments, such as osteoporosis. Personally, I wonder about my combination of two disparate therapies: triple antiviral and hormone replacement.
And, try as one might to age with humor and grace, it is not always easy to accept the limitations of decreased physical and mental capabilities. Couple these frustrations with the variety of feelings experienced by any HIV-infected woman, and the conclusion is that older females who are often hesitant to reveal their HIV status, even to families, may have to endure more emotional and physical stresses.
These sensibilities are intensified by the dual stigma of (1) infection with an STD and (2) ageism -- we know that in the United States, our society does not respect or value geriatric generations. I am reminded of the smug teenage girl who commented, after I spoke at her high school: "Look, we all know that we're going to die someday. You're old. So, what's the big deal?"
The "big deal" is that I'm not giving up, not at age 64. As a founder and co-chairperson of the National Association on HIV Over Fifty (NAHOF), I intend to live on and remain an activist. I will continue to advocate for greater acknowledgement and acceptance for older HIV-infected women and to champion prevention programs to keep negative women free of the virus.


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Victor Ekootak
Canadian, 1916–1965
River Fishing, 1966
stonecut on paper, Gov A/43
47 x 60.6 cm Image: 32.5 x 39 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada
Victor Ekootak was a founder of Holman Eskimo Co-operative and one of the first artists to produce drawings and prints in the early 1960s. An accomplished carver, he turned these skills to making stonecuts in 1964. Twelve of his prints were included in the first two annual print collections published by the Holman Eskimo Co-operative in 1965 and 1966. In this print the artist shows a fishing weir (or trap) of stone that was constructed to catch fish in shallow streams. Men, women, and children would participate in the spearing of the fish with kakivaks, or three-pronged fish spears. The fish would then be dried for future use by hanging them on a line, as shown in the background of the print.
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SAO SEBASTIAO DO PARAISO, Brazil – There's a saying thrown around when everything is going right for a person that "everything they touch turns to gold."
Members of the college basketball community felt that way about VCU Head Coach Shaka Smart in recent seasons with back-to-back NCAA Tournament trips, a win at the ESPYs and that whole Final Four thing too.
After last week, that statement was actually true as Smart was on the sidelines as an assistant for the USA Basketball U-18 squad who took home the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
"I thought the guys did a terrific job of playing unselfishly the whole tournament and they really defended well against Brazil. I thought that was the difference," Smart said. "It helped that we had a terrific head coach in Billy Donovan, it was great to work with him and Mark Few is one of the best coaches in the country, so it was a great experience for me."
The squad went a perfect 5-0 at the tournament with victories over the Virginia Islands, Mexico and Brazil in pool play and Argentina and Brazil in the semifinals and finals. The USA, which averaged 97.2 points a game during the championship while winning its five contests by an average of 38.6 points a game, received scoring from 11 of its 12 players.
The USA's winning of the gold medal is the nation's sixth FIBA Americas U18 gold medal in eight championships, and the U.S.is now 43-2 all-time in the U18 zone championship.
The top finishers from the U18 championship – USA, Brazil, Canada and Argentina- each earned an invite to the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship.