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On April 2 1806, an intriguing advertisement was placed in The Times. It described a Mr Daniel Lambert, "the greatest Curiosity in the World who, at the age of 36, weighs upwards of FIFTY STONE". Mr Lambert, it went on, "will see Company at his House, No 53 Piccadilly, opposite St James's Church - Admittance 1s".
An animal-breeder from Leicester, Lambert had been fit and strong in his youth, fighting a bear in the street on one occasion. It was, by all accounts, only when he moved to the relatively sedentary job of keeper at Leicester gaol that he dramatically gained weight.
He died at the age of 39, probably from an artery blockage, but not before having made a fortune from exhibiting himself, becoming, according to the Leicester Mercury in 2009, "one of the city's most cherished icons".
Whether Lambert would attract the same attention today is doubtful. More than 200 years on, there are reportedly a staggering 100,000 Lamberts in Britain: the "super-obese", with a body mass index (BMI) of 50 or more, in need of triple-width aircraft seats and wardrobe-sized coffins.
That figure is just the tip of the iceberg. We Brits are fatter and heavier than ever before in history, with one in four of us classified as obese (with a BMI of between 30 and 40), a figure that has doubled in the past quarter-century, while a further third are overweight (a BMI between 25 and 29).
It's not only our BMIs that are on an upward curve. Waistlines are expanding, too, especially as we get older and our metabolic rates slow. Recent figures show that 30 per cent of men and 55 per cent of women aged 60 to 70 have an unhealthy waist size, of 40in (102cm) and 34.5in (88cm) respectively.
Corpulence has always been with us, of course, although in former times it was associated with the rich. The lower classes, who lived on cheap staples such as bread, porridge and gruel with a little meat on Sundays, tended to be scrawny. These days, obesity is unequivocally linked to poverty, while the rich - especially rich women - tend to thinness.
Looking around the Daily Telegraph offices, for example, one wouldn't be aware of any obesity "epidemic", and the same would be true of any gathering of an educated, metropolitan elite. That said, the middle classes shouldn't grow too complacent. Figures from the Government's National Obesity Forum show that weight problems are rising at all levels of society, and with them, an increased risk of life-threatening conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
How did we get so fat? The answer is simple: we eat too much and move too little. Many experts now hold that this is not our fault, that we are no more gluttonous or slothful than our predecessors. The theory is that we are at the mercy of evolution and our genes have primed us to eat whenever food is available.
"In the past, the person with the feeble appetite would be the one who died in winter," says Ursula Arens, a dietitian and writer on nutrition.
"Everyone alive today is a survivor thanks to having fat, greedy ancestors. Which is why we can't endlessly tell people to eat less - they come up against their own bodies telling them to eat at all times food is available."
And today, in contrast to the distant past, food is constantly available, plentiful and (notwithstanding today's rising prices) cheap.
"One hundred years ago, food was phenomenally expensive - up to 70 per cent of the average income," says Arens. Thanks to government policy to maximise yields after the Second World War, "prices have been falling since the Fifties and food is now about 10 per cent of average earnings, excluding alcohol".
The entry of women into the workplace also radically changed the kind of food we ate: with wives coming home at the same time as their husbands, meals had to be easy, convenient and with a long shelf life. Increasingly, manufacturers added fat and sugar to this highly processed food to make it palatable.
Yet surely our grandparents were also fond of their fat and sugar, in the form of syrup puddings and spotted dick, not to mention the fatty meat and mounds of bread and butter people ate (aside from wartime)? Arens points out that in the past, with men going to the fields or the factory and women doing their own laundry and housework, they soon used up the calories. Food diaries from the Fifties show that whatever people ate, they followed a pretty strict regime of three meals a day, with little in between.
"If you were hungry in between meals, you ate an apple or a slice of bread. Chocolate was reserved for special occasions," she says.
Today, with food available all day every day, we snack at will on calorie-dense soft drinks, savouries, pastries and choc-chip biscuits. The habit is especially common among the young, with UK consumers between the ages of six and 24 being the biggest snackers in Europe.
And some snacks are bigger than others. "When I was a girl and we went to the seaside, I'd take a sandwich in a Tupperware box," says Dr Susan Jebb, professor of diet and population health at the University of Oxford. "Now you can get a three-course meal at a petrol station."
Increasing choices mean we are ever more food-obsessed and never bored enough to stop eating. A typical dinner of 50 years ago - lamb chops, say, with boiled potatoes - was pretty un-titillating; now we have Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Thai to constantly whet our appetites.
"If you had to eat the same food over and over, you would lose weight very quickly," says Professor Jimmy Bell, of the MRC Clinical Sciences Research Centre in Hammersmith.
Larger plates, cups and portions, especially of ready meals, are another factor: research by the British Heart Foundation found that in the past 20 years, individual chicken pies grew in size by 40 per cent and curry meals by 50 per cent.
Alcohol may be another factor - and not just in the form of the classic (male) beer belly. Women in particular have been drinking more over the past 30 years, usually in the form of wine, and there's evidence that even a small amount of alcohol before or with a meal makes us eat more. And few people realise alcohol has a value of 7kcal per gram - second only to fat (9kcal/g) in energy density.
Then there are the marketing strategies - the meal deals, the three-for-two offers, the packaging and positioning, all designed to trick our brains into believing we want more.
Prof Paul Fletcher, a neuroscientist at Cambridge University, says that certain "reward centres" in the brain light up when we see images associated with food. "It's like what happens when a former drug addict passes a house where he used to score. The brain is stimulated and he will have a sudden intense desire to do so again."
Why can't we exert some willpower and eat less? It's not so easy, according to Prof Jebb, scientific adviser to the Government on nutrition and co-author of the influential Foresight report on obesity in 2007. "The amount of time food has been plentiful has been the blink of an eye - we haven't had a chance to evolve to catch up," she says.
Also "there is an asymmetry between our powerful biological drive to eat and an appetite-control system, in which signals of fullness are weak". Which is why in restaurants it's hard to resist the dessert even when we are comfortably full.
To lose excess weight, we would have to exert "very powerful cognitive control" and tolerate intense hunger signals, says Prof Jebb.
Oddly, though, some surveys appear to show that we eat fewer calories than people did in the past (excluding the two world wars), although such anecdotal surveys are not considered that reliable.
And even if we are eating less, it doesn't match our plummeting levels of physical activity. Car ownership, the loss of manual work, technology taking over household chores and "screen time" at home - note more recently the seductions of Facebook and Twitter - have all contributed to our increasingly sedentary lifestyles. The loss of school playing fields - 10,000 were sold off between 1979 and 1997 and a further two a month since the 2012 Olympics - are held to be another reason why one in 10 children is obese.
"Our grandparents may have had a higher calorie intake than we do, but they walked miles to the shops, did the laundry by hand and mostly had physical jobs, so they needed the calories," says Arens. "You don't need them if you're sitting in a call centre all day."
By contrast, the latest research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council found that nearly 80 per cent of the population is failing to hit key government targets (moderate exercise for 150 minutes weekly). And nearly one in 10 adults does not walk continuously for even five minutes a day.
"We all know we should exercise regularly but it's difficult if you have kids and a full-time job," says Arens. And there are more attractive options for our limited leisure time: the choice between a gym session and a film with a friend is, frankly, a no-brainer.
The result, says Prof Jebb, is that on average we consume 25 calories a day more than we expend. It's not a lot, but enough, as it accumulates over the years, to make us fat. "It's not rampant gluttony but a minor error in our homeostatic balance that is the problem," she adds.
It's not all bad news. Latest figures show that obesity among primary school children is levelling off (from 9.5 per cent to 9.3 per cent in 4- to 5-year-olds and from 19.2 per cent to 18.9 per cent in 10- to 11-year-olds).
The food industry is being "nudged" into bringing down levels of sugar and fat (as well as salt) in its products. And levels of physical activity are rising, with 14 per cent of adults in Britain now playing sport regularly, higher than the EU average of 9 per cent.
What else needs to be done? Ban cars once a week so that people walk more? Teach children how to cook proper food? Provide more sports facilities at the workplace and more time to use them? Cut portion sizes?
The Foresight report compares our obesity "epidemic" to climate change, arguing that it needs action at all levels. The problem, it says, has been at least three decades in the making - and will probably take just as long to reverse.
Know your BMI
Body Mass Index is your weight in kilograms divided by your height in metres squared.
A BMI of below 18.5 is classified as underweight
Between 18.5 and 24.9 is classified as healthy
Between 25 and 29 is classified as overweight
Between 30 and 40 is classified as obese
A BMI of over 40 is seen as morbidly obese


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The Pera Museum opened its doors in early June 2005, as the first step of a comprehensive cultural endeavor of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation in this distinguished venue of the city of Istanbul in order to provide wide-ranging cultural services and activities. This cultural endeavor, Pera Museum, is situated in a historical building structure which was originally constructed in 1893 by the architect Achille Manoussos in Tepebaşı (İstanbul's most prestigious district in those days) and which was, until rather recently, known as the "Bristol Hotel", was completely renovated to serve as a museum and cultural center for the project. Transformed into a fully-equipped modern museum, this venerable building is now serving the people of İstanbul once again.
Pera Museum encompasses: the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation's three particular collections on the 1st and 2nd museum floors (2nd floor is the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery), for temporary exhibitions (3rd, 4th, 5th floors), auditorium / Pera Education (under ground floor) and located at the ground floor are the Reception, Art Shop and Pera Café.
The Museum's first floor displays largely examples from the Foundation's collection of Anatolian Weights and Measures made from many different materials using many different techniques, these objects show the development of the devices used to weigh and measure in Anatolia since the earliest times to twentieth century. In another wing on the same floor is the Foundation's collection of Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics, whose strikingly beautiful pieces seek to shed new light on an area of creativity in Turkish cultural history that is not very well known.
In addition to its function as a private museum which entails exhibiting the Foundation Collections, Pera Museum as a modern cultural center located in a vibrant part of the city, also aims to provide the people of İstanbul with a broad range of cultural services that include a variety of temporary exhibitions as well as film, educational, conference and lecture programs.
Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation
Collection of Anatolian Weights and Measures
The Anatolian weights and measures collection that Suna and İnan Kıraç began to create in the 1980s has grown rapidly over the years with the purchase of pieces accumulated by some collectors as well as regular purchases from other sources both in Turkey and abroad, and is now one of the most remarkable collections of its type in Turkey.
Today this collection consists of more than eight thousand objects dating from prehistory to the present day used in Anatolia. These comprise the main types of scales and measuring instruments used for measuring weights, length and volume in every field from land measurement to commerce, architecture to jewellery making, and shipping to pharmacy.
The collection, a very valuable source of historical and scientific knowledge, illustrates the relations between measuring systems of different periods and regions, presenting the various changes and continuities. The exhibited broad selection includes examples from all periods in chronological order, embracing an exciting and particular aspect of Anatolia's history.
Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation
Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection
The beginnings of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation's Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection date back to the 1980s, when it was formed with Suna Kıraç's desire, and over the years has grown to become one of the most outstanding collection its kind. Today the collection consists of over a thousand remarkable pieces representing various periods - mainly the 18th to 20th centuries - and types. It illustrates in detail the development of Kütahya tiles and ceramics, a creative area of Ottoman culture that until recently had not attracted the attention and interest it originally deserved. The limited number of pieces on display have been chosen to give a general idea of the collection and the craftsmanship of Kütahya ceramics. Other future exhibited selections will give broader representations of the collection, shedding new light on diverse aspects of Kütahya tiles and ceramics, an important part of our traditional cultural heritage.
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation
Orientalist Painting Collection
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation's Orientalist Painting Collection is one of the most elaborate collections in Turkey. This grand collection brings together important works by European artists inspired by the Ottoman world, Turkey's regional geography as well as works of Ottoman artists and how they influenced one another from the 17th century to the early 19th.
The Collection presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire, also includes works by Osman Hamdi and his most famous painting "The Tortoise Trainer". As the Collection is focused particularly on the Ottoman Orientalist art, it sustains an exceptional stance. Pera Museum organizes long-term thematic exhibitions of this Collection at the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery.
Pera Learning
Museum education entails bringing and introducing art to children and teens, creating awareness for Museum-going and building bridges between the audience and the works of art. The educational events based on interpretation and creative expressions include selecting works of art and assessments as well. With hands-on experience this programming aims to weave the museum into the social activity. Apart from on-going programs of the Museum Collections, Pera Learning also organizes temporary exhibition programs throughout the year, welcoming a wide range of age groups
Pera Film
Pera Film began its programming in October 2008 and since then has strived to inform and entertain the museum audience by underlining the importance and diversity of film and video with monthly programs featuring classic and experimental cinema, animation, documentaries, short films and video art screenings. The programming also presents parallel screenings to the temporary exhibitions. A few examples of Pera Film's programming are Classics from Germany 1931-1943, Hors Pistes / Out of Tracks in collaboration with Centre Pompidou, International Istanbul Animation Festival, New and Independent Film Series, In Memoriam: Bergman and Women, Spanish Directors: First Films, Lure of the East in British Cinema, Romanian and Hungarian Cinemas, In Memory of Eric Rohmer, Colombian Diaspora and Contemporary Turkish Cinema.

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Militia Groups
Militia Groups By State
The mission of the Alaska State Defense Force is to maintain an organized, trained military force, capable of timely and effective response to state emergencies, or, on other occasions deemed appropriate by the Governor, to provide military assistance to civil and military authorities in the preservation of life, property, and public safety.
The Central Arkansas Militia is primarily a group of Arkansas citizens who are sworn to uphold the law and protect the constitutional rights of local citizens. We gather to learn survival skills in the event of societal breakdown and discuss options on protecting our families.
To defend the liberty of the citizens of the State of Arkansas, and these United States; through education, participation and action.
All the Innocent Americans the Government Hasn't Thrown in Prison
Our mission is to defend the State from all aggression, foreign or domestic, and to zealously resist, by any means necessary, any attempt to disarm and render impotent our Nation's most vital defensive force: The Militia, composed of the body of The People of the united States of America.
Our members represent every racial group, every major religion, and both sexes. Many of our members are college graduates, and a substantial number possess advanced degrees, while others lack a high school diploma. Most of our people are veterans and many have actual combat experience. From professionals to laborers, and teachers to law enforcement officers, we have come together because we have something in common, something that transcends race, or religion, or sex. We love America. We know where she's been, and we fear where she's heading. We are graybeards who remember the cops that walked a beat in our neighborhoods, and who knocked on the door when they wanted to talk to us. We are young blacks who tremble at the sight of a police car in their rear view mirror. We are lawyers who still choke up when we read the Constitution, and we are factory workers and house-wives who refuse to believe that sacred document, the Constitution, has become obsolete. We are ordinary people who have done an extraordinary thing. We have read the writing on the wall, and we have said no. We have read the writing and said "Hell no!" "Hell no, I'm not giving up my country," and "Hell no, I'm not giving up America," not to the socialists, and not to the United Nations, not without a fight!
Our plan is simply to train and prepare for what is inevitable: the destruction of our society from it's own apathy and greed. Our strategy is simple. Prepare to rebuild America on the ashes of that destruction. If we can survive the initial turmoil and feed ourselves and our families until the chaos levels out, we can begin to rebuild. If we don't organize now, it will be too late, as it will be impossible to form a network, when everyone will be preoccupied with daily survival in a chaotic state of anarchy. By forming defensive units now, and taking note of skills among our members we can best insure our survival through cooperation. We can, through this cooperation, begin to improve our lives now. All it takes is commitment and loyalty.
High Desert Militia of Southern California
We are a unit of the California Unorganized Militia. The militia is a legal entity as defined in US Code Title 10. Our active membership consists of proud working men and women from all walks of life who have volunteered their time to educate and train in the skills needed to effectively defend our families and homeland.
State Medical Command: California State Militia
To Establish a Training Program For the West Coast Area Militia.
A means of communication for members of the Northern Colorado Militia.
We are a constitutional militia. Our goal is to protect individual freedom and to insure that citizens constitutional rights are not infringed. People in todays society must realize that our "freedom" is slipping away quite quickly and if "We the people" don't stop the erosion it will be too late. If we want to win "we" must understand where the core of the problem truly lies.
To defend the Constitution of the State of Connecticut and the Constitution of the United States of America. To uphold and to defend the Bill of Rights, seen as unalienable, and given to free men that they may remain free. To insure that all citizens- regardless of race, color, religion, sex, physical characteristics, or national origin- shall have the right and opportunity to due process of law as established and guaranteed by the Great Document which guides this Great Nation.
Connecticut Survivalists Alliance
The Connecticut Survivalist Alliance (CSA) is an all volunteer group dedicated to the Constitutional Republic and the rights declared by our founding fathers, granted to us by God above, and penned in the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States of America.
The Watchmen of Florida
We are a group of American Citizens that believe and trust in the U.S. Constitution and our Founding Fathers. We embrace these rights and freedoms as they worth our defense and protections. We are a group that stands at The Ready, to be called on to serve the people of our communities and state as required and necessary.
Citizens for Better Government
Local community sponsored information gathering and sharing group meets for Fun, Food, and Fellowship in Gainesville, Florida
Georgia's Last Line of Defense
Headquarters for G.M.E.R.T.
Militia of Georgia: Toccoa Units
As you all know times are getting worse and all the sheep are worrying which way to run! But we as patriots don't have a choice but to stand and fight. It is up to us to defend what others won't or can't!!
14th Regiment Indiana State Militia
The Indiana Militia Corps is redefining the mordern citizen militia with real missions and professional training. We are seeking volunteers to participate in Civil Defense, Homeland Security and Emergency Disaster Assistance programs across the state! Although currently we have members with prior military experience and special training, no military experience or special training is required of volunteers who wish to join. (WARNING: Not recommended due to anti-homosexual and anti-humanist policies.)
Indiana Citizens Volunteer Militia
Our purpose is to assist the Citizens of Indiana and the Nation, in the exercise of their Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens and as Citizen Soldiers. Our authority is recognized in the US Constitution, Indiana Constitution, US Code and Indiana Code.
3rd Brigade Indiana Citizens Voluteer Militia
Our purpose is to assist the citizens of Indiana and the Nation in the exercise of their Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens and as Citizen Soldiers. Our authority /mandate extends from the inharent human right to freedom, and is currently recognised in both Constitutional and Statutory law.
Indianas' Greene County Militia
The concept of a militia made up of everyable bodied citizen was written into the U.S. Constitution and many documents and laws over the years. The purpose of the militia (reserve or unorganized) is to provide a defensive force for the state and county. Today the focus of the Militia is to train, prepare, and educate. The founding fathers conceived this as a bulwark against tyranny. Every citizen a soldier. This concept ensures that the people will be stronger that the government. The citizen is the master, the government the servant. This concept is not unique to the U.S. Military service is mandatory in Switzerland. A short term is served and then the citizen soldier is returned to his home with his battle rifle and ammo and his gear. Every home is a soldiers billet.
The Southern Indiana Regional Militia
The Southern Indiana Regional Militia as a concept was conceived in 1999 at Knob Creek Ky.The S.I.R.M. is an umbrella organization formed to coordinate and communicate with the many independent units throughout the region.
Tired of watching your right fall to the way side? Looking for others who feel the same way but are afraid of what your friends might think? Join us!
The Kentucky State Militia is an all-volunteer assembly of men and women. We have a wide range of skills and talents within our ranks. We are available to all law enforcement agencies and civil departments state wide. We are a pro-government organization intent on salvaging and defending our rights as constitutionally guaranteed to us by our founding fathers. We are, however, disappointed in the current state of our great country. Our personal freedoms and way of life are rapidly vanishing.
The Maryland Citizens Volunteer Militia
The online forum of the Maryland Citizens Volunteer Militia, a place to discuss and debate issues affecting our once noble and now socialist occupied state.
The Citizens Militia of Maryland
Dedicated to locating people with the interest of obtaining a local citizens militia group for the people of Maryland and for the freedom of all Americans.
Maryland Citizens Defense League
The Premier Firearms-Rights and Pro-Liberty Organization in Maryland
Southern Michigan Regional Militia
It shall be the sworn duty of this Militia to protect, defend, support, uphold and obey the Constitutions of the State of Michigan and the United States of America. Notice is hereby given that violations of either the State or National Constitution, by any alliance, nation, power, state, organization, agency, office, or individual shall be met with a fierce and determined resistance.
The Unorganized Michigan Naval Militia
We are volunteer seamen and sailors. Who are commited to protecting our seas and waterways, while protecting and defending the constitution of the united States of America. We are always looking for few good men and women who can commit themselves to preserving the American way of life, especially during this time of terror. The first job of government is to protect the borders. We as citizens must band together to protect our State and our Nation. We must protect and defend the Great Lakes and her ports.
Because a well-armed citizenry is the best Homeland Security, and can better deter crime, invasion, terrorism, or tyranny...The intention of this MichiganMilitia.com website is to inform, promote and facilitate the development and training of the militia. Everyone is welcome, regardless of race, creed, color, tint, or hue; regardless of your religion (or lack thereof); regardless of your political affiliation (or lack thereof); regardless of anything else: if you are an American, who is capable of bearing arms, or wishes to support someone doing so, then you are the militia...
Army of the Mississippi
We, at the Militia of Montana, are dedicated to ensuring that all Americans are educated to make an informed decision as to which direction America should go. Along with being physically prepared to withstand the onslaught which will erupt no matter where we end up, we must at all costs, keep reaching those who have not had the opportunity to decide for themselves. The Militia of Montana has been, and continues to be, a national focal point for assistiing Americans in forming their own grass roots organization dedicated to American's sovereignty and status as an independent nation among the nations of the world.
North Carolina Citizen Militia
The primary purpose of the North Carolina Citizens [unorganized] Militia is to defend the Constitu-tions of the State of North Carolina and the united States of America against all enemies, foreign anddomestic. It is to uphold and defend constitutional guarantees as documented by the Bill of Rights,and to ensure that all citizens regardless of race, color, religion, sex or national origin retain those inalienable rights and protections established by the Founding Fathers.
A team of the Nebraska State Militia. The intention of this website is to inform, promote and facilitate the development and training of citizens for the good of our communities, state, and nation. Discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, political beliefs, and religious beliefs (or non-beliefs) will not be tolerated, and should not prevent us from working together to protect our State.
Rogers' Rangers Twin State Militia
The Command Staff and members of the Rogers' Rangers Twin State Militia hope as all patriotic Americans hope to be able to stop the New World Order plans to destroy our Constitutional Republic and our National and individual sovereignty at the ballot box & the jury box before circumstances force us to defensively resort to the cartrige box. Our ranks are full, yet we hope that citizens of the Twin States of Vermont and New Hampshire will join with friends and neighbors in the community to prepare for the mutual defense of the community should it be necessary in the future. Some of the links listed below will help you in organizing your own local militia organization (or "neighborhood watch group" if you prefer to the use of the word militia). Other links will help you to provide yourselves with basic military equipment.
The Patriot Underground is an on and offline organization, of true American patriots homebased in Northeastern Nevada. We are a (Unorganized) Militia. You need not be a Nevada resident to join this organization . We are people from all over the United States from all nationalities who stand together in our inalienable rights in American ethics morals and religious virtues and most importantly willing to defend their constitutional rites to the best of our abilities. We are a active(unorganized) Militia due to the state of Nevada legal system we may not be a Militia unless state controlled, we are privately run and operated and do not answer to anyone. Our activities are very public and open but not illegal by any means.
The NYMF exsist for one purpose only. To unite all New York Milita under one cause. That cause is a free New York without tyranny. Each Militia has it's own command structure and is subject only to it's own leaders. Here we have come together for the sole purpose of information exchange, planning, and combining our forces under one umbrella of a "Commanders Council" When they decide to come against the people, we will not be alone but united in cause and spirit and information.
First they came for the hackers. But I never did anything illegal with my computer, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the pornographers. But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the anonymous remailers. But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the encryption users. But I could never figure out how to work pgp5 anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for me. And by that time there was no one left to speak up.
The New York Patriot Militia of Orange County
The New York Patriot Militia of Orange County shall, at all times, act with the highest standards and honor. We will continue to work to establish public trust. We will hold public safety at the highest level in everything we do, for it is our countrymen, and the documents that declare our God given rights, that we voluntarily serve. We pledge our lives, our liberty, fortunes and honor that we shall preserve the freedoms and documents that our fore fathers fought and died to claim and establish.
Empire State Militia: 11th Field Force
The militia is the natural adversary of those who promote the socialist New World Order and pervert our republic form of government without the approval of the people. Those who stand in the gap between the people and the constitutional world government invite censure and conflict. The militia does not stand alone. Whenever possible units should work to enlist the support of the community, auxiliary members, and law enforcement. Militia units should in turn support their local elected officials, sheriff, or police force in the lawful exercise of their authority. The militia embodies the spirit and ideals of our forefathers and is comprised of men and women who are committed to defend our Constitutional Republic. An unquenchable patriotic spirit compels us to stand for the individual freedoms, liberty, and sovereignty guaranteed by our Constitution. The militia must stand for what is moral, lawful and right if it is to prevail in adversity.
Unorganized Militia of Champaign County
The primary purpose of a militia group is to defend our families and local communities against forces that threaten our inalienable rights. These forces may be foreign or domestic in origin. While this job is normally the responsibility of our standing army and/or organized militia (National Guard, etc.), it would be foolish, na�ve, and irresponsible to rely on them 100%.
The Unorganized Militia of Preble County
We are a constitutional militia group, who's main mission is to support and defend the constitution on the United States, along with or familys, friends and neighbors in times of need or civil unrest.
Ohio Unorganized Militia, 3rd Battalion
The responsibility to safeguard the freedom and security of a people, ultimately rests with the people themselves.
Southeastern Ohio Defense Force
The SODF (Southeastern Ohio Defense Force) was incorporated in 1989 as a nonprofit corporation. We are in no way associated with the National Guard or the Army Reserve. We have positions open regardless of physical limitions. Everyone over the age of 17 is invited to apply. The ODF, SODF is a volunteer organization currently supported by members dues. No one recieves pay. Normal training consists of 8 hours of training per month, usually on the 3rd Sunday of every month, but there are a few exceptions. We train members in skills such as rappelling, river crossing, firearms safety, firearms marksmanship, civil defense, survival, disaster preparedness, NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) threats just to mention a few. We volunteer our time for community functions from time to time. In 1990 SODF members went to Shadyside Ohio and were a vital part in the flood rescue and recovery. We have provided security for teen alcohol and drug prevention dances. From 1993 to date we have provided security for the Village of White Cottage during their Community Days Festival. Our participation in the Muskingum County disaster drills since 1994 has given us a great appreciation and respect for First Responders and other Emergency Personnel. Recently it was decided to expand into a state wide organization. The state wide expansion is growing into five BN's with the State HQ located in Zanesville, OH. This expansion leaves many positions in the state unifilled. We need volunteers in the following areas, Entry Level with no experience, Trainers, Clerks, Media, Intell, Medics, Self Defense, On Rope, Communications, Security, Etc.
Pennsylvania's 1st Unorganized Militia
Pennsylvania's 1st Unorganized Militia
The purpose of the militia as defined by the Constitution is to enforce the laws of the Union (the Constitution), suppress insurrections, and repel invasions (now including terrorist attacks).
Pennsylvania State Military Reserve
The Pennsylvania State Military Reserve is a non-profit benevolent, federally (IRS) recognized 501(c)(3) organization. Created for the protection and well being of Pennsylvanians, this opportunity is for the citizen-soldier; proud, serving, and dedicated to community and state. Training is provided in communications, CPR/First Aid, search & rescue, crowd control, and Community Emergency Response Training. No military obligation is required and resignation is at your discretion. Current Philadelphia training is provided the third Saturday of each month. Meetings begin at 1000 hours. Click here for directions. Many positions are available. Opportunities, with qualifications, span from advisors & enlisted, up to direct appointments as commissioned officers. Eligible candidates are between 18-65 years, male or female, with or without prior military service.
South Carolina Civilian Defense Forces
Members of the SCCDF are sworn to defend the Constitution of both the United States as well as the state of South Carolina, against enemies, foreign or domestic. We are also obligated to assist South Carolinians in time of natural disaster as well as National emergency. Members are also encouraged to study subjects such as first respondent medicine, search and rescue, basic firefighting, as well as military skills. Educating the people of South Carolina and its members in it's history, Constitutional Rights, as well as ways to protect and defend thier families. The SCCDF defends the rights of others, no matter the race, color, or creed. Individuals of leftist, rascist, or discriminatory trains of thought need not apply.
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To support the South Carolina and United States unorganized militia(s) To defend the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, and the Constitution of the United States. To uphold and defend the Bill of Rights, seen as inalienable by our forefathers, and given by our creator to free men so that they may remain free. To support the County Sheriff, and those lawfully appointed under him. To insure that all citizens-regardless of race, gender, religion or nationality- shall have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as established and guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
The Texas State Guard (TXSG) is the second branch of the Military Forces of the State of Texas, operating alongside the Texas National Guard, which is comprised of the Texas Army National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. The TXSG provides mission-ready volunteer military forces, to assist state and local authorities in homeland security and community service. Texas State Guard soldiers are volunteers between the ages of 17 and 60, and train a minimum of one weekend each month. All serve without pay except if called upon for State Active Duty by the Governor. TXSG soldiers come from all backgrounds and walks of life, many with prior military service.
The purpose of the Virginia Militia is to work for the restoration of all constitutional rights affirmed by the Constitution of the United States. We assert that all power is inherent in the people and it is our right and duty, to protect and defend this Republic against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Our success depends on the education of the American people of the threat posed by these enemies, who are working to subvert our Constitutional Republic. We are not advocating the overthrow of the U. S. Government, but we do advocate resistance to Unconstitutional legislation and executive orders. We also advocate resistance to the United Nations and to all forms of tyranny. All persons are welcomed in the Virginia Militia, the only requirement is a love of liberty, and a return to the ideals of our forefathers contained in the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States.
The Viginia Militia is a organization authorized by the Constitution of Virginia. Many of our nations founding fathers were officers in the Virginia Militia. George Washington was appointed a Major in the Militia over 250 years ago in 1752. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Tyler, Patrick Henry, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition were all members of the Virginia Militia. In fact, all male citizens between ages 16 and 45 were considered to be members of the Militia and were expected to be able to muster on short notice with necessary arms and equipment to defend the Commonwealth. We seek to continue this tradition and invite all Virginians of good moral standing, regardless of race, age eighteen and older who believe in the Judeo-Christian traditions of our forefathers, the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence. (WARNING: Not recommended due to anti-homosexual policies.)
Unorganized Militia of Vermont
UMOV - Proudly Serving Vermont since before the American Revolution. UMOV is legally formed per the Constitution for the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Vermont. UMOV Membership is open to all lawful and peaceable Vermonters age 17 to 45 or 45 to 64 with prior honorably-discharged military service.
Rogers' Rangers Twin State Militia
The Command Staff and members of the Rogers' Rangers Twin State Militia hope as all patriotic Americans hope to be able to stop the New World Order plans to destroy our Constitutional Republic and our National and individual sovereignty at the ballot box & the jury box before circumstances force us to defensively resort to the cartrige box. Our ranks are full, yet we hope that citizens of the Twin States of Vermont and New Hampshire will join with friends and neighbors in the community to prepare for the mutual defense of the community should it be necessary in the future. Some of the links listed below will help you in organizing your own local militia organization (or "neighborhood watch group" if you prefer to the use of the word militia). Other links will help you to provide yourselves with basic military equipment.
Our mission is an attempt to prevent America from becoming a nation of helpless cowards, and train ourselves and others to function during terrorist attack or disaster. Our focus is mainly training others, so they can go out and train others, and so on and so forth. We wish to bring skills to the average person, that could be crucial to survival should a disaster or terrorist attack cause a situation where the police and military could not come to our aid, and to deal with such situations until they arrive, in a lawful and sane manner. By training others, we wish to provide persons highly trained to help lead and coordinate larger bodies of citizens, who have neglected to train, should the need for these skills should ever arise. Basic combat training for civilians. We hope to establish a larger pool of trained persons than what currently exists. And of course, we wish to establish an environment where no terrorist group, from without or within, would be stupid enough to attack the American public with small arms, or in small armed groups. Go ahead. Make our day. KISSATA sincerely hopes to be of value in networking and bringing like minded individuals and organizations together on a national level, and bring some level of standardization to all such groups, and break away from the current situation of fragmented and secretive localized groups as they are now, and distance ourselves from the politically motivated, racists, egomaniacs, and those who engage in illegal activities.
Sauk County Riflemen Wisconsin State Militia
The Sauk County Riflemen is an unorganized volunteer militia group. Our mission is to defend the Constitution people and property of Wisconsin and the United States of America against all enemies either foreign or domestic.
The Winnebago Militia is an legal, constitutional militia group established for the people whom reside in Wisconsin. Anyone can join, and defend their rights! We aim to uphold the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Wisconsin Constitution above all else. To fight any unconstitutional laws, maintain the right of Wisconsinites to defend their life, family, and property, from any threat; whether that threat may be foreign, or domestic.
Alarmed by the overgrowth of government, the erosion of our freedoms, the systematic destruction of the American economy by globalists, and the general decline of our nation - the citizens of West Virginia formed the West Virginia Security Corps.
The links above represent only the local militia groups which have web pages. Many militia groups exist in this country and do not have web pages. If you would like a web page built and hosted for your local militia group, please e-mail us.


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John Wiseman and Pat Hickey of the Mavelous team have been making great strides with this HTML-based MAVLink GCS, which can run in any browser. You can see a very cool live demo of it here, and follow the project here. 3DR is supporting the project, so look for products from us soon that will allow you to use any device, including phones and tablets, as your GCS for ArduCopter/Plane in the field.
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Looks nice...
Installing a webserver with pyton is not easier than installing the GCS :)
I guess the obvious next step would be to put it on microboard on the drone and control the drone directly from the browser (maybe connecting the board directly to the APM and using the wireless connection to tunnel HTTP packets on it)
Indeed, very cool.
Just yesterday, I mentioned this project in a thread - and the progression of the project seems even better than I had expected.
Another use (than the obvious, to put the web server on board) could be to get the mavlink data from a telemetry link, and publish the flight data to a crowd of people.
Now, wonder if it can 'replay' a log file? Hmmm .. food for thought
They state compatibility with Mavlink 1.0 (MissionPlanner does too), yet the Mavlink website says the latest protocol is version 3 ?
I think the idea of using a kindle for display is great! Will need to try it out
Boston UAV. That's confusing, but no fear. The protocol version number all is within MAVlink.1.0
Works very well on my Nexus 7. Sweet
Mark if you go to http://mavelousdemo.appspot.com/?debug it will tell you how many frames-per-second you're getting on that Kindle; I'd be curious to know.
Simone, I like that idea, but you need something that can do real wifi (or gsm etc.) & http if you want to be able to use an iPad or iPhone.
Dennis: Besides showing the data for one drone to multiple browsers (which I would have liked to have done at the Drone Games, if there had been any vehicles there that spoke mavlink), another "multiplayer" feature I'd like to add would be showing info for multiple drones in one browser. Then add an internet server where people can publish their data in realtime, and you can point mavelous at it and see all the arducopters etc. that are flying at any given time.
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The head of Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads has been sacked.
Premier Campbell Newman says he gave notice on Friday to Michael Caltabiano that his employment will be terminated, effective March 15.
Mr Caltabiano will remain on leave until that date.
He has been pocketing an estimated $10,000 a week before tax.
The former Liberal MP stood down in October when he was referred to the parliamentary Ethics Committee for allegedly misinforming an estimates hearing about his work history.
He allegedly lied about his work history with Ben Gommers, the son of former Arts Minister Ros Bates, who was given a plum job in his department.
The matter was also referred to the Crime and Misconduct Commission, and that investigation is still pending.
Queensland Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said the premier's complete lack of leadership has been exposed twice in one day, following the resignation of embattled Arts and IT Minister Ros Bates.
"There has been a cloud over this Director General for months now, dating back to the Estimates Hearings where the answers he provided were enough for the government to stand him down," she said.
"But the Premier has failed in the basic task of leading his government, by doing nothing in relation to Mr Caltabiano and doing nothing in relation to Ms Bates when she was clearly not performing as a Minister."
Ms Palaszczuk was outraged Mr Caltabiano's been sitting at home on full pay for 20 weeks.
"That's $200,000 this Director General has been handed for doing nothing - and that is obscene," she said.


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After a pair of explosions rocked the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 150, millions took to social media to look for loved ones, let friends and family know they were OK, and to express sympathies for victims.
On Facebook, two disparate voices carried the day: the beloved children's TV host Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, and comedian Patton Oswalt.
A black-and-white photo of a smiling Mr. Rogers made the rounds, with the caption, "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"
Oswalt, a man best known for a wit that can be as merciless as it is acerbic, offered a reminder of the prevalence of good, one that took Rogers' point a step further:
You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out… This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness. But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus... This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago. So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."
In addition to sharing these messages, many on Facebook changed their cover photo to a picture of the Boston skyline, and still others switched out their profile photo for the iconic "B" logo of the Boston Red Sox, or some other similar show of support.
Close to 50,000 Facebook users have joined a "virtual run" event that asks people to "run (or walk) any distance, anywhere and at anytime" to show solidarity in the running community.
NBC correspondent Ann Curry launched a new hashtag #26Acts2, which is an update to #26Acts - a Twitter call to arms for random acts of kindness in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
A piece by Bruce Schneier of The Atlantic in which he implored readers to "Refuse to be terrorized," bore a headline that included the phrase "Keep Calm Carry On." Originally part of a 1939 propaganda campaign in England meant to boost morale, the phrase has of late developed something of a kitsch cool about it, but yesterday and today it was repeated with sincerity time and again on Twitter.
In the moments after the explosions, the Twitterverse was quickly flooded with the hashtag #prayforboston and some variation on the message, "You go to a movie, You get shot, You go to school, You get shot, You go to a marathon, You get bombed."
The terror in Boston also brought out attention-seeking charlatans. Twitter has already suspended a fake account, @_BostonMarathon, which claimed it would donate $1 to victims for each retweet.
But Google offered a stark counterpoint to fake Twitter accounts by establishing a "Person Finder" for the Boston Marathon, a site where people can look for or post information about loved ones. As of Tuesday morning, it was tracking more than 5,200 records.


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Coterie Craft started out as an edit of the Quandary Pack but has now evolved into a texture pack of its own and is one of the most popular packs on Planet Minecraft.
this is the best the best texture pack EVER!!!!!
how do u open it with minecraft i dont know how to do it
To Open it on Mine craft, follow these steps.
step 1- Click the small download button, not the big green one.
step 2- Find the texture pack in your documents or downloads.
step 3- Right Click over the pack, and copy it.
step 4- Open Mine craft, and go to the main menu.
step 5- Go to texture packs on the main menu.
step 6- Then click, (Open Texture Pack Folder)
step 7- Find an open space in the area provided once clicking (Open Texture Pack Folder) and right click, and paste.
step 8- Go back to Mine craft, and select the pack that you downloaded.
Hope this helps.
NOTE: These instructions apply to installing any texturepack.
(1)Find the file for the texturepack. Do not open the zipped folder, just right-click the whole thing and click "Copy".
(2)Click the start button.
(3)Search for "Run". If you find it, click on it and type in "%appdata%". If you don't find it, then this reponse is useless to you.
(4)Open ".minecraft".
(5)Open "texturepacks:.
(6)Right-click and click "paste".
(7)Close the window.
(8)Open Minecraft.
(9)Click on "Texturepacks"
(10) Click on the texturepack you just installed.
(11)Click "Done".
Now, when you play, you will use this texturepack. You can swith back to the default texturepack or another texturepack by following steps 8-11, but clicking on "Defaukt" or the texturepack you want to switch to (depending on which you want to use)
I hope this helps.
That really helped a lot of trouble >3<~<3 @A random nerd
This pack is amazing it feels smoothing :3
When I download this, I do just what I'm supopsed to (I know because I did it with another texture pack and it worked fine) but it won't work. I just get a grayed out icon in the texture pack menu and the textures stay the same!
Tis is because you haven't extracted it. find the texture pack, right click on it and choose the extract all button.
Will it is NOT a Game
well not very high resolution.. its only 16×16
The guy below me is rather wrong there's one hundred
(or more)plenty better than this but yes it's very nice.
I'm getting this pack purely for the way the water looks
A fun pack to explore with. Very easy to aim your bow.
Best texture EVER!!!
Does it work because if I download it and it does something to the computer my Mum will be really cross with me (Please Relpy)
cool but i dont have that water on my minecraft
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i downloaded this for the water but the water has not changed? could someone help me with this. any help would be appreciated thank you.
Patch your Minecraft by using MCpatcher
i dont know how to put texture packs on to my folder :3
Coolest texture pack ever!!!!!:D
all of the painting are white with black squares on it. myeh?
This is the only texture pack I use. It is very nice and I recomended it to all of my friends. Thanks for making such an awesome texture pack.
for all the people who I keep seeing posting comments about how to install the texture packs:
HD packs
this is a veeeeeeerrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy cool texture pack i recommend it to anybody cos it is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everything is awesome here except jungle wood planks, they look horrible, too dark.
This has to be one of the best texture packs I've seen. All the other ones have too much detail, but this one rocks! :D
love this pack!!!!
Great pack–my favorite one to used. But does anyone else have their compass not work? Just for this texture pack (1.5 version), there is no red needle on any compass I use, regardless of game mode.
The Compass and Clock aren't working with the 1.5v of this. Everything else is spot on.
I love the texture pack but you guys took away the compass texture. Now i don't know where to go because there is no needle in the compass
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Many months ago, HBO announced it was planning to make a movie based on the book, "Game Change" by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. After reading John Nolte's article, which indicated that the movie would be focused primarily around Governor Palin and it wouldn't be portraying her in a very positive light, I decided to study up on it. I purchased a copy of the book, read the TWO chapters based on Governor Palin, and took down some notes.
As Nicole recently noted, HBO decided to release a trailer to that movie during this holiday week. The actual movie doesn't air until March of 2012, or as John Nolte wrote in his follow-up piece on Wednesday:
The one dynamic HBO probably didn't count on was Palin's decision not to run for the 2012 nomination. The film's promotion and the cable news chatter that's sure to follow seems timed to hit on, before, and around March 6, which is Super Tuesday.
The one line from the notes I took back in March that stood out as I was reviewing them for this piece, was:
Even though this book is supposed to be a story about 2008, it's really all about 2012.
This movie was orchestrated from start to finish as a way to damage Governor Palin during an election year by people who are not merely "artists & entertainers." Just look at the people involved in the making of the movie. First you have the director, Jay Roach who donated $2,300 to Barack Obama in 2008. Danny Strong, the person who wrote the screenplay, gave Obama $2,500 in 2008. Julianne Moore, the woman who does a poor impression of the governor, only gave $250 to Obama in '08 but shelled out $2,500 to the DNC in 2010. And then there's the film's producer, Tom Hanks, who has one of the most nauseating donation lists I have ever seen, including giving a staggering sum of $345,000 to Obama. It's safe to say that these people only donate large sums of money to causes they believe in. By looking at their donations, it's easy to see what it is that they believe in.
Danny "Obama Victory Fund" Strong, based his HBO screenplay on a book that came under significant scrutiny after it was published, even by MSM types. The thing that stood out amongst most of it's critics was the fact that Heilemann and Halperin didn't source any of the accusations they made. They claim to have interviewed over 300 people during their research, but not one of those people are named. Heilemann and Halperin do however, name the people who where present during each instance during the '08 campaign that they claim happened. I found it interesting that within the Palin chapters of the book, Nicolle Wallace, her husband Mark Wallace, Steve Schmidt, and or the mysterious "famous GOP strategist" are always present. It's no secret that Nicolle Wallace has been trashing and undermining Governor Palin since the 2008 race. Most recently, she was caught in a lie by a former senior adviser to the McCain campaign, Charlie Black. From National Review Online:
Over at the Washington Examiner, Byron York reports that Wallace is claiming, in a new Time interview, that McCain's team considered bumping Palin from the veep slot. "There certainly were discussions — not for long because of the arc the campaign took — but certainly there were discussions about whether, if McCain were to win, it would be appropriate for her to be sworn in," Wallace tells the magazine.
[Charlie] Black says that's nonsense. "Nicolle, like any author, is trying to sell books. This comment to Time, like her book [It's Classified], is a piece of fiction. There were never any such discussions. At no high level of the campaign was there ever such talk. She's probably doing this to sell her book."
"Look, I was with McCain 90 percent of the time. If I wasn't around, I knew what was happening. And nothing like this happened." Wallace, he says, "is one of the few dissidents," one of the "disaffected" staffers who continues to criticize Palin, and "she is inaccurate in doing so."
Steve Schmidt also has a long history of trashing Governor Palin. In a 2010 post, Dan Riehl pegged the source of Schmidt's animosity (emphasis):
The only modest bit of news in all this is that the pathetic Steve Schmidt continues to lack the class and intelligence required to simply shut up. Look at the basic facts even Schmidt is forced to confess. He would make it seem as though Palin was the absolutely worst thing about the McCain campaign, then he turns around and admits that, without her, things would have been much worse. That makes no sense.
On top of that, the fools running the campaign, including Schmidt, continued to consider Joe Lieberman for VP up until the very last minute, absolutely without realizing what a disaster that would have been. It took reactions outside the campaign to finally give them a clue how foolish they were in formulating and managing the campaign. Now suddenly, Schmidt is the all wise and wonderful know it all with the reputation, intellect and credibility to dump on Palin yet once, again? That makes no sense, either.
In continuing to not take responsibility for what a colossal failure he, as much, if not more than anyone else, was – all Schmidt has managed to accomplish with all his blathering is to put every potential national Republican candidate on notice that hiring Schmidt for perhaps anything other than coffee and sandwich fetching, would be an unmitigated disaster dooming them and their campaign to eternal hell across the Republican base.
It's clear that McCain's campaign failed on many levels. But former staffers who were responsible for that failure used the leftist media to shift blame from themselves on to Governor Palin, and that is reprehensible. Both the left and these former staffers had a motive to run this trash against the governor. They simply made up anything they thought sounded really bad then leaked it to an eager, Obama-rooting media who was more than happy to take their word for it. So, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the Wallaces and Schmidt are consistently present during Heilemann and Halperin's tales. But what does that say about Heilemann and Halperin as journalists?
Can you really be a "respected journalist" if you never cite your sources? Sources are used so that readers can judge for themselves the credibility of each claim. Without them, "journalists" are doing nothing but repeating rumors, which usually earns one the title, "Gossip Columnist." What about bloggers? Personally, I try not to write on an important topics without listing my sources and posting links to back up claims. It's one reason that I've never wrote a piece about all of the rumors I've heard about Mark Halperin sexually harassing and making inappropriate comments to female professional acquaintances. After all, they're just rumors, right? (note: I have actually heard these rumors before, I didn't just make them up for effect)
For years now, I've held to the notion that Governor Palin's foes will do whatever it takes to destroy perceptions of her in the eyes of Americans. From ex-staffers with an axe to grind, to smear merchants like Heilemann and Halperin, to the left-wing activists who "produce" all things Hollywood, this book and the movie that followed shows how folks with an agenda can work in concert to achieve their ends. While each player may have a different overall agenda, the goal is the same. In the United States, 28.2 million households subscribe to HBO. That's a lot of people who, by and large, are not familiar with the antics of the Wallaces, Schmidt, the rumors about Mark Halperin, or how devoted Tom Hanks is to pushing liberalism with campaign contributions and through the use popular culture. A fact not unnoticed by those responsible for this production.


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This one hundred page book focuses exclusively on how you can best use the ASP.NET MVC 4 Framework to build world-class REST services using the Web API. It sets aside much of what the ASP.NET MVC Framework can do, and focuses exclusively on how the Web API can help you build web services. You will not find any help on CSS, HTML, JavaScript, or jQuery. Nor will you find any help on the Razor view engine, HTML Helpers, or model binding. If you need this information then Pro ASP.NET MVC 4 is your perfect book.
ASP.NET MVC 4 and the Web API: Building a REST Service from Start to Finish helps you build cutting-edge REST services using ASP.NET MVC 4 and the Web API in more depth and detail than any other resource. ASP.NET MVC has always been a good platform on which to implement REST, but with the advent of the Web API it has now become even better. This book will show you why it's great and how to get the most from it.
Author Jamie Kurtz will take you from zero to full-blown REST service hero in no time at all. And you'll even learn how to incorporate some popular open source tools along the way: little or no experience with ASP.NET or the MVC Framework is required.
What you'll learn
How to design a REST API
Understanding MVC and Web API controller activation
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This book is written for architects and developers wanting to understand how to quickly and easily build REST services on the ASP.NET platform. No prior knowledge of ASP.NET or MVC Framework is required; however, it assumed you have some experience with the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and C#.


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[re]design gatherings range from intimate "show and tell" evenings for designers to exhibitions with tens of thousands of visitors. All our events offer opportunities for like-minded organisations to associate with us.
On our Events page you can find out more about our public, trade and business events, both past and upcoming.
A few of the nice things that people have said about [re]design...
Chalkyvan was a huge hit at our Take A Closer Look weekend. Loads of positive feedback. Many thanks for another great experience working with [re]design."Ruth Oakley, Head of Outdoor Events & Education, City of London Festival
"We will only rise to the challenge of climate change if we use everything at our disposal. Design has a significant role to play. Innovative, environmentally sensitive products and services will help put the UK in a leading position on climate change mitigation. I am pleased to see that the creative work done by [re]design is helping to push the sustainability agenda forward, in the design industry and with the public, both in the UK and internationally." Malcolm Wicks MP, formally the Prime Minister's special representative on international energy issues
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"100% Design has been lucky enough to work with [re]design for two years running and our audience response to their work has been consistently positive; always cited as a must see within the event. Designers visit 100% Design to be inspired, and Lighten Up engaged our audience by pushing their boundaries and re-setting minimum levels of acceptability in terms of sustainable lighting design. The feature itself was a delightful example of how to re-use everyday materials and apply them in a novel way in order to wow an educated audience, without over extending on resource foot print. Moreover, visitors were particularly impressed by the quality of work on show, with a curated event consisting of a number of high profile as well as up and coming design talent delivering real joy and enthusiasm to 100% Design 2008." Peter Massey, Exhibition Director, 100% Design London
"Thanks very much for organising the brilliant designers in residence programme at the Design Technology Show in November. Comments from visitors to the stand were very positive – one in particular which stands out was that the demonstrations highlighted the value of design over the application of technology – something which was missing from other stands. The products you brought along for display were great for demonstrating the principles of design, and the designers were wonderful at talking to visitors and answering questions. I am sure that Practical Action benefited a lot from the collaboration – thanks again, and I hope that this relationship will continue to grow." Cathryn Gathercole, Education Manager, Practical Action
"The London Design Festival would not be the same without the wide-ranging contributions [re]design have made to the Festival programme over the last five years. Their distinctive approach always delivers quality content, and has a long-lasting and positive impact on everyone, professional or public, that takes part in their events. By approaching the defining issue of our time in a grounded, personal and truly engaging way, [re]design are thought-leaders in the sustainable design arena and an organisation I always enjoy working with and learning from." William Knight, Deputy Director, London Design Festival, on [re]design
"Committed, charismatic – and, crucially, professional – Jason and Sarah are two of the most effective eco-warriors I know. They have devoted a huge amount of energy, time and personal resources to foster products that diminish landfill and reduce energy consumption. In so doing, they have parented innumerable designers and fostered many brilliant ideas, particularly through ambitious well-executed exhibitions with a high public appeal – such as the recent Lighten Up, which played to a big audience at 100% Futures. Their books / catalogues are essential reference. And their engaging motto 'good and gorgeous' speaks for itself." Barbara Chandler, design writer, Homes & Property, London Evening Standard, on [re]design
"A glorious, resourceful and forward-looking approach to design." Dr Kate Fletcher, sustainable fashion and textiles innovator, on [re]design
"[re]design has been helping sustainable product designers and makers like Pli since 2003 when we started meeting up with them in a pub in Clapham. The [re]design brand and community has grown exponentially since then, in fact I can't think of another self-supporting initiative in London's design world that has grown so fast or attained such tangible influence in the same time. When I look at where visitors to my business's website come from, the number one referrer has always been [re]design: it really does have deep roots in the design community throughout the UK and further afield." Christopher Pett, Pli Design, on [re]design
"Lighten Up advances the message of sustainability one step further into the mindsets of the public and industry. Importantly, it doesn't force the message or make us feel guilty for our consumption but, instead, suggests feasible and desirable alternatives that marry human nature's creative instincts with a different approach and attitude to production. It is no longer about 'newness' of material, but 'newness' of thinking." Max Fraser on Lighten Up
"[re]design has clearly secured a fundamental role for itself in the creative community. I am in total support for the initiative. It is cleverly managed and, with skilled marketing and communications, has unleashed some of the UK's most exciting sustainable design projects. Lighten Up is the most innovative and stylish lighting project I have seen. No other initiative is showcasing sustainable lighting in the UK as effectively. The calibre and diversity of its exhibits swiftly eliminates the misconception that energy saving lighting is ugly or uninspiring." Nancy Baynes, Energy Saving Trust, on [re]design and Lighten Up
"It looks fantastic! Great work. Once again, well done!" Todd Somerville, NESTA, on Plastic Fantastic?
"I was very inspired to be part of your project and am sure it will have a tremendously positive impact on the hungriest nation in the world! Hats off to you guys – I'm sure the Chinese designers you encourage to improve their ways will have a greater impact on cleaning up the world than many in the West... " Galahad JD Clark, Terra Plana on Climate Cool By Design
"SIT UP was one of the highlights of the Utterubbish exhibition, showcasing many interesting and innovative ways to design seats. It also inspired a lot of participation from the audience to [re]design their own chairs." Jackson Tan, Creative Director, on SIT UP at Utterubbish – feature event of Singapore Design Festival
"CONTAINS was one of the highlights of Design Event 07 and truly engaged with the public in a fun and informative way. [re]design are a great team to work with, pulling out all the stops and consistently delivering high quality events with a smile." Karen Stone, Director, Design Event Festival, on CONTAINS
"The best stand here – spot on!" Frances Sorrell, Sorrell Foundation, on SIT UP at 100% Design
"[re]design exhibited SIT UP, an inventive take on the stories behind the manufacturing process of sustainable seating as part of the first 100% Futures. This was the central feature within 100% Futures and it provided essential commentary on sustainable design solutions and invaluable direction for young designers. We look forward to working with [re]design in the future." Peter Massey, Exhibition Director, 100% Design London, on SIT UP at 100% Design
""Not only did I get an enormous amount of positive feedback about the piece I showed in [re]design's SIT UP exhibition at 100% last year, I also received a significant commission from a boutique hotel who – inspired by what they saw on the stand – decided to incorporate the idea of reuse into their own interiors." Lou Rota, designer, on SIT UP at 100% Design
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Advisory issued on contaminated bottled water
3-gallon, 5-gallon water bottles may be contaminated
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recommends people who have purchased some water bottles recently check them for gasoline odors.
Officials said people who purchased 3-gallon or 5-gallon bottles since Nov. 1, 2012, open and check them for the odor before using the water.
After Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast in October, authorities said gasoline shortages in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut prompted some people to use large water bottles to transport gasoline.
The Department of Public Health announced test results on a sample from a 5-gallon container of Poland Spring bottled water was contaminated.
The contaminants included benzene.
Officials said a child in Essex County became ill on Feb. 1 and was treated at an emergency room after drinking water from a 5-gallon Poland Springs water bottle. The child was later released.
At low levels, authorities said the compounds are usually rapidly metabolized and released in urine. If swallowed, benzene can irritate the mouth, esophagus and stomach, causing nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.


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Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan at Lake Como | Pictures
George and Stacy Welcome Channing and Jenna to Lake Como
George and Stacy Welcome Channing and Jenna to Lake Como
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan boarded a boat on Lake Como Saturday to take a ride together. The couple are in Italy visiting with one of Jenna's friends, Stacy Keibler, and her boyfriend, George Clooney. The Lake Como location was an easy one for Channing to get to after he and his Magic Mike costar Matthew McConaughey wrapped up a European press tour for their movie. Channing, Jenna, and Stacy all changed into fancy clothes for dinner Saturday night. They boarded a larger boat along with George and his parents, Nick and Nina, to visit Villa d'Este. Jenna wore a little red dress for the occasion, while Stacy went long in a printed maxi. Channing and Jenna's itinerary also involved a jaunt into the town of Cernobbio, though any sightseeing plans were slightly rained out. Stacy, though, was in a good mood and shared a picture of Channing behind the wheel with the caption, "Magic Mike storms Italy!" Channing and Jenna are in the mood to celebrate — last Wednesday was their third wedding anniversary.


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BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Junior quarterback Mike McCarthy (Edgartown, Mass.) rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns and also threw for a score to lead the Bridgewater State University Bears to a 19-7 Homecoming win over Worcester State University in New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division action on Saturday afternoon at Swenson Field.
The Bears improve to 6-1 on the season and 3-1 in the NEFC Bogan Division with the win. The visiting Lancers fall to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in divisional play.
McCarthy ran for a pair of one-yard second quarter touchdowns and also connected with junior tight end Nick Jablonski (Assonet, Mass.) on a nine-yard TD pass to cap off the scoring in the fourth quarter. McCarthy also recorded 102 yards through the air as he finished with 232 yards of total offense.
The Bridgewater State defense was terrific throughout the day as they limited the Lancers to just two yards rushing and forced the Lancers to throw the ball 50 times. The Bears came up with just one turnover on an interception, but sacked Worcester senior quarterback Corey Spencer (Malden, Mass.) four times, forced the Lancers to punt seven times, and blocked one of those seven punts.
Despite turning the ball over on each of their first three possessions, the BSU offense still finished with 334 yards of total offense. The Bears ran the ball 57 times for 211 yards led by McCarthy's 130. Senior tailback Mike Gentili (Leominster, Mass.) added 52 yards on ten carries.
McCarthy capped off a 13-play, 80-yard drive with a one-yard plunge to give the Bears a 6-0 lead with 7:49 remaining in the second quarter. The drive last over seven minutes. McCarthy would find the end zone again from a yard out with 47 seconds left before halftime to up the BSU advantage to 12-0. The 12-play, 49-yard drive took 4:47 off the clock. After missing their first PAT, Bridgewater went for two after the second touchdown, but the pass fell incomplete.
After a scoreless third quarter, Worcester finally cracked the scoreboard on a four-yard touchdown pass from Spencer to junior wide receiver AJ Scerra (Marlboro, Mass.) with 9:46 remaining in the final period. The 12-play, 80-yard drive was easily the Lancers' best of the afternoon. Their next longest drive netted just 32 yards.
After Worcester cut the deficit to 12-7, Bridgewater responded with a seven-play, 62-yard drive which resulted in Jablonski's first collegiate touchdown.
The Lancers would march down the field and have a first and goal from the BSU four on their final drive. The Bears defense would keep Worcester out of the end zone, however, forcing back-to-back incomplete passes and then stopping the Lancers on fourth down on a goal line stand.
Sophomore linebacker David Silvia (Barrington, R.I.) paced the Bridgewater defense with eight solo tackles, including two for loss. Senior tackles Paul Melicharek (Glen Rock, N.J.) notched seven tackles (five solo) with 1 ½ sacks and 2 ½ tackles for loss. Senior linebacker added six solo tackles with two of those going for loss. Junior safety Dillon Huber-Parker (Longmont, Colo.) paced the BSU secondary with six tackles (five solo), an interception and a pass breakup.
Jablonski led all BSU receivers with three catches for 69 yards with a long of 48.
Spencer completed 29 of 49 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown for the Lancers. Scerra hauled in a game-high nine receptions for 49 yards. Sophomore receiver Jack Sprague (Maynard, Mass.) had six catches for 67 yards while freshman wideout Taylor Cason (Holyoke, Mass.) finished with four receptions for 66 yards.
Junior safety Adam Straughn (Rockland, Mass.) notched a game-high ten tackles for Worcester. Junior linebacker Matt Begley (East Bridgewater, Mass.) had six solo stops to go along with an interception. Junior safety Pat Conrad (Forestdale, Mass.) also picked off a pass and added five solo tackles.
The kicking game was a struggle for both teams as they combined to miss four field goals, all from less than 40 yards. Bridgewater also missed a PAT.
In NEFC Bogan Division action next Saturday, Bridgewater travels to Fitchburg State University to take on the Falcons at 1:30 PM, while Worcester entertains Coast Guard Academy also at 1:30.


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I made several cards for our blog hop because I wanted to show the various stamping techniques you can use with the floral images and get totally different looks.
Card 1: I stamped my floral , weeds, and vine images after I colored them with my Stampin' Up markers directly onto my stamps. I then went over some of the images with a watercolor brush and reinkers to add some shading. You can also spritz your stamp with a light mist of water after you've applied the ink for a softer watercolored effect on your cardstock. Don't the images from these three sets blend beautifully?
Card 2: I used the black magic technique on this beautiful flower image. I described how to do this technique in my previous blog post using white craft ink and watercolor pencils. I used a mixture of Stampin' Up pencils, Prismacolor Pencils, and SU metallic pencils to color this flower. The clear embossed image on the black background is from Rubbernecker's Weeds collection and the flower from the Floral collection.
Card 3: I gold embossed my flowers directly onto my wedding designer paper, as well as a separate piece of vellum. I trimmed the gold-embossed images on the vellum and adhered over top--and slightly off kilter--one of the others that was embossed on the designer paper. See that beautiful metallic gold paper? It was gifted to me from my sweet friend, Emily, whom most of you know as Stamp Muse---or the Divine Ms M on SCS. I embossed it with my music folder.
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Rubbernecker Dave (owner) is going to give two lucky winners a chance to win some blog candy! Winners may choose any ONE of the following complete collections:
African-American Figures
Fashion Ladies
Again, two winners will be chosen randomly from the comments left on all of the participating Red Hot Mommas' blog hop postings. Please be sure to let us know how to contact you! Posts may be made between 5:00 a.m. EST today thru 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, April 28. Winners will be announced on Bev Gerard's blog on Thursday! I will also post the winners.


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Very thorough and entertaining read! Great job!
I agree with your conclusions. If Apple didn't make such great products, I'd avoid them like the plague (aka Microsoft) because of their closed and anti-competitive practices. But the benevolent dictator approach works for them because their products are like crack!
Still waiting for somebody to install Linux on this thing.
But I'm guessing an Android solution will be made available for the public soon. And at a lesser cost to your wallet.
@Michael I heard google is working on its own table, for sure android based. What do u guys think about the courir concept by microsoft ?
Opera mini has been on the iPhone for a while – and will therefore work on an iPad. You're about a week out of date here.
I still don't know about the iPad. I waited for the 2nd Gen iPhone, and that was still only because I could get the family plan and pay about the same as what I was before. I am really more interested in the Windows 7 / Slate computers, though I really have not researched them much yet. After connecting my Wacom Tablet to a Windows 7 computer, I really liked some of the interface enhancements I saw. So if I can get something that will work like a sketch pad and work with Photoshop/Illustrator, then I am sold on that that.
I doubt I would purchase a first generation device regardless of the manufacture give the designers much needed time to work out the bugs/kinks and shortfalls. I do have to admit if you are looking for a highly rated status sybbol then the iPad is for you. It all really depends on just what you intend on using the iPad for the most. From what I have seen from critics reviews opinions greatly vary depending on the individual. Some reviews that I have come across on G4's X-Play stated that long term driving game play is really stressful using the accelerometer. They complained about the awarkwardness and weight of holding the device for extended periods of time. Used as a multi-media device and e-reader there is no better device right now that can compare but the price is too high to jusify for the average user in my opinion.
@steve, I also waited for the 2nd iphone, anyhow, I'm more than happy with it, even so, I'm also waiting for the next Android and win7 moves… both for my next phone and possibly next pad.
What I love about this new ipad gadget, is how fast it responses, have'nt seen something similar so far in the other pads.
This is most thorough and fun ipad review I've seen! Thank you very much for being so clear. FIVE STAR review!
A great vector clock icon, very useful to include it in your website, from flat circles you'll be creating an object with volume and good style.
So you can't connect to printer and print from the ipad is that correct?
can you make a phone call with any phone
it sounds great but i dont know y u have wrote u can't drop it so if i dropped it on a aeroplane and it fell on the floor it would break?
I got a lot of ebook. Ipad might help me reading portably
you CAN print from the ipad…. its called airprint, printing from wifi…..
you can also print from your iphone and ipod touch
My blackberry can view pdf, excel sheets, word docs, presentations, pictures, play movies, games, music. It also has a notepad. It can make calls and text messages and I don't have to buy most of the stuff. The only good thing about this is a big space for a keyboard but it doesn't even come with anything to type on. I don't know why this Ipad thing is so great.
It's surprising that you can't buy apps in English or films if you don't live in the USA.
It could be a very handy device for language teachers if one could buy in any apple store just by having an apple account and paying by an intrnational credit card.
Why not try and make it easy worldwide?
Hey guys I am probably getting an Ipad2 for Christmas although when my mum went down to get one for me some workers were saying that they are not as good as some of the other tablets? They told my mum that you could not download Adobe Reader, is this true?? I would also like to know if there is microsoft office on it and if not is there an app like it?
There are a lot of things on this website that it says it can't do that I know for a fact it can. Especially print, you are able to use firefox, and you can multitask.
Great article. I think you convinced to Not buy one. I was looking for more productivity/work type capability and printing. I can do a lot of the same things w/my 4G iPhone. Guess I need to buy a Mac laptop.
i swear u can print from iPad?
Having carefully read all 50, I realize that the I-Pad does only one or two things that I want. The portability and size lend themselves to those who move around a lot, but most of my time is spent at home and my computers easily do most of the things that the I-Pad does. Thanks for saving me $500-$900.
Thnx – great article. Good work Sir.
Freakin' Sweet!
I thought this was an informative article and I like the question/answer format. My laptop is still hangin' in there. Praise The Lord. I'm lookin' to see what my next purchase may be.
I could not believe how EASY is was to print from my ipad! Firstly it says you need a compatible printer, their site is easy to navigate, I have an Epson sx425w it did say I needed to sync through my main Internet ie my laptop (which at that time was not behaving its self!) there was info that said I could get the Epson print app. with
I-tunes (free!) which I did, so fast and easy! In the end did not to even have to turn on my laptop. I've since printed documents and photos (on photo paper) with ease! Get printing! : )
you have to redo this site and the details becuase the new updates of iOS and the ipad its self has chaged alot so most of your no's can now be yes's.
p.s: why would anybody want to play basketball with an ipad or blend it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Admin,
I have been given the task of buying an iPad for my grand -daughter for school. My question is. will an ipad be the best choice or do you think a laptop would be better for her. She is in high school next year so will have assignment to do so would buying the keyboard be beneficial ? I think you said you can't print from them.
thank you for the good work. i appreciate your article very much.
Purchased End Feb and today feel After Reading that what a useful product . Many Thanks for making things crystal clear . Inspired to use it to maximum and action already started .
What good is inspiration if it is not backed up by action !
As I was reading this I thought "why would I want one?" For me it would be an expensive toy. I know they meet a lot of people's needs but after playing with one for a couple days, to be honest, I can't stand it. Can't multitask is the biggest problem. How are 2 users supposed to skype when you can't receive calls unless Skype is up and running (which means you cannot use it for anything else)? Think carefully what your needs are before you buy and if you are only going to buy you one device this is not it.
I still can't find the answer to my question – I buy lots of books through ITunes to my IPad. If my IPad quits on me, I will have lost a great deal, so I want an external source as backup. What do I do?
is it possible to install opera mini- earlier versions on ipad 1st generation?


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Naruto is one of the more popular anime series that has characters that are perfect for recreating as chibis. I have been drawing chibi Naruto characters for a while now, and with each lesson my drawings look better and better. I love watching my artwork improve over time because it allows me to see that my drawings are in fact getting better. Anyways, I am going to submit a lesson that will teach you "how to draw chibi Deidara". Like always, I usually have a regular tutorial on the Naruto character that I am drawing chibi style. Deidara is one of the more popular characters from Naruto which means drawing him in any way, shape, or form is going to be pretty cool. Since one of Deidara's favorite sculptures to create is birds, I figured it would only be right to have him doing what he does best, standing on of one of his clay birds that he just molded from his hands, to prepare for a battle. The reason why Deidara rides on his birds is so that he keeps a safe distance between his enemies which he then attacks by sending smaller versions of clay birds that will eventually explode on the enemy. Anyway, this chibi Deidara looks super cool, and I guarantee that he is going to be an easy chibi to replicate because you will be following the simple steps, and easy instructions. I will be back later with some other cool tutorials for you all. In the mean time, have fun learning "how to draw chibi Deidara", step by step. Merry Christmas, and happy drawing.
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Breastfeeding offers many benefits for moms and their babies – breast milk is a healthy way to feed your newborn. This is also a special time to bond with your baby. As a regional leader in maternity services, Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health offers resources and education to help you get started. Our lactation consultants provide information, support and services for mothers during their inpatient stay, and/or after leaving the hospital.
Lactation consultants are available during your postpartum stay. Staff members also follow up with phone calls after discharge. For questions or concerns while you are breastfeeding, a Breastfeeding Support Services Warmline is available at 215-481-6104. The Warmline is monitored by lactation consultants, certified by the International Board of Certified Lactation Examiners, who will return your call within 24 to 72 hours. For urgent needs or questions, please consult your physician.
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Sandy beach between towering mountains on the westernmost part of mainland Norway.
Hoddevik is very popular for surfers from all over the world. In Nordfjord Hoddevik is the best spot in west-swells. Hoddvik is also very good under extremely windy conditions due to the tall mountains surrounding the spot and protecting it from heavy winds.
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Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and his wife Rhonda have split after more than a decade together.
Aikman confirmed the separation in a statement published on DallasNews.com, where he said it was "a difficult decision" for them both and that they "remain deeply committed" to their children.
The couple were married in 2000 and have two daughters together. Rhonda also has a daughter from a previous marriage.
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The Dallas County Clerk's office said the Aikmans have not officially filed for divorce yet. But, according to the paper, property records indicate Aikman's wife bought a home in a neighborhood near their Highland Park home last November.
Aikman, along with broadcast partner Joe Buck, are the broadcast team for Super Bowl XLV on Fox.
So far, Aikman has issued no other statement on the matter.
NBCDFW's Shane Allen contributed to this report.