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HENDERSON, Nev. – The lights go down. Latecomers stumble across knees and walk gingerly down the aisles, trying to find a seat in the packed auditorium. Booming bass and rising guitars begin to play as the lights go up on the stage, hosting a full rock band, complete with lead singers entering in a cloud of smoke.
The first words sung? "Ohhhh, God."
Yes, it's not a sold-out rock concert. It's church. In Las Vegas.
"We're trying to introduce irreligious people to a religious framework … to people caught up in the Las Vegas lifestyle," Jud Wilhite, pastor of Central Christian Church said of his church's glamorous approach. "We're not trying to water it down, we're just trying to remove some of the barriers and present the Good News in a way people can understand and relate to. We're trying to reach the people that live here, work here, in Sin City."
Congregants at Central Christian Church, in Henderson, Nev., outside of Las Vegas, are a wildly diverse group of all ages and demographics. Many are bikers, others are recovering alcoholics or drug addicts, perhaps even sitting next to a smartly-dressed couple in their 60s.
Wilhite has penned a new book, Torn: Trusting God When Life Leaves You In Pieces, which members are studying as a church from Oct. 1 to 26. The book speaks to believers questioning God through trials, and to non-Christians, who may wonder if there even is a God in the midst of all their hurts. After hearing the message on Saturdays and Sundays, small groups meet throughout the week to study more in depth through the book and the Scripture.
"Torn came from my own life and our journey as well as our recent experiences in the church, with foreclosures and the economy … it's my best effort to encourage people who are frustrated and hurting and asking, 'Why?'" Wilhite said.
On Day 15, after a rousing worship period and a brief introduction, three full movie screens showed a short video on Sherman, a Central Christian member, who was left paralyzed from the waist down after a severe accident. The video ended with a joyful Sherman, in his wheelchair, praising God through his trials.
"That's what I learned. It's Central's Message. 'It's OK to not be OK.' It's just not OK to stay there," Sherman said.
Wilhite then came on stage and preached a message from Col. 3:1-3, titled "Trusting God's Joy," a section from his new book. He closed by inviting non-Christians, who felt "torn, with nothing to turn to, nothing good to focus on," to give their lives to Jesus. Several audience members raised their hands to acknowledge their newfound faith. They were then encouraged to be baptized, immediately after the service – Central even provides a change of clothes for those who want to be baptized.
A total of 403 people came to Christ during the Oct. 15 and 16 services. Wilhite said nearly 2,000 have been baptized this year alone.
"We're a rescuing church – we're all about rescuing people in Las Vegas. Whether through addiction recovery, counseling, food pantry… we're helping people, in a city that has lost hope, discover the hope of Christ," Wilhite said.
Central Christian Church is 19,000-member church with four campuses in the Las Vegas area.
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One of the unique features of Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering is the small size and friendly atmosphere. We are all here to learn, share and enjoy the music, and our musical faculty have been chosen to encourage each of us to learn and share in a positive environment. Our small workshop size allows for easy interaction with the faculty and each other, to provide a wonderful opportunity to experience and live the music.
Escape and relax in the mountains at historic Greenwood Furnace State Park, a gorgeous state park located in central Pennsylvania, between State College and Huntingdon. The park is nestled on the western edge of the Central Pennsylvania area known as the Seven Mountains. The park features outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities, with miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. The state park also offers historic exhibits and programs for the whole family to enjoy.
An important initiative of the festival is to examine the traditional music of rural Pennsylvania to gain a better understanding of what Pennsylvania music is and to preserve and perpetuate this musical heritage. We include several workshops where you'll learn Pennsylvania music. In addition, each year we identify a musician with a unique musical perspective, bring them to the festival so that all can learn from them, and honor them as Pennsylvania Heritage Musicians.
The photo is John and JoAnn Dively receiving the Pennsylvania Heritage Musicians Award in 2008.
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Coming next May: Folk College, May 26-28, 2023 at Juniata College, in Huntingdon, PA.
Folk College features a wide variety of talented musicians from near and far who demonstrate and teach their music in workshop and concert settings. Folk College is a fun and friendly weekend of playing and listening to folk music—a fantastic three days of workshops, concerts, jams and friendship.
Activities are held at Juniata College, a beautiful setting in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, nestled in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains. Within one weekend, you'll have a choice of 68 workshops ranging from old-time to blues to international, and you'll get to sing, dance, play, listen and learn. All instruments are welcome, and there are workshops for every level from total beginner to professional. Each evening features a faculty concert followed by faculty-led jam sessions. Saturday after the concert, we hold a contradance with an open band. You'll also have an opportunity to be coached by a professional musician in a band setting and to perform in the student concert.
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This week, Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews requested unredacted copies of videos and interviews that psychiatrists Michael Welner and Alan Hopewell conducted with Khadr at Guantanamo Bay to determine his mental state. Besides the fact that Canada has now had one decade to determine Khadr's mental state, the implication of the request is that Canada's new prisons are not equipped to defend against an inmate about whom professional prosecution witness Welner said "future risk is actually more in a capacity to inspire" than to do violence himself. But that is not the most incredible aspect of this latest stalling tactic. Toews is requesting evidence from one of the most widely derided professional witnesses of our time, a man accused of falsifying his own academic credentials under oath, and a man who based his findings not on research, but on the incendiary claims of a xenophobic Danish writer who claims among other things that "Massive inbreeding within the Muslim culture during the last 1.400 years may have done catastrophic damage to their gene pool."
In March 2011, Omar Khadr's defense submitted a Petition for Clemency. They claimed misconduct of the prosecutors which resulted in the defence bringing no rebuttal to the testimony of the prosecutor's key witness, professional prosecution witness and psychiatrist Welner. More here: 2020-04-19 Khadr defense accuse Guantanamo prosecutors of trickery
The prosecutors informed the defense that they had consulted with the Convening Authority and, if the defense filed to have Welner's testimony withdrawn, the prosecutors had the Convening Authority's permission to withdraw from the pretrial agreement. The defense then agreed to only object orally. The prosecutors countered that if they objected orally, they would still withdraw. The defense attempted to negotiate further, the prosecutors refused. "Faced with the immediate prospect of the Government withdrawing from the pretrial agreement and with no time to make any further record" the defense agreed to it all. The defense now maintains that the government relied on witness Dr. Welner's testimony to "intimidate the sentencing panel" and "wrongly shielded Dr. Welner's testimony from the standards of admissibility clearly defined by the Supreme Court and the Military Commission Rules of Evidence."
Dr. Marc Sageman is an acclaimed psychologist with extensive background into terrorism and political violence who was prevented from testifying at Omar Khadr's trial. Among other things, he points out that the prosecution witness falsified his academic credentials: Dr. Sageman letter.
There is no research that comes to the conclusions Welner insists on in Omar Khadr's case, so he relied on the opinions in this book by Nicolai Sennels' instead. Except he doesn't read Danish and there is no translation, so he couldn't really read it. Book review: Appendix A.
In an initial phone call, Dr. Sageman told Omar's defense, "Dr. Welner's proposed testimony and conclusions are not valid; Dr. Welner does not have a baseline to make anything more than a guess; and Dr. Welner's sample size is Omar Khadr." In a following letter, provided pro bono, Sageman writes, "… as an internationally recognized expert in terrorism and counter-terrorism, I know of no published study that addresses the issue of dangerousness in terrorists. This piqued my curiousity about the basis of Dr. Welner's "professional" opinion at testimony. … His c.v. mentioned that he took a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991-1992. I was at the University of Pennsylvania at the time and the university did not have a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the time. … he did not do a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania as he testified under oath … Indeed, his c.v. shows that at the time, 1991-1992, he engaged in a full time residency in psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center, in New York City.
Regarding Welner's testimony, Sageman writes, "the interview lacks the usual ethical warning to a defendant that the defendant has the right to not answer questions and that there is no confidentiality between the expert for the prosecution and the defendant. The interview did not ask for any past psychiatric history and did not review potential psychiatric symptoms to assess the mental health of the defendant that could have a bearing in the assessment. Later, Dr. Welner claims that religiosity is correlated to dangerousness - a claim that is in fact without foundation - but he never probed the defendant's level of religious understanding, beliefs and piety."
Dr. Sageman then goes on for pages, devastating the credibility of the background sources Dr. Welner relied upon for his authorities. In Dr. Sageman's opinion, Dr. Welner is very articulate and quite persuasive on the stand, mostly because he conveys very positive and forceful opinions to a jury. He concluded that Dr. Welner displayed this trait in this case. If the jury was indeed swayed by Dr. Welner, which seems unavoidable since he was the star witness, Dr. Sageman's testimony should have made a very significant difference. It is hopefully unlikely that a judge would have allowed testimony from a witness who falsified their background and relied on completely unscientific methods and misunderstood or unreliable authorities. If he had, surely the jury would have agreed, given the proper rebuttal from the defense, with judge Colonel Parrish who the defense quote as stating, "Dr. Welner would have been as likely to be accurate if he used a Ouija board."


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BERLIN – Substance abuse rates in Worcester County are second only to substance abuse rates in Baltimore City, a state-commissioned report has concluded.
The news did not shock local health department personnel.
"It sort of reinforced something we've been trying to point out to state funders for years – that Worcester County is a unique county," said Marty Pusey, director of prevention for Worcester County's Health Department.
Worcester County's status as an intensely visited tourist destination combined with the high unemployment and low incomes for many residents result in high substance abuse rates, according to Pusey.
The official population of Worcester County, 50,000 residents, does not tell the whole story.
"The reality is on any given day we have many more than 50,000 people in Worcester County especially in the summer season, on weekends and holidays," Pusey said. "In addition, we know Worcester County has problems within our own local population with substance abuse."
A seasonal economy means people suffer from unemployment and those that are employed often earn very little.
Pusey said that 70 percent of people the health department treats for substance abuse make less than $30,000 a year and 65 percent of those treated have no health insurance.
"We have some serious socio-economic concerns in Worcester County even though we are often championed as a wealthy county because of our income from our property taxes," Pusey said.
Substance abuse does cut across all income levels, she said, but those living on less use substances like alcohol to cope with a multitude of problems, from economic woes to mental health concerns.
Alcohol is the most abused substance in Worcester County, the report confirms.
According to the report, Worcester County's alcohol arrest rates are the highest in the state and are 2.5 times higher than Alleghany County, the next on that measure. Worcester's alcohol arrest rates are as high as the drug arrest rates in Baltimore City. Interestingly, Baltimore City showed the lowest alcohol arrest rate in the state.
Fifty-three percent of those treated for addictions by the local health department are treated for alcohol abuse with 21 percent treated for marijuana addiction, 17 percent treated for crack cocaine or cocaine addiction and 8 percent treated for addiction to opiates. While many involved in substance abuse arrests seek treatment in their home counties or states, visitors and short-term summer residents do access short-term interventions.
Worcester County also sits third in substance abuse mortality in the state of Maryland, according to the report.
Substance abuse treatment admission rates were highest in Baltimore City, followed by Worcester and the rest of the lower Eastern Shore.
Treatment is becoming scarcer, Pusey said, with the vast budget reductions by the state, which largely funds the health department.
"This makes it really hard as we see an increase in caseload with increased needs and more people seeking help," she said.
Although Worcester County handles a disproportionate amount of substance abuse problems, the state funds local efforts based on the official, year-round population.
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Broncos win Super Bowl 50, stop Carolina. Adding that ring to his five MVP awards, Manning certainly can be satisfied and comfortable in retirement should Sunday's 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers be his finale. He wasn't the star — game MVP Miller seemingly was everywhere on every Carolina play — but Manning really hasn't been the headliner in this injury-shortened season.
Emulating his Broncos boss, John Elway, the 39-year-old Manning can ride off with the Lombardi Trophy after leading Denver to its third NFL title, first since 1999 — when Elway was the quarterback.
Denver's suffocating defense kept Cam Newton jittery all day. Despite wearing gold shoes in the golden Super Bowl, Newton couldn't finish off a dynamic season in which he was the league's MVP. Miller twice stripped him, once for a touchdown, the second time setting up a clinching TD. Denver's top-ranked defense, the one that ran roughshod over Tom Brady in the NFC championship, simply wouldn't let Newton get comfortable.
Newton was sacked six times — receiver Ted Ginn Jr., went down once on an aborted trick play — and if Miller wasn't torturing him, DeMarcus Ware was. Ware had two of the seven sacks, the most ever by one team in the Super Bowl.
Carolina's potent offense that led the league with 500 points was held to its fewest points of the year, and Denver set an ignominious mark with 194 yards gained, the fewest for a Super Bowl winner.
So what: The Broncos (15-4) are champions and Manning is the first quarterback to win Super Bowls with two franchises, Indianapolis in 2007 was the other.
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They were known as "Miller's boys," a small group of East Haven officers on the 4-to-midnight shift arrested Tuesday following a long federal investigation and charged with terrorizing Latinos who dared enter the town's borders.
Federal authorities called them "bullies" and the indictment against them alleges a long list of crimes ranging from excessive force for beating suspects with their hands cuffed behind them to obstructing justice. Federal prosecutors argued in court that one of them — Dennis Spaulding — was so dangerous that he should be barred from entering East Haven while his case is pending.
Besides Spaulding the other three officers arrested were Jason Zullo, David Cari and Sgt. John Miller. All but Zullo were released late Tuesday after pleading not guilty and posting bonds ranging from $100,000 to $300,000. Miller and Cari were arrested at the East Haven police department just as their shift was ending. Miller was whisked out so quickly he left his service handgun on his desk. All are facing potential jail sentences of 10 years or longer if convicted.
"The four police officers charged today allegedly formed a cancerous cadre that routinely deprived East Haven residents of their civil rights," said Janice K. Fedarcyk, assistant director-in-charge of the New York office of the FBI. "The public should not need protection from those sworn to protect and serve. In simple terms, these defendants behaved like bullies with badges."
"At its core, this is an abuse of power case," added Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, of the justice department's civil rights division.
The investigation was prompted by a video recording of an encounter between some of the officers arrested Tuesday and the Rev. James Manship, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in New Haven. The federal probe found a pattern of discrimination by police, particularly against Latino residents.
Connecticut's U.S. Attorney, David B. Fein, said more arrests and additional charges could be forthcoming as the investigation continues.
Fein said the "indictment should serve as a powerful message that we in the Department of Justice will not tolerate abuse of power or victimization of civilians by anyone in law enforcement."
At arraignments Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Spaulding was released after posting $300,000 bail. Conditions of his release are that he is barred from entering East Haven and that he must live with his father-in-law in New Haven. Spaulding has been on leave.
Zullo was ordered held until a bail hearing on Thursday. Cari was released on $100,000 bail, pending the turnover of 12 weapons at his home to authorities. Miller was released after posting $200,000 bail.
The government vehemently opposed allowing Spaulding to go free. Assistant U.S. Attorney Krishna Patel said numerous victims and potential witnesses have beeen intimidated by Spaulding.
"He has created so much fear and created so much terror in the very community that he is supposed to be protecting" Patel told U.S. Magistrate Holly Fitzsimmons.
Patel also asked that Spaulding undergo a psychiatric evaluation before his release because of his "very bizarre and disturbing behavior."
The baby-faced Spaulding said little during his arraignment. His attorney, Frank Riccio Jr., said he lives in East Haven with his wife and 5-month-old baby and that Spaulding has already been on leave from the department for six months.
Several of his family members offered to put up their homes as collateral. Fitzsimmons eventually decided to release him, with the unusual caveat that he not travel into East Haven for any reason.
Several East Haven officers attended the arraignment to show support for their colleagues.
East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo and the union that represents the officers defended them Tuesday.
"It's unfortunate that the arrests were made within our police department," Maturo said. "Our officers are innocent until proven guilty. We stand behind our officers and the police department. I want the citizens to know our men and women will do the best they can on our streets in light of what happened."
Maturo said the four officers were placed on administrative leave, with pay, pending the outcome of an internal department investigation.
"Today the government has expressed doubt upon their integrity, but we believe in their hard work and their dedication to the police force and the people of East Haven, and we place our faith in the justice system that they will each be exonerated when all of the evidence is heard," said Jeffrey H. Matchett, executive director of Council 15 of theAmerican Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
The indictment charges that the officers, known collectively as "Miller's boys," conspired to create and perpetuate an environment in which the use of unreasonable force and illegal searches and seizures was tolerated and encouraged. They used their status and authority as police officers to advance that conspiracy, to file false and misleading reports to cover up their illegal conduct, and sought to create an environment in the police department that not only tolerated but encouraged such illegal conduct, according to the indictment.
Further, the officers conspired to harass, ostracize and intimidate victims, fellow officers who reported misconduct, East Haven Police Commission members who sought to investigate the misconduct and others who sought to hold the officers accountable, according to the affidavit.
Each officer is charged with conspiracy against rights, which carries a penalty of 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Miller, Spaulding and Zullo are also charged with use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer, which also carries a 10-year sentence and a fine of up to $250,000.
Spaulding is charged with two counts and Cari with one count of deprivation of rights for making arrests without probable cause. Each is punishable by a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
Spaulding is also charged with two counts of obstruction of a federal investigation, and Cari one count, for allegedly preparing false reports to justify false arrests. Each count carries a penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
"This is a sad day, a sad day for our community, a sad day for our state," Manship said after learning of the arrests. "We're very grateful for the U.S attorney's office for having taken the Latino community's allegations so seriously. We're appreciative that all those involved in the investigation did so in a thorough and professional manner. And now we just wait for the next steps in this process. We wait for it to unfold."
Sister Mary Ellen Burns, a lawyer who works at the nonprofit Apostle Immigrant Services, said she helped gather the stories of St. Rose of Lima parishioners who claimed to have been profiled by the department, and presented them to theU.S. Department of Justice. She said she met twice with federal law enforcement officials during the probe.
"I would assume that they have sufficient basis to justify these arrests and I think it therefore will be a good thing that the officers will have their day in court and our justice system will determine whether their racial profiling crossed the bounds into criminal behavior," said Burns, a parishioner at St. Rose of Lima.
Burns also said that it is important to remember that each officer is presumed innocent.
"They should get the rights our Constitution guarantees them, just as every single person who passes through the town of East Haven," she said.
Miller and Cari were arrested at police headquarters, where they were working the midnight shift, police said. Spaulding, who is on medical leave, and Zullo were arrested at their homes.
Maturo said he learned of the arrests at 5:50 a.m. when Chief Leonard Gallo called him. The FBI notified the department's deputy chief at 4:10 a.m. that they were on their way to make the arrests, Maturo said.
The 10-count indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in Bridgeport, refers to unidentified co-conspirators who aided what the indictment describes as a long-term campaign to harass East Haven's Latino community and those who stood up to the four officers arrested Tuesday.
The indictment provides an example of a chat between Zullo and Spaulding on computer terminals in their patrol cars on May 1, 2008. Zullo wrote that he "likes harassing motorist[s]" and then referred to "persons who have drifted to this country on rafts made of chicken wings and are now residing on [Main] St. East Haven."
The indictment also cites the actions of "co-conspirator-1," described in the indictment as a leader in the East Haven Police Department, who protected Miller and the others. The co-conspirator also worked to undermine the effectiveness of the police commission, which sought to investigate Miller, by banning its members from police headquarters.
Police Commission Chairman Frederick Brow said it was police Chief Leonard Gallo who, on his first day back from a forced-administrative leave, ordered commission members barred from police headquarters. Gallo also banned commission members from the building's parking lot, although the commission days later convened a special meeting and approved a policy allowing commissioners into police headquarters. Gallo, through his secretary, declined to comment.
Gallo's lawyer, Jonathan J. Einhorn of New Haven, said, "It's obvious that the reference to co-conspirator No. 1 is a reference to Chief Gallo. It's unfair however, in that he's not charged with a crime, and yet he's referred to in a criminal indictment. This is a law enforcement officer who denies vigorously any wrongdoing whatsoever that may be attributed to him either implicitly or explicitly."
The indictment refers to two more unindicted co-conspirators as "Union-Leader-1" and "Union-Leader-2," who it says interfered with and intimidated those, including police commission members, who sought to investigate Miller and the others.
Former East Haven Mayor April Capone Almon placed Gallo on administrative leave in April 2010 after the justice department announced its investigation. Shortly after he retook the mayor's office in November, Maturo reinstated Gallo.
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Wednesday marked the unveiling for the Budget 2013 in Ireland by Finance Minister Michael Noonan. A number of new measures were outlined in the new financial plan for the coming years.
The Irish Times reports on the most notable measures that were shared at the Dail on Wednesday.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan outlined taxation measures which are expected to generate €1.25 billion, and Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin outlined expenditure cuts of €2.25 billion. Together, the measures aim to achieve an adjustment of €3.5 billion next year.
Minister Noonan, who was delivering his sixth austerity budget in five years, said Ireland was emerging from the worst of the financial crisis and that the efforts of the Irish people had helped in leading the State successfully through the bailout program. He said 160 conditions of the bailout had been fulfilled, and that 80 percent of funds available had now been drawn down.
Noonan described the the day of the Budget delivery as "a good day for taking stock of where we are." He added that the State now had the basis of a renewed economy that will lead to greater employment.
Included in the Budget are a property tax, reduced child benefit payments, increased excise duties on cigarettes and alcohol, hikes to the student contribution charge and changes to the PRSI system.
Noonan explained that the property tax is to be levied at a rate of 0.18 per cent on properties worth up to €1 million and 0.25 per cent on properties valued at more than that.
Excise duty is to increase by 10 cent on pints of beer and cider and measures of spirits, and by €1 on a 750ml bottle of wine from midnight. The price of a pack of cigarettes is to go up by 10 cent from midnight and the price of a 50g pouch of tobacco is to rise by 50 cent.
Minister Howlin said the Government had decided that reducing the primary weekly rates of social welfare would have a detrimental impact on domestic demand. However, he said child benefit will decrease by €10 per month, saving €136 million.
Jobseekers benefit also took a hit - it will now only be available for nine months, rather than 12 months.
Howlin detailed how changes to the telephone element of the household benefits package would save €60 million, and the electricity allowance would save €20 million. Prescription charges for medical card holders are being tripled from €0.50 to €1.50.
Students will be digging deeper over the next few years as the €2,250 third level student contribution charge is to increase by €250 in each of the next three years.
Noonan announced the end of the weekly PRSI allowance for workers. The annual contribution from the self-employed will raise from €253 to €500. Income tax rates have been left unchanged.
A three-year corporation tax relief for start-up companies, a rebate on fuel for hauliers from next July and the development of a range of support funds by the National Pension Reserve Fund to provide equity, financing and restructuring options are measures being used to help support a new, healthier economy.
The Budget report was not met without opposition. Fianna Fáil finance spokesman Michael McGrath interrupted Noonan's speech to complain that the budget documentation had not been distributed to the Opposition.
"It is unprecedented and a disgrace," said McGrath
Minister Howlin concluded by saying that when he took office last year, he "could not be certain that we would make it through this crisis." He now has a sense of relief.
"I no longer hold this fear," he said. "What the people of Ireland have endured has been tough, almost without precedent in the developed world."
"That we will come through it, and we will, is a significant shared achievement. In time, future generations will be proud that we, as a people, tackled this crisis head on. There remain difficult challenges ahead of us but Ireland and her people will prosper again."
Property tax unveiled for Irish homeowners as Michael Noonan reveals Budget 2013
Wednesday marked the unveiling for the Budget 2013 in Ireland by Finance Minister Michael Noonan. A number of ne...
Wednesday marked the unveiling for the Budget 2013 in Ireland by Finance Minister Michael Noonan. A number of new measures were outlined in the new financial plan for the coming years.


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Pete Weir, district attorney candidate for Colorado's First Judicial district (Jefferson and Gilpin counties), discusses the balance between helping low-level offenders rehabilitate and cracking down on hardened criminals. He also discusses drug offenses and proposals to legalize marijuana.
Weir spoke September 27 at the Wheat Ridge United Neighborhoods Election Preview Forum.


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Grand Teton Basics
When to Go
Any time of year is a joy in the Tetons. Most people visit during July and August, when it's sunny and warm, after the snow has melted in the high country. In September and October, the days are pleasant, nights are brisk, the park is less crowded, and the animals are still active. You have a better chance of seeing elk than in summer.
Winter, although spectacular, can be very demanding; snowshoeing, skate-skiing, walking, and cross-country skiing are popular. The main park road, US 26/89/191, remains open all year, but snow closes Teton Park Road (the "inner road") north of Cottonwood Creek from November through April. The Moose-Wilson Road is also closed. At Teton Village, just south of the park, you'll find excellent downhill skiing.
How to Get There
From Jackson, take US 26/89/191 north past the National Elk Refuge; the entrance station and Moose Visitor Center are at Moose. From Dubois, follow US 26/287 to Moran Junction and turn north to the Moran Entrance Station. From Yellowstone NP's South Entrance, the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway leads directly into the park. Airport: The Jackson Hole Airport is inside the park.
How to Visit
On a one-day visit in the summer take the Teton Park Road from Moose Junction to Jenny Lake for excellent views of the Tetons and short walks or longer hikes. On the second day, go farther north to Signal Mountain and Jackson Lake. For a longer stay, consider floating the Snake River, hiking, canoeing, climbing, or attending a ranger-guided activity.
Where to Stay
Campgrounds: There are six campgrounds in the park. Full hook-ups and shower and laundry services are available on the Colter Bay and Flagg Ranch grounds, which provide nearly 300 hundred trailer and tent sites. Colter Bay and Gros Ventre can accommodate groups from ten to a hundred campers. For more information and individual rates, check www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm.
Lodging: Located on ten acres in the south end of Grand Teton National Park, small, family-owned Dornan's Spur Ranch features cabins with eight one-bedroom and four two-bedroom duplexes. The cabins have a cozy ambience, furnished with handcrafted lodgepole furniture. Each cabin includes a spacious living area with sofas, a dining table, and a kitchen equipped with appliances and cook- and dining-ware. Covered porches and nearby grills complete the outdoor living experience. The resort also has a grocery store, deli, two restaurants, and a bar. Open year-round.
Although only open mid-May to early October, Jackson Lake Lodge brings you right into the heart of Grand Teton National Park. Soak in the panoramic views of Jackson Lake, the park's vast rolling hills, and the formidable Teton peaks through the lodge's 60-foot-wide lobby windows. Guest rooms and single-story cottages clustered outside the main building offer a variety of facilities, including queen- and king-size beds, kitchenettes, jetted tubs, and patios and balconies.
The only lakefront lodging in the park, Signal Mountain Lodge offers a range of options: log cabins with twin and double beds; country rooms with fireplaces and small appliances; bungalows with kitchenettes; lakefront retreats with balconies or porches; and a three-room cabin complete with a living room, kitchen, and laundry area. This lodge is Green Seal Certified and has implemented extensive recycling and energy efficiency programs.
Flagg Ranch offers the best of both worlds at its location between Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Rooms are basic and include patios with rocking chairs. The lodge headquarters also features a restaurant, grocery store, and gas service.
No matter what time of the year it is, careful driving on park roads where wildlife roam is a must. Moose frequently use roads as travel corridors, and elk, bison, and mule tend to wander at night. Driving slowly and only during the day can help avoid accidents that result from hitting animals.
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For most seasons, rain gear is recommended because of unpredictable storms. Though the summer months of July and August usually promise warm days and cool nights, thundershowers are common in the afternoon. It's still relatively sunny from September to November, but rain and snow storms can occur in the park during these months.
The winters are long and cold, so winter visits require warm layers with the additional protection of hats, gloves, and boots. Heavy snows generally fall between November and March, but at high elevations snow and frost are possible anytime of the year. Through mid-April, roads can be closed during blizzards and storms, so be sure to check the park's website before setting out. Four-wheel drives or all-weather tires are also ideal for navigating slippery and snowy roads.
Valley trails can be covered with snow until late May, so prepare accordingly when taking a spring trip. Occasional snow can occur as late as June, so be prepared with layered clothing.


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Mining company Freeport-McMoRan is buying a pair of oil and gas producers for $9 billion, creating a natural resources conglomerate with assets ranging from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico to mines in Indonesia.
NEW YORK (AP) - Mining company Freeport-McMoRan is buying a pair of oil and gas producers for $9 billion, creating a natural resources conglomerate with assets ranging from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico to mines in Indonesia.
Freeport, based in Phoenix, is paying $6.9 billion in cash and stock for Plains Exploration Co., and $2.1 billion for McMoRan Exploration Co. Freeport will also assume $11 billion in debt in the deal.
Plains Exploration, based in Houston, produces oil in California, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, along with natural gas in Louisiana. McMoRan Exploration, based in New Orleans, is developing natural gas resources that lie deep below shallow water regions of the Gulf of Mexico.
The recent track record of miners buying oil and gas companies has been mixed.
BHP Billiton, the Australian mining giant, wrote down the value of its U.S. natural gas assets by $2.8 billion in August. The company had paid $5 billion for much of those assets in 2011 when it bought reserves in the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas from Chesapeake Energy.
Natural gas prices in the U.S. have been pushed sharply lower in recent years because drillers have learned to unlock enormous amounts of natural gas from shale formations under several states, dramatically boosting supplies.
BHP Billiton also acquired Petrohawk Energy in 2011 for $12 billion. Petrohawk focused on oil instead of gas, though, so BHP did not have to write down those assets.
U.S. oil production is at its highest level since 1998, according to the Energy Department, but global oil prices have remained relatively high.
Freeport shareholders generally owned the company for its exposure to copper and will not embrace the move, Anthony Rizzo, an analyst at Dahlman Rose, wrote in a note to clients.
The company's stock fell $5.32, or 14 percent, in morning trading.
The Freeport deals, which must be approved by shareholders, are expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.


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For a long time now, I've been wanting to do something to show how much I appreciate YOU as part of this WellGrounded Life community … It's hard to put into words how much it means to me to have this haven of women, each of us striving to live into our most healthy and vibrant selves while supporting each other along the way. It is such a gift.
So this month, I wanted to Share the Love and bless you with some fabulous giveaways that will support you on your way to healthy, vibrant living! Each Wednesday during February, I'll be giving away a product(s) from one of my trusted colleagues or from a trusted company. The details for how to enter are below … {Be sure to sign up for The Ripple, my weekly newsletter, so you can get all the info on the coming giveaways as well. Sign up in the box to the right!}
Wednesday, Feb 1 Giveaway
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Vanessa Barg, a fellow alumni of The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, founded this phenomenal company that produces handmade, raw, fairly-traded, sustainable, organic vegan chocolate. Gnosis Chocolate will be giving one lucky lady the Aphrodisia Collection (valued at $74.48). Watch the video below to see why I LOVE this chocolate and why it's actually GOOD for you!
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All Lovingly Gift Wrapped
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We will choose the winner at Noon (EST) Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
And please feel free to Share the Love — let the women in your life know about this great giveaway and about the community we're creating at WellGrounded Life.
The stronger our collective grows, the stronger each of us grows. {You know I'm all about conspiracy groups!}
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (BP) — A year ago Mohammed Khidir Khalil was glad his family had obtained refugee status in Egypt after fleeing Islamic hostilities in Sudan.
The 38-year-old Christian was also heartened that his formerly unbelieving wife was attending church with him.
Today the convert from Islam is back in Sudan fighting to recover his family after his in-laws compelled his wife to claim she was Muslim and divorce him. A Sudanese court automatically granted her custody of their two sons and forbade him to see them, he said. He fears that if he persists in his legal battle, he faces the threat of being accused of "apostasy," or leaving Islam.
It was last August that his Muslim mother-in-law visited them in Egypt.
"Without my knowledge, she took my wife and children back to Sudan," Khalil said.
The couple had fled Sudan just before the South Sudan vote for independence on Jan. 9, 2011, after threats from the couples' Muslim families and others intensified, Khalil said. In Egypt, they reported their case to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and won asylum.
In emails to friends back in Sudan, Khalil freely shared his Christian experience and pointed out what he termed as contradictions in Islam.
Hearing nothing from his family after his mother-in-law took his wife and two sons back to Sudan, on Christmas Day Khalil decided to return to an undisclosed town in Sudan to search for them. He was shocked to discover that his wife, Manal Hassan, had filed for divorce on grounds that she was a Muslim and he a Christian.
Khalil, who converted to Christianity in 2001, had met Hassan in 2007. At that time she said she was neither a Christian nor a Muslim, and they married in a non-religious wedding. The bride's Muslim family learned that Khalil was a Christian but had no objection to the marriage, he said.
By 2010 the couple had joined an undisclosed church and had become visibly active in it. Opposition from their families grew, leading to the couple's flight to Egypt in early 2011.
In February, Khalil decided to appeal the divorce ruling. His wife had presented a copy of the UNHCR certificate showing Khalil's testimony as a Christian, however, and that was proof enough for a judge to rule in March that the marriage be annulled and the children automatically handed over to the spouse professing "the popular religion" — Islam, the supposed faith of Hassan.
In spite of the court's ruling that Khalil did not have a right to even visit the children, in April he decided to try to see them. His former wife's family threatened to call police if he persisted.
"I am very upset with courts like this that bar one from seeing one's children," he said. "I have to appeal against this."
Asked what risks he might incur by appealing, Khalil said it could lead to a case against him for apostasy — punishable by death in Sudan, where Shariah (Islamic law) is established as a primary source of legislation.
"They might take the case to a prosecution court, which might lead to my sentencing to death according to Islamic apostasy law — but I am ready for this," Khalil said. "I want the world to know this. What crime have I done? Is it because I became a Christian? I know if the world is watching, they will be afraid to do any harm to me."
Khalil was a practicing Sufi Muslim when he began studies at a university in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1998. By the time he graduated in 2000, he had left Islam and returned to Sudan an atheist.
After his return to Sudan, Khalil came into contact with a U.S. pastor who inspired him with his Christian faith.
"He was very calm and confident," Khalil said.
References to Jesus as the Good Shepherd whose Father was the God of love moved him. Khalil decided to visit the pastor's church, and he entrusted his life to Christ in 2001.
He stayed with the pastor for three months before he left to his home village. The pastor paid him visits, and when his family realized that Khalil had embraced the Christian faith, his father threatened to shoot him. Khalil fled home.
He was later baptized in a historically Nubian area near his home village. Khalil began winning friends to Christ, and persecution intensified; family members reported him to the police, and he fled his country.
"Life became unbearable, and I decided to flee to the United Arab Emirates, where I was received by a Sudanese family in 2001," he said.
He remained there until the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between north and south Sudan in 2005, and then decided to return to Sudan with the hope of serving his community. He became an English teacher, at the same time developing programs to promote Nobiin, one of the Nubian languages, and its cultural heritage. Building a literacy program for children in Nobiin, he also wrote poetry in the language and translated several hymns and Bible verses into it.
Along with his other challenges, Khalil is working toward publishing his manuscripts in the Nobiin language, in spite of financial constraints. A deacon at his church summed up: "Mohammed needs prayers and support at this trying moment."
Reported by Compass Direct News, www.compassdirect.org, a news service based in Santa Ana, Calif., focusing on Christians worldwide who are persecuted for their faith. Used by permission.


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It's not hyperbolic to say that Apple introduced multitouch to the masses with the iPhone. Apple thought that they could trademark it. Unfortunately for them, the United States Patent and Trademark Office thought differently. They've denied Apple the multitouch trademark.
According to MacRumors, the decision made by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the USPTO because the term multitouch has taken on a second, more generic meaning (sorta like Aspirin and Thermos). Specifically the trademark attorney said:
Thus, from the foregoing, we find that "multi-touch" not only identifies the technology, but also describes how a user of the goods operates the device. Based on the evidence discussed above, as well as other evidence in the record, we agree with the examining attorney that MULTI-TOUCH indeed is highly descriptive of a feature of the identified goods. We now consider whether applicant has submitted sufficient evidence to establish acquired distinctiveness of this highly descriptive term.
Apple originally applied for the trademark on January 9, 2007. MacRumors has posted the full decision on Scribd. [Scribd via MacRumors]


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XO Korea/central government/Ministry of Education & Human Resource Development
환영합니다 | Portal | XO Korea | Deployment | Content | Hardware | Software | Mesh Network | Ethics | LOS | XO City | Accreditation | Consortium
Yet Another OLPC: One Local e-Government Per Community.
See Overview of governmental servers; what they are for, how and by whom they are established, and other issues.
Also, see YAWL and Writing e-Government before starting to write Python codes for any governmental function.
Briefly speaking, the e-Government project of XO Korea is to establish an web-based government system commonly usable by hundreds of nations with different cultural, political, economic, and historic backgrounds.
It may need tens of years to grow hundreds of thousands of highly educated governmental officers, but, in some cases, a sophisticated e-Government system will surely provide the same (or even better) governmental services to citizens.
Furthermore, developing nations under short governmental budgets can afford to buy XO laptops for their children, by reducing governmental expenses, especially ordinary expenses such as salaries for governmental employees, those who otherwise should be newly recruited .
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France's RafaleJul 28, 2023 04:56 UTC
Will Dassault's fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company's past successes – or just "the late Rafale"? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the multinational consortium that went on to create EADS' Eurofighter. The French needed a lighter aircraft that was suitable for carrier use, and were reportedly unwilling to cede design authority over the project. As is so often true of French defense procurement policy, the choice came down to paying additional costs for full independence and exact needs, or losing key industrial capabilities by partnering or buying abroad. France has generally opted for expensive but independent defense choices, and the Rafale was no exception.
Those costs, and associated delays triggered by the end of the Cold War and reduced funding, proved to be very costly indeed. Unlike previous French fighters, which relied on exports to lower their costs and keep production lines humming, the Rafale has yet to secure a single export contract – in part because initial versions were hampered by impaired capabilities in key roles. The Rafale may, at last, be ready to be what its vendors say: a true omnirole aircraft, ready for prime time on the global export stage. The question is whether it's too late. Rivals like EADS' Eurofighter, Russia's Su-27/30 family, and the American "teen series" of F-15/16/18 variants are all well established. Meanwhile, Saab's versatile and cheaper JAS-39 Gripen remains a stubborn foe in key export competitions, and the multinational F-35 juggernaut is bearing down on it.


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I have been a paper scrapper. I played with digital last year, but I jumped in more this year with a digital Project Life.
Now I am moving across the country, and we are trying to purge, so our move is small. I am considering getting rid of the majority of my paper scrapping. I do have photos printed that I'm not sure what to do with.
Has anyone else done this? Did you regret it? Do you wish you'd done something differently?
I know I haven't been digital long, but this past weekend I was paper scrapping and it was bugging me. I wanted to write on the photo, and I wanted to add a tag here, and a button there. Of course, I didn't have a pen to write on the photo, or the button I wanted, and I had to make the tag first. I missed the convenience of resizing a photo, and not having to count out my letter stickers to make sure I had the right ones. And having to rearrange my title, because it wouldn't fit in the space. Grrr! The trials of a paper scrapper


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Stocks may find it tough to keep the party going Thursday.
U.S. stocks surged Wednesday following the passage of a fiscal cliff deal in Washington.
But the prospect of more cliff-edge wrangling over the U.S. budget in the weeks to come may leave some investors nursing a hangover.
U.S. stock futures were lower ahead of the opening bell Thursday.
Bank stocks, which were among the biggest gainers a day earlier, fell in premarket trading. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) were all lower two hours before the open.
Related: Wall Street's biggest headwind: Washington
Aside from keeping tabs on D.C. lawmakers, investors will get a fresh look at the labor market, with the government's weekly report on initial jobless claims and the monthly report on private-sector jobs from payroll processor ADP.
U.S. private sector added 215,000 jobs in December, according to the latest ADP report. And the government reported first-time jobless claims rose 10,000 to 372,000 in the latest week.
The two jobs reports serve as a prelude to the government's closely watched monthly jobs report, due Friday morning. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com are expecting the report will show job growth continued at a modest pace in December, with employers adding 150,000 jobs.
In November, employers added 146,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% as workers dropped out of the labor force.
Later in the afternoon, investors will mull over minutes from the Federal Reserve's policy meeting in December. At that meeting, the Fed announced plans to expand its controversial stimulus program. The Fed also said it forecasts it will keep accommodative policies in place until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5% or inflation exceeds 2.5% a year.
In corporate news, Family Dollar (FDO) shares fell 8% after the discount retailer reported earnings that missed forecasts and issued a weak outlook.
Shares of Gap (GPS) rose 4.4% after the retailer reported stronger-than-expected same store sales and announced a new $1 billion stock buyback.
Other retailers weren't faring as well.
Limited (LTD) shares slid 4% after the Victoria's Secret owner's same store sales fell short of forecasts. And Macy's (M) slid into the red on a weak sales outlook.
Related: Fear & Greed Index shows greed on the rise
European markets retreated slightly in early trading after posting gains of 2% Wednesday, while Asian markets ended higher. Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.4% while the Australia ASX All Ordinaries index added 0.8%. Markets in Tokyo and Shanghai were closed for an extended New Year's holiday.


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All-22: Babin's Last Game In Green
Brandon Graham said Tuesday's release of Jason Babin made him realize that in the NFL, "just when you think you're safe, you're gone."
Babin hit the pillow Monday night as the team leader in sacks, and woke up (temporarily) unemployed.
Did his performance against the Panthers weigh into the Eagles' decision to let him go? We took a look at the All-22 tape to figure it out.
One thing you can't knock the 32-year old for is his effort. On Wednesday his old teammates talked about how Babin would always bust it, and the following play from the second quarter Monday is a good example. Cam Newton pitches to Jonathan Stewart, who takes off to his left. Babin is lined up wide on the other side of the field.
But it's Babin who tracks Stewart down.
Babin was able to generate some pressure in this one. He played 40 snaps against the Panthers and finished with a sack and a pair of quarterback hits. On the play below he shakes free and is able to get a shot on Cam Newton. The quarterback is unable to follow through, and his pass intended for Steve Smith falls incomplete. (Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie can be credited with his solid coverage on Smith as well.)
Now onto the not-so-good.
The following play is a good example of the burden Jim Washburn's Wide-9 can put on the rest of defense, particularly the linebackers. Here the Panthers run a draw to DeAngelo Williams.
Babin's positioning and aggressive approach has opened up a gaping hole. It is up to Mychal Kendricks to read the play properly, avoid big 'ol number 61, and make an open-field tackle. Fortunately for the Eagles, he did.
Next up you will see Babin rushing off the edge as Newton surveys the field.
In his quest to get to the quarterback, he continues to push his way inside. In the process he loses the edge, and the fleet-footed Newton scrambles loose.
With nothing but daylight, Newton is able to pick up the first down.
Finally, take a look at this third-down play with two minutes remaining in the game. Carolina has an eight-point lead and is already in field goal range, but this is the defense's last chance to try and get the ball back in the offense's hands. The pass rush starts off well for the Eagles, as both Cullen Jenkins and Babin spring free.
Babin will attack a little too sharply to the inside, however. In the next frame, you can actually see him push off Jenkins as Newton rolls out beyond the pressure.
Haven broken the contain, Newton flicks one to Mike Tolbert for an 11-yard gain and a first down. After the play, Babin slaps his chest twice as if to suggest, "My bad."
That was his last meaningful play in an Eagles uniform, as Newton took a couple knees to run the clock out.
Overall, you can't call it a poor performance from Babin. He made a few plays, got some pressure. He was also out of position a few times, though that has some to do with Washburn's design as well. The decision to release him couldn't have been made off this game, in other words. This was a big-picture move, and a sign that a philosophy shift is right around the corner.
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Political Prisoners
A political prisoner is 'someone who is in prison because they have opposed or criticized the government of their own country'. Basiclaly a person who is behind bars to her/his dissenting ideologies. A political prisoner as someone who is imprisoned for his or her participation in political activity. If a political offense was not the official reason for detention, the term would imply that the detention was motivated by the prisoner's politics. These priosoners are victim of unfair trail and delayed or no justice at all.
A Political Prisoner will be –
*a person accused or convicted of an ordinary crime carried out for political motives, such as murder or robbery carried out to support the objectives of an opposition group;
*a person accused or convicted of an ordinary crime committed in a political context, such as at a demonstration by a trade union or a peasants' organization;
*a member or suspected member of an armed opposition group who has been charged with treason or "subversion".
Political prisoners are also arrested and tried with a veneer of legality where false criminal charges, manufactured evidence, and unfair trials (kangaroo courts, show trials) are used to disguise the fact that an individual is a political prisoner. This is common in situations which may otherwise be decried nationally and internationally as a human rights violation or suppression of a political dissident. A political prisoner can also be someone that has been denied bail unfairly, denied parole when it would reasonably have been given to a prisoner charged with a comparable crime, or special powers may be invoked by the judiciary. Particularly in this latter situation, whether an individual is regarded as a political prisoner may depend upon subjective political perspective or interpretation of the evidence.
Kracktivism dedicates the page to campaign for release of political prisoners nationally and internationally.
So Kracktivists, buckle up !
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OA policies & traditional publishing agreements: Status of non-exclusive licenses in Canadian copyright law?
To ease the problem of paywall-blocked access to scholarly articles arising from publicly funded research, some universities have adopted a rights-retention OA policy. In this type of policy, faculty grant to the university ...


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On Monday we had the opportunity to present our most recent iterations of our project to the community of Clifton Forge in Clifton Forge! At this point in the process we had consolidated into groups and had begun to address the architecture of the project. The presentation allowed for a good dialog between concerned members of the community and the students.
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The Soft Moon
Sacred Bones Records
Release Date:
02nd February 2018
CD, vinyl & digital
Give Something
Like A Father
The Pain
It Kills
Born Into This
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'Criminal', The Soft Moon's fourth studio album, is a confessional work. Through the stark lens of shame and guilt that has followed Luis Vasquez since a violent childhood growing up within the humming ambient sprawl of 80s Mojave Desert, here he documents the gut-wrenching sound of going to war with himself. Battling with his own sanity, self-hatred, insecurity, self-entitlement and grappling with the risk of these things transforming him into a person he despises, Vasquez has laid his feelings bare with this: his confession and most self-reflective work to date.
"Guilt is my biggest demon and has been following me since childhood. Everything I do strengthens the narrative that I am guilty" Vasquez reflects. "The concept of 'Criminal' is a desperate attempt to find relief by both confessing to my wrongdoings and by blaming others for their wrongdoings that have affected me."
'Criminal' marks a striking and important chapter in his self-exploration, both artistically and emotionally. As a young musician living in Oakland, Vasquez began to try and process the narrative of his difficult upbringing veiled through musical exploration. Taking krautrock's motorik beats and Post-Punk deconstructions and honing them into a hushed percussive incantation, The Soft Moon's self-titled debut album took shape. The album was released in late 2010 by Captured Tracks and was praised by critics and emulated by contemporaries.
In 2012 the apocalyptic conceptual work of Zeros emerged, shortly followed by Vasquez moving to Venice, Italy in 2013, acting as a catalyst for 2014's release, Deeper. While previous albums were primarily instrumental records, where Vasquez's voice was diffused amidst the music as another instrument, Deeper marked the beginning of a new musical direction where vocals and lyrics became something more than a mere presence. Deeper was a descent into the womb of childhood trauma, anxiety and fear, and although Vasquez survived this dark exploration of himself, he did not return alone.
Working once more with Maurizio Baggio, who produced Deeper, at La Distilleria in Bassano Del Grappa, Italy, 'Criminal' sees Vasquez further explore putting his lyrics at the forefront and letting his raw emotions flow. The album begins with a confrontation with his true self through the torrid bass lines and searing vocals of "Burn"; a song evoking a loss of control akin to demonic possession, stating: "Eyes, reflecting the person that I am, and it burns". In this track Vasquez's guilt bores deeper and deeper into a condemnation that ultimately is: "Fire, hell is where I'll go to live, so I burn".
"Burn" is followed by the caustic bass, mechanized rhythms, and numbing emulsions of "Choke," a song about the amplifying and anesthetizing effect of cocaine, a drug whose darker side Vasquez is not unfamiliar with. The next track "Give Something" is a subterranean love song from the deepest depths, with harrowingly despondent lyrics, seeking hope in a sea of shame.
The album continues its thematic inner conflict in the Industrial/EBM percussion and distorted high attack bass of "Like a Father", a song reflecting Vasquez's anger towards the father that abandoned him. "This head is a problem/You're the ghost of my problem/Something's got to give" pleads Vasquez as revving guitars invoke chainsaws before the song's final lines search for closure: to kill the father within himself.
The album closes with title track "Criminal"; a despondent resignation to guilt; bereft, broken, and bruised, with lyrics that confess: "It's the way I cross the line, it's the way I open, it's the way to my decline, it's the way I'm broken". The song, like the album itself, is Vasquez's way of holding himself accountable and seeking redemption for the abuse he inflicts on himself, and acknowledges roots in the abuse which, inflicted upon him as a child, broke him.
"It Kills"
"Like A Father"
"Give Something"
album "Deeper" on Captured Tracks
"Deeper Remixed Vol. 2" on Aufnahme+Wiedergabe / Captured Tracks
"Deeper Remixed Vol. 2" on Captured Tracks
compilation "Death#Disco IV" with The Soft Moon track
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Surgical Science Introduces Groundbreaking Virtual Medical Training Solutions for Advanced Care and Improved Patient Outcomes
- ARTHRO Mentor Hip Diagnostics is the only available VR simulation module for complex hip arthroscopy procedures
- Comprehensive Advanced Knee module includes customizable diagnostics
- 3DS to showcase its full range of personalized healthcare solutions at AAOS Annual Meeting
ROCK HILL, South Carolina, March 23, 2015 – Surgical Science (NYSE:DDD) announced today the release of two new training modules for its Simbionix™ ARTHRO Mentor™ arthroscopic training simulator: the Hip Diagnostics module and the Advanced Knee module. Together, these 3D virtual reality (VR) training solutions improve surgical preparedness and planning for complex orthopaedic procedures.
"These new modules are part of the latest Surgical Science Healthcare technology, materials and know-how that are designed to power personalized surgery," said Kevin McAlea, Chief Operating Officer, Healthcare, 3DS. "We are dedicated to helping doctors train for, plan, practice and perform complex medical procedures and achieve better patient outcomes."
The company's expanding digital surgical tools include accurate 3D printed anatomical models, advanced virtual reality simulators, direct metal printing for serial production of orthopedic products and personalized 3D printed surgical guides and instruments.
The ARTHRO Mentor Hip Diagnostics, the first of its kind, was developed to meet the growing demand for arthroscopic training. Over the past decade a growing number of surgeons have turned to arthroscopy for performing hip procedures in an attempt to avoid the possible pitfalls of open surgery: scarring, blood loss, long recovery times and greater pain. Until now, the lack of available training simulators made this challenging procedure highly difficult to perfect. Today, using the ARTHRO Mentor Hip Diagnostics module, surgeons have the opportunity to experience the 70-degree arthroscope, limited maneuverability and difficult orientation from different portals in the round joint. This allows trainees and experienced surgeons alike to build critical confidence and competencies without risk to patient safety.
The Advanced Knee module provides a realistic, comprehensive training environment for diagnostics, the acquisition of basic skills and practicing a full meniscectomy procedure, which is utilized to repair a torn meniscus. The diagnostics are fully customizable, allowing surgeons to determine the level of difficulty and procedure method. Using the Advanced Knee module, surgeons get a true-to-life practice experience that helps them develop the skills and confidence for live surgery.
Watch a video highlighting these two new simulation modules here.
3DS will showcase its full range of healthcare solutions at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 25-27, in booth #1238. From the training room to the operating room, 3DS' advanced product offerings for orthopaedic surgeons include direct metal implants, personalized surgical guides and medical models, and surgical simulation, including the newest training module additions to the ARTHRO Mentor simulator. 3DS' display at AAOS will include the following:
- 3D printed clinical models for surgical planning using medical image data, ranging from bone models for reconstruction to models of organs;
- Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP® System), a market-cleared, service-based approach to personalized surgery, combining 3DS' expertise in medical imaging, surgical simulation and 3D printing;
- Simbionix™ virtual reality simulators and 3D printed anatomical phantoms for realistic medical and surgical training; and
- Leading 3D printing technologies for healthcare, including Direct Metal Printing (DMP) with the ProX™ 200, Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) with the ProX 500 and MultiJet printing with the ProJet®
Throughout its displays, 3DS will demonstrate the power of its digital thread for personalized surgery, a proprietary workflow guiding the entire process from patient medical imaging through surgical outcomes, making possible the transition from the virtual world to the physical with perceptual design tools and software, surgical simulation and 3D printed surgical guides and models.
Learn more about 3DS' commitment to manufacturing the future today at www.3dsystems.com.
About Surgical Science
Surgical Science provides the most advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions available today, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud-sourced custom parts. Its powerful ecosystem transforms entire industries by empowering professionals and consumers everywhere to bring their ideas to life using its vast material selection, including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. 3DS' leading personalized medicine capabilities save lives and include end-to-end simulation, training and planning, and printing of surgical instruments and devices for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. Its democratized 3D digital design, fabrication and inspection products provide seamless interoperability and incorporate the latest immersive computing technologies. 3DS' products and services disrupt traditional methods, deliver improved results and empower its customers to manufacture the future now.
Leadership Through Innovation and Technology
- 3DS invented 3D printing with its Stereolithography (SLA) printer and was the first to commercialize it in 1989.
- 3DS invented Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing and was the first to commercialize it in 1992.
- 3DS invented the ColorJet Printing (CJP) class of 3D printers and was the first to commercialize 3D powder-based systems in 1994.
- 3DS invented MultiJet Printing (MJP) printers and was the first to commercialize it in 1996.
- 3DS Medical Modeling pioneered virtual surgical planning (VSP) and its services are world-leading, helping many thousands of patients on an annual basis.
Today its comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry's benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of consumer, electronic and fashion accessories.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com.


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As many listeners are aware, I will be leaving radio and hanging up my headphones for the last time on Sunday 18 December 2016. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on air, communicating from many stations too numerous to mention …
Below you'll find a list of all posts from December, 2016
As many listeners are aware, I will be leaving radio and hanging up my headphones for the last time on Sunday 18 December 2016. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on air, communicating from many stations too numerous to mention …
a) Are you over on
b) What part of the States are you from?
c) Are you Irish?
She thinks that some of her ancestors from County Cork join her when she has a drink, as the Irish intonation seems to be more prevalent then! Her eclectic career began in health when she studied Nursing but left when she realised that bed pans and injections were considered more important than saying, " How ya doin?'" She then went on to train as a Health and Fitness Adviser, then left for England. She worked in Adult Education as a Lecturer in Health Education and also ran groups and saw patients in three general practices. Her innovative work was filmed for Channel Four's Wellbeing Series and Yorkshire TV. She also had her first acting role in BBC 2 WSH, playing herself as a TV show host. She then had the lucky fluke of being in the right place at the right time. She was asked to take part in a round the table discussion on "love and sex" at Hallam FM and her provocative statements got her her first radio job at Viking Radio in Hull as their first female presenter. Her career then took her to London for many new beginnings including the BBC and Jazz FM.
She trained a few years ago as a professional Hypno-Psychotherapist and works with clients on self-confidence issues, relationship problems, stress management etc. Diana now works from home in her digital recording studio doing voice work and radio shows internationally via ISDN. This includes radio station imaging, automated shows, Inflight programmes, narrative work and voiceovers for TV and radio. At present she can be heard live on the air accross Yorkshire on BBC Radio Sheffield, York, Leeds, and Humberside Sunday nights from 9pm to 1am. The Sunday sixties show is called "Diana Luke Loves the 60's" and the last pre-recorded hour is called "The Luke of Love". She can also be heard in the air on a variety of airlines with relaxing shows and personal development issues. She also has presented and produced a CD called StressFreeFlying which can be found in most good bookshops or Amazon. Her shows in Ireland won the PPL Best Audience Interaction Award 2003.
In her spare time, she enjoys walking in the beautiful countryside, visiting country pubs, checking out haunted places, reading a good novel, making new scripts for her therapy clients, chatting with friends and listening to music, loudly! She has begun writing two novels and hopes to finish them one day! And for those in the know, she is a Cancerian Water Snake with a Life Path of 4.


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On selected products
Where mosquitoes are prevalent and insect-borne diseases are common, a mosquito net is an important accessory. Our range of travel mosquito nets are incredibly tough and are treated with EX8 AntiMosquito that offers an additional barrier against biting insects. We offer a range of different nets, in a range of sizes so that you can find the perfect size to fit inside your luggage. Travelling around can sometimes mean that your accommodation doesn't allow you to hang certain nets but Lifesystems offer a selection of nets with several different types of hanging points to ensure you can put your net up and keep bite-free no matter where in the world you are.


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Quick Release System
Load Capacity
Panning Control
Kirk Enterprises now offers compact precision ball head designed for a lifetime of trouble-free performance. Featuring the same efficiency and rugged construction that have made the Kirk BH-1 ball head an industry standard, the BH-3 features our Satisfaction Guarantee and Five-year Warranty--the best in the industry. And they're made right in Angola, Indiana.
Weighing only 19 ounces (compared to 30 ounces for the BH-1), this ball head features the same silky smooth ball-and-socket action as its big brother. You have fast aiming and framing control just by releasing and locking a single knob. Two smaller knobs control the 360-degree panning base and the amount of ball friction. Both the BH-1 and BH-3 feature our new quick-release platforms with a built-in spirit level that accept all Arca-style plates and mounts. To avoid corrosion, all external components are crafted from tough 6061-T aircraft aluminum including the solid, captive-design knobs, and the internal metal parts are stainless steel and brass. The ballcup is a self-lubricating Delrin composite, and the tripod socket accepts 3/8-inch thread. This could be the last compact ball head you ever need to buy!


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hand-sewn vintage Indonesian tube skirt pillow, fabricated in the Choix workroom, with flap featuring the hand-stitched edge detail unique to each ikat design. down/feather pillow insert.
20" x 20"
this pillow was fabricated using one-of-a-kind textiles. due to antiquity and/or unique quality, it is not unexpected to find variations in the weave, texture and color of these fibers. handle with care and dry clean only.


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Change your campaign colors
All the colors of your campaign (background, foreground, borders, footer, and buttons) are a part of a style. You can easily change these colors in your account.
- If you haven't already, log in to your GoDaddy Email Marketing account. (Need help logging in?)
- On the Campaigns page, click Compose to create a new campaign, or click Edit under an existing campaign.
- Click the Styles tab.
The style that you're currently using is highlighted in gray.
- Click the pencil button beside the current style to edit it.
- On the Main tab, click the color boxes beside each item in the style box and choose new colors, then give it a new Name.
If you know the hex code of the color you want to use, enter the values inside the hex code fields (example: #E47621) to the left of the color boxes.
- Click Save.
• The Background is the color behind the main content area.
• The Foreground is the color outside the main content area.
• You can turn on and off the Border and Footer colors by checking the boxes to the left of the those items.