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View of the rock formations
Meteora is from the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos. We can locate the first traces of their history from 11th c. when the first hermits settled there. The rock monasteries have been characterized by Unesco as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage and they form one of the most important stations of cultural map of Greece.
The most important monasteries of Meteora are:
- The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron. It is the biggest of the Meteorite monasteries. The church 'Katholikon', honoured to the 'Transfiguration' was erected in the middle of 14th c. and 1387/88 and decorated in 1483 and 1552. The old monastery is used as a museum, nowadays.
- The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is the second, after the Great Meteoro, big in size monastery. The church, honoured to the three Bishops, is in the Athonite type (cross-in-square with dome and choirs), with spacious esonarthex (lite) surrounted by dome as well. It was built in 1541/42 and decorated in 1548, while the esonarthex was decorated in 1566. The old refectory is used as a museum while North of the Church we can see the parekklesion of the Three (Bishops) built in 1627 and decorated in 1637.
- The Holy Monastery of Rousanou. It is dedicated to 'The Transfiguration' but honoured to Saint Barbara. The 'Katholikon', in the Athonite type, was founded in the middle of 16th c. and decorated in 1560. Both, the Katholikon and the reception halls are in the ground floor while the 'archontariki', cells and subsidiary rooms are scattered in the basement and the first floor.
- The Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas. It is the first to meet on our way from Kastraki to Meteora. The 'Katholikon' dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a single - nave church with small dome, built in the beginning of 16th c. It was decorated by the Cretan painter Theophanis Strelitzas or Bathas, in 1527.
- The Holy Monastery of St. Stephen. It is one of the most attainable as we don't have to cope with innumerable stairs to reach it. The small single-nave church of St. Stephen was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in 1545 or a little later. The 'Katholikon', honoured to St. Charalambos, was built in the Athonite type, in 1798. The old refectory of the convent is used as a museum nowadays.
- The Monastery of Holy Trinity is very difficult to reach. The visitor has to cross the valley and continue high up through the rock before we arrive outside the entrance. The church is in the cross-in-square type with the dome based in two columns, built in 1475-76 and decorated in 1741. The spacious barrel - vaulted esonarthex was founded in 1689 and decorated in 1692. A small skeuophylakeion was added next to the church in 1684.
L. Deriziotis, archaeologist


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Disc Golf Course at Wilbur Young Park
Wilbur Young Park
1100 SE Adams Dairy Parkway
Blue Springs, Mo
Hours are from sunrise to 11:00 P.M.
There are no set tee times so please be respectful to other golfers and those who may have arrived sooner.
In the tabs you will find basic rules, score cards and the course map.
- Players should not throw until they are certain the thrown disc will not distract another player or injure anyone present.
- Players should take care to not distract other players while it is their turn.
- Littering on the course is discouraged and considered a courtesy violation.
- Players are expected to watch where other players' discs go and search for discs in the event they are lost.
For the complete rules of disc golf, one can read the PDGA Official Rules and Regulations.
All players should always keep in mind that disc golf discs can potentially be very dangerous if not thrown with safety and common sense always in mind. Never throw a disc in the area someone occupies unless they are completely aware you are throwing it in their direction. Players should always wait until the player or group in front of them have completed a hole and moved out of the way until they throw. If you come upon a hole where the target is blind and you can potentially not see a group ahead it is common procedure to call out "clear on (number of hole you are on)". If there is no answer you should again call out and before throwing say "coming down on (number of hole you are on)".
Disc Types
The golf discs used today are much smaller and heavier than traditional flying discs, typically 8-9 inches (20–23 cm) in diameter and weighing between 120 and 180 grams. The PDGA prohibits discs heavier than 200 grams. Discs used for disc golf are designed and shaped for control, speed, and accuracy, while general-purpose flying discs, such as those used for playing guts or ultimate, have a more traditional shape, similar to a catch disc. There is a wide variety of discs used in disc golf and they are generally divided into three categories: putters, all-purpose mid-range discs, and drivers.
Putters are similar to the discs used in simple games of catch, such as the Wham-o brand Frisbee. They are designed to fly straight, predictably, and very slowly compared to mid-range discs and drivers. They are typically used for tight, controlled shots that are close to the basket, although some players use them for short drives where trees or other obstacles come into play. Usually a pro carries 1-7 putters depending on their flight characteristics.
Mid-range discs have slightly sharper edges that enable them to cut through the air better. These discs are usually faster, more stable, and have a longer range than a putter. Some players will use mid-ranges as drivers, and there are tournaments that require players to use only mid-range discs. They are good all-around discs and are suitable for a first time player.
Drivers are usually recognized by their sharp, bevelled edge and have most of their mass concentrated on the outer rim of the disc rather than distributed equally throughout. Drivers are often divided into different categories. For example, Innova Discs divides their discs into Distance Drivers and Fairway Drivers, with a fairway driver being somewhere between a distance driver and a mid-range disc. Discraft divides their drivers into 3 categories: Long Drivers, Extra Long Drivers, and Maximum Distance Drivers. Because the physics of a disc require "snap" or "flick", which means putting spin on the disc, new players generally find that throwing a distance driver accurately can be somewhat difficult and will require experience with golf disc response. This is why it is better for players to begin with fairway drivers, long drivers, or even mid-ranges, and incorporate maximum distance drivers as their strength and disc control increases. Most players that are starting off will be most likely throwing lighter discs. Another type of driver, used less frequently, is a roller. As the name indicates, it has an edge designed to roll rather than fly.
Stability is the measurement of a disc's tendency to bank laterally during its flight. A disc that is over-stable will tend to track left (for a right handed, backhand throw), whereas a disc that is under-stable will tend to track right (also for a right handed, backhand throw). The stability rating of the discs differs depending on the manufacturer of the disc. Innova Discs rate stability as "turn" and "fade". "Turn" references how the disc will fly at high speed during the beginning and middle of its flight, and is rated on a scale of +1 to −5, where +1 is the most overstable and −5 is the most understable. "Fade" references how the disc will fly at lower speeds towards the end of its flight, and is rated on a scale of 0 to 5, where 0 has the least fade, and 5 has the most fade. For example, a disc with a turn of -5 and fade of +1 will fly to the right for (right handed, backhand throw) the majority of its flight then curl back minimally left at the end. A disc with a turn of -1 and a fade of +3 will turn slightly right during the middle of its flight and turn hard left as it slows down. These ratings can be found on the discs themselves or from the manufacturer's web site. Discraft prints the stability rating on all discs and also provides this information on their web site. The stability ranges from 3 to −2 for Discraft discs; however Discraft's ratings are more of a combination of turn and fade with the predominance being fade.
Spin (rotation) has little influence on lift and drag forces but it does impact a disc's stability during flight. Imagine a spinning top. A gentle nudge will knock it off its axis of rotation for a second but it will not topple over because spin adds gyroscopic stability. In much the same way, a flying disc resists rolling (flipping over) because spin adds gyroscopic stability. A flying disc will tend to maintain its spin rate even as it loses velocity. Toward the end of a disc's flight, when the spin and velocity lines cross, a flying disc will predictably begin to fade. The degree to which a disc will fade is dependent on its pitch angle and design.
There are a variety of different discs, each with a specific plastic made with them. Plastics such as DX, J-Pro, Pro-D, X-Line and R-Pro from Innova discs and Discraft are some of the less durable plastics, but good for beginners due to their lower prices, compared to the higher end plastics. Plastics such as Champion, Titanium, FLX, GStar, and Star plastics are the best offered from the same companies, offering the best quality, durability and flight compared to the other types available.
Throwing Styles
While there are many different grips and styles to throwing the disc, there are two basic throwing techniques, backhand and forehand (or sidearm). These two techniques are different and effective in different circumstances. Their understanding and mastery can greatly improve a players' game, and offer diverse options in maneuvering to the basket with greater efficacy. Many players use what is referred to as a run-up during their drive. This is practiced to build more forward disc momentum and distance. Throwing styles vary from player to player, and there is no standard throwing style.
All discs when thrown will naturally fall to a certain direction, this direction is termed Hyzer, the natural fall of the disc, or Anhyzer, making the disc fall against its natural flight pattern. For a right-handed, back-hand thrower (RHBH), the disc will naturally fall to the left. For a right-handed fore-hand thrower (RHFH), the disc will naturally fall to the right. For a left-handed, back-hand thrower (LHBH), the disc will naturally fall to the right. For a left-handed, fore-hand thrower (LHFH), the disc will naturally fall to the left.
To perform this throw, the disc is rapidly drawn from across the front of the body, and released towards a forward aimpoint. Due to the potential snap available with this technique, one can expect greater distance and accuracy than with its counterpart. It is important to initiate momentum from the feet and allow it to travel up the body, hips and shoulders, culminating in the transfer of energy to the disc.
The forehand (sidearm) throw is performed by drawing the disc from behind and partially across the front of the body: similar to a sidearm throw in baseball. The term sidearm actually predates the descriptor forehand, which is seemingly in use today as a simpler means to communicate the technique: equating to a tennis forehand.
Alternative throws
The following examples of throws may be used to better deliver a disc where the former common two throws would be impeded by obstacles (bushes, trees, boulders, structures, etc.
Common alternative styles
- The Hatchet (or Tomahawk). Gripped similar to the sidearm toss but thrown with an overhand motion; the disc orientation nearly perpendicular to the ground over much of the flight.
- The Thumber (or U.D.). Thrown in an overhand manner but with thumb held on the disc's underside.
- The Roller. Thrown either backhand or forehand, the disc will predominately be in contact with the ground. The disc remains in motion while travelling on its edge at a slight angle, and can travel exceedingly far in ideal situations. Once perfected, the roller is an invaluably versatile tool in the golfer's arsenal.
- The Turbo-Putt Thrown with a putter when the player has the upright disc supported in the middle by the thumb with the finger tips outside of the edge, somewhat like a waiter holding a platter. The player stands with the leg opposite from the throwing arm forward, reaches back and then extends their arm towards the basket, throwing the disc in a similar motion to throwing a dart. Ideally the thrower does not rotate his wrist; the act of following through will give the disc its spin. The Turbo-Putt is a throw known for its accuracy, However it has extremely limited range.
Other alternative styles
- The Baseball or Grenade. Thrown as in the backhand, but with the disc upside-down. This shot is used often to get up and down on a short shot where there is danger of a shot rolling away or going out of bounds if thrown too far. Primarily used on downhill shots but can be used to go up and over. Also due to the quick turn and backspin of this shot, it is sometimes used to get out of the woods.
- The Overhand wristflip (or chicken-wing ). This is a very difficult and stylized throw with which accomplished free-stylers and classic ultimate players are familiar; it is less used in disc golf. It is thrown in the same manner the "baseball" but drawn on the sidearm side of the body, and by inverting the arm and disc. Using the thumb as the power finger, the disc is drawn from the thigh area; rear-wards and up from behind the body; to over the shoulder; releasing toward a forward aimpoint. The disc flies in a conventional flight pattern. To the untrained eye, this appears to be an ungainly throw. It is however, elegant and accurate. The term "overhand wristflip" has been in use since at least circa 1970.
Course Components
The first incarnation of targets were known as tonal poles because of the sound they made when hit. These consisted of a metal pipe placed on a smaller pipe that when struck with the disc made a gong type sound. While these were much more accurate than a tree, arguments and disagreements led to the invention of the Disc Pole Hole by Ed Headrick in 1975. The basket (as it is now known in most circles) is the standard for disc golf courses.
Tee Pads
The tee pad is where a player begins the hole. A solid base is a must for any successful course, and where early courses had plain dirt pads, modern courses use concrete, or more cost effective materials such as mulch, decomposed granite, or other natural materials. In recent years recycled rubber mats have been developed and are starting to catch on. While many alternatives have been created, concrete is the standard.
Signage is critical to any good course. Knowing distances, par count, out-of-bounds, and layout for each hole will give a player the information they need to make a great shot. Many courses have a main layout sign at the beginning of the course to show details of the course as a whole, as well as any needed information about the course. Hole signs give specific details about the hole the player is on, such as mandatory paths, out-of-bounds, and length. Not only are hole information signs critical, but way-finding signs and informational signs can make a good course great, and the absence of these can make a good course bad.
What makes disc golf unique is the utilization of natural elements, using trees and shrubs as obstacles and elevation changes to make the course challenging. Keeping the raw and environmentally conscious elements gives each course its own personality and strategy. You can find courses in many parks, with trees, creeks, gorges, tall grass, ponds, and many other obstacles found in state and local parks to make the course more challenging to play.
Safety is one of the most important elements of course design and actual play because most courses are in public parks: non-players are routinely found in the course environment. Paramount to the planning of a quality course is the detailing and minimizing possible points of interaction with non-players.
Because of all of these elements and the importance of each one to the success of the course, seeking out a qualified, experienced course designer will help to insure that all of these factors are kept at the forefront. Discs can be thrown fast and when hit, mainly the head, can cause serious injury. This is when it is the most crucial to call "fore!" to let others who cannot see know that you are ready to throw or that the disc is heading their way. This helps to prevent injuries by communicating to others on the park to be aware of discs flying toward them.[31]
Stroke Play is the most common scoring method used in the sport but there are many other forms. These include match play, skins, speed golf and captain's choice, which in disc golf is referred to as "doubles" (not to be confused with partner or team play).
Regardless of which form of play the participants choose, the main objectives of disc golf are conceptually the same as traditional golf in the sense that players follow the same scorekeeping technique.
- Condor - Where a player is four throws under par, or "-4".
- Albatross (or double-eagle) - Where a player is three throws under par, or "-3".
- Eagle (or double-birdie) - Where a player is two throws under par, or "-2".
- Birdie - Where a player is one throw under par, or "-1".
- Par - Where a player has thrown par, or "0".
- Bogey - Where a player is one throw over par, or "+1".
- Double Bogey - Where a player is two throws over par, or "+2".
- Triple Bogey - Where a player is three throws over par, or "+3".
Doubles play is a unique style of play that many local courses offer on a weekly basis. In this format, teams of two golfers are determined. Sometimes this is done by random draw, and other times it is a pro-am format. On the course, it is a "best-disc" scramble, meaning both players throw their tee shot; and then decide which lie they would like to play. Both players then play from the same lie, again choosing which lie is preferable. The World Amateur Doubles Format includes best shot, alternate shot, best score (players play singles and take the best result from the hole) and worst shot (both players must sink the putt).

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Hello, and welcome to the Artist's Corner!!!
This is a club for all artists out there who would love to share their experiences with art, digital or...um...not digital... Anyway, you can discuss all of your art needs here. Maybe you have a question about shading. Maybe you want to know how much an important tool costs. Maybe you just want to hang around fellow artists. Look no further, this is the club!!!
This club is open to anyone who participates in any form of graphical art, including traditional (painting, pencil drawing, etc.), digital, graphic design, and anything in-between. It doesn't matter whether you do it as a hobby, an amateur who takes commissions, or a fully-fledged professional; everyone is welcome regardless of age or experience level. Feel free to discuss anything that strikes you, ask questions, request feedback, and enjoy art in general!
- Follow all SPPF rules. You all already know this.
- You should be an artist of some kind to join. Again, it doesn't matter whether you do it as an occasional hobby or if you're in art school studying to be a professional, but if you consider yourself enough of one to call yourself an artist, then you're very welcome here.
- Stay on topic. Art is a broad discipline, and conversations will always find ways of veering off elsewhere, but try to keep it as related as you can.
- Be appropriate with language and imagery alike. While I'm not personally opposed to depictions of mature content (violence and blood, porn, or touchy iconography or subject matter, among other things), some people may be. If you absolutely must post it, make sure to clearly label and LINK TO IT from an outside source instead of image tagging it. I'm lenient, but let's not do stuff like this in excess to begin with. Also, try to avoid language that might make people uncomfortable; same idea as the part with images.
- Inactive members will be removed at certain intervals. To keep the list clear, I'll probably do a pruning of it every so often and take note of who has or hasn't participated much. You don't need to be creating something to show off, but at least let us know you're alive with a little conversation!
- Be respectful to all members, especially if offering or responding to feedback. Critique is a subjective matter, but standard courtesy still applies on both sides. Do not attack someone whose art you don't like, and do not retaliate if you disagree with what someone said about your art. I'll handle disputes, should they arise, on a case-by-case basis.
- Please VM me your application to join as well as posting it in the club! Let's continue this trend, since it does make it easier to figure out who needs to be added!
- ADDED 4/15/2013: Please VM or PM me if you change your name, or are about to change it. For ease of keeping track, and so I can go in and change your username on the list. Pretty simple.
- ADDED 4/15/2013: Do not quote long or image-heavy posts in your responses, unless you happen to be specifically pointing something out in the image or something. Either trim the quoted post down so it's still clear who you are responding to without being long, or don't quote the post at all if it doesn't seem necessary. An easy mistake to make, but it'll save a few scrolling fingers and a bit of frustration to avoid this where possible.
Strike/Ban List
I'm sure you all know the basics, but let's go over it again for good measure: three strikes, you're out. Your first strike nets you a warning, the second will get you a one week ban from the club, and the third will see you permanently removed.
It is at my discretion to give strikes or change the consequences, depending on the offense. I reserve the right to give different punishments based on the severity of whatever it was you did, and also maintain that the rules list above is by no means a comprehensive list. Basically, use your common sense and don't try to skirt doing stupid things just because it wasn't in the rules.
BANNED: Shiny Glaceon: For art theft from various sources.
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- AnakBae - Anak, Bae
- Astral Shadow - Shadow
- Avenger Angel - Avenger
- Azulart - Azu, Mythe
- Blood Red Absol - BRA, Blood, Red, Absol
- ~BrightStarVictory~ - Tini
- BuizelBoy - BB
- Chaos War Reborn - War
- Chapter of Charizard - Chapter
- Cloneydew2000 - Cloney, Cloneydew
- Cobali - Cobali
- colorless-winter - colorless
- Corrosion - Corrosion
- Coyote_Dynamo - Coyote
- Dahrue - Jrue
- Dane12 - Spacebar
- DarkCharizard2 - DC
- dirkac - dir, Surskit boy, aSurskitUser
- Doodles - Doodle (singular!)
- Dragonair_master - Dragonair
- Dragonicwari - Drag, Dragon, Wari, Drago
- Dragoniss - Sam
- drizzleboy12 - drizzle
- EnderDraconian7799 - Slap
- epicjirachifan - EJF
- Equal-to-Heaven - EtH, Equal, Screwdriver, Monkey
- Extroph - Ex
- FairyWitch - Eevee
- Fluffyy - Fluff, Fluffy
- Fox Mulder - Fox, Mulder, Clay, Ben
- FrozenPhoenix96 - FP
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- goldensteambun - Julien
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- Infernape77 - Infer or Infernape
- InsaneDragoniteHD - Draggi, Tamotsu
- Izanagi - Nagi
- Jazz Hands - Jazz
- Kayamba - The Stronger Midget, Kayamba
- Keldminrachi91 - Dizzy
- Kelz - Kelz
- kyogreblue3 - KB3
- KyuremFreeze - Kyurem, Freeze, Freezie
- Lost Requiem - Lit
- Lucario188 - Luka
- maaoow - ness
- MedMana - Med
- melonjaywalk - melon, jay, walk
- Mew The Gato - Mew
- MidnightCombat - Ash
- Mogar - Mogar
- Namelesskitty - Skitty, Nameless
- Navarch - Nick / Navarch
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- NightKrazy - OB
- Orochi - Orochi
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- Poetry - Poetry
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- Shade2000 - Shade
- Shayminlover123 - Tails
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- teesemoney - teese
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HOUSTON (BP) — In nearly 20 years of being a pastor's wife, Angie Dennis said she doesn't remember a single instance of a young woman coming to her and saying, "Miss Angie, my husband is struggling with pornography."
Perhaps they have been ashamed, scared, embarrassed or too paralyzed to take action. Or maybe they simply didn't know what to do.
Dennis, whose husband Jay Dennis launched the Join One Million Men movement at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 11-12 in Houston, is hopeful women will pray up, speak up and join the fight against pornography in a way that will capture hearts and minds for generations to come.
"As moms and grandmothers, we should be angry — righteously angry about this," Dennis told Baptist Press where Join One Million Men staffed a booth in the SBC exhibit hall. "These pornographers are trying to steal the purity from our sons and grandsons. Every woman should be doing whatever we can to stop it."
In recent years, Dennis said she sensed a growing drive within her husband, pastor of the 9,000-member First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, Fla., to minister to families struggling with a "snowballing" effect of online pornography.
"It was new, the Internet was new, and we evolved into all of that," Angie Dennis said. Unfamiliar with confronting the issue on a personal level, the longtime pastor's wife said she quickly learned young men and women are sometimes overwhelmed with the toll of pornography and the effect it has on their relationships.
"They are embarrassed and humiliated," Dennis said of couples struggling with the issue.
Wives who know their husbands viewed pornography may ask themselves, "What's wrong with me?" Dennis said, noting that self-doubt can occur whether the husband confesses or the wife discovers his sin for herself.
"I think we just haven't addressed it," Dennis said of women's response to pornography. "I think there are some real barriers we need to break down."
Although numerous men stopped to chat with her husband and other men at the SBC exhibit, few women stopped to talk to Dennis except to express support.
One woman who did stop told of her son, a student at a large Christian university who said virtually all of the male students there struggle with looking at pornography. The young man will connect with her husband, Angie Dennis said, to look at ways to minister to and provide resources to collegians — many of whom are afraid that if they reveal their struggle, they will be expelled from school.
She urged pastors' wives and other women in the church to educate themselves with the resources for women available through the initiative in order to understand the issues and pray for men and women.
"We need to find a way to break this down and not castigate people," Dennis said.
Still, she acknowledged, the road ahead is rocky for ministers' wives, who can be hit by a "double whammy" when they consider that their entire livelihood could be dramatically affected if their spouse confesses his problem and seeks help.
More challenging still may be a situation in which a woman discovers her husband is looking at pornography or is involved in an affair and won't "come clean."
"Absolutely," the wife should lovingly confront her husband, like in any situation, and get help, Dennis said. "Maybe he's just been waiting for someone to ask."
In a church setting, she said women are well aware of the radiating effect a secret sin may have on people who discover their pastor or other church leader has fallen. And yet, "God is going to be their support," she said. "It may be tough, but God said, 'I have never seen the righteous forsaken.'"
Dennis, who has counseled numerous women through the years, said the world outside the church is watching this issue. A neighbor who is not interested in church — and shies from anything remotely religious — recently stopped her cold on the street near her home.
The young woman said she was shocked that many of her friends, including Christians, were reading "Fifty Shades of Grey," a popular erotic romance novel, and the neighbor was glad to hear that her husband had preached against it and other pornography.
"This is a totally lost, sharp girl and how convicted we Christians ought to be against pornography. We have got to take a stand," Angie Dennis said.
Describing one of the simple ways her husband has demonstrated an understanding of and respect for women, Dennis said when their daughter Emily was young and would take her father shopping, he would turn his head when walking past the Victoria's Secret lingerie shop.
"I wish every daughter in America could say that about their daddy," Dennis said.
There is satisfaction in knowing women can "make a dent" with prayer, resources and commitment against pornography, Dennis said, and people who suffer from sexual addictions join the whole Christian story which is filled with people who have struggled with sin, repented and received forgiveness.
The subject is not an easy one for many women in the church or for Angie Dennis, who said no woman would want to take it on if she wasn't strong in her faith. Nonetheless, the call to arms rang clear when she looked in her husband's heart and knew he was the one called to lead into battle.
"Jay said, 'Pick yourself up out of your recliner, put on some Soma pajamas, pick up your cross and follow me — and be relevant to the culture,'" Dennis said.
For more information and resources for the Join One Million Men movement, go online to http://www.join1millionmen.org/
Joni B. Hannigan is managing editor of Florida Baptist Witness, the official newspaper of the Florida Baptist Convention, online at gofbw.com. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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It is the third Monday of the month, so that means it is time for another edition of the Stamp Review Crew! This time we are featuring the fun floral set, Mixed Bunch. Ah, flowers. The snowflakes of summer :)
If you are following along in order, you just came from Holly Krautkremer's blog. Wow, right!
As always, if you get lost along the way, you can always find the right links on the official Stamp Review blog, and click here for the post for this hop. If you have missed any of the past hops, be sure to go to the official Stamp Review Crew site and catch up!
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On The Brink of Full Scale War Against Syria & Iran! Start of World War 3 ?!
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Prelude to the Destruction of Syria: Another Fake Massacre!
by Kurt Nimmo, www.Infowars.com
The "massacre" of Tremseh, Syria, reported with standard sensationalistic fanfare over the weekend by the establishment media is another war propaganda fabrication.
Billed as "Syria's Bloodiest Massacre" by Newsweek and Bloomberg, the event supposedly occurred on July 12 in the Sunni Muslim village of Tremseh in Hama province. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) – an Israel-centric neocon operation that specializes in hysterical anti-Muslim, pro-war propaganda – mentioned the "massacre" in the same breath as the suspected movement of chemical weapons by the al-Assad regime.
"We have two significant developments and we cannot even get this passed?" Andrew Tabler, a fellow at WINEP, complained about the lack of action against Syria at the United Nations.
On Saturday, however, the New York Times reported that the alleged massacre at Tremseh was basically a scam perpetuated by the Syrian National Council, the CIA spawned terrorist council run by the Western intelligence asset the Muslim Brotherhood.
The number of casualties is now disputed – the establishment media initially claimed over 300 – and it turns out those who were killed were young men of fighting age, in other words they were "rebels" organized by the CIA and NATO to overthrow the al-Assad regime and were killed by the Syrian Army. There were no women's names on the list of 103 "victims" obtained from activists in Homs, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, described by the media as an opposition group based in Britain that has a network of contacts in Syria. (The man behind the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdelrahman, is well received by the British establishment, including Foreign Secretary William Hague, and refuses to report on the death of "government loyalists," that is to say Syrians killed by the CIA and U.S. and British special forces trained assassins.)
The sensationalized story exploited by WINEP neocons and the establishment media follows a now routine and dependable pattern of facile disinformation and propaganda. "After the high toll was announced from Tremseh, as was the case with Houla and other similar episodes, Western leaders lined up to condemn the mass killings of civilians," the New York Times reports. "Col. Riad al-Assad, based in Turkey as the ostensible leader of the loose coalition of fighters called the Free Syrian Army, told the Arabic television network Al Jazeera on Thursday that there had been no opposition fighters in the town."
As usual, the corporate media did not question or attempt to verify the claim that the Free Syrian Army was not involved. The FSA is, after all, a CIA and NATO spawned contrivance infested with Libyan members of al-Qaeda.
In May, Infowars.com reported on evidence revealing that the al-Houla massacre was also something other than reported by the establishment media and was designed to gain sympathy for a manufactured opposition and push for military intervention by NATO and the United Nations. The massacre was cynically exploited to call for a new round of sanctions against al-Assad in an effort to force his compliance with an international peace plan that was rejected by the FSA, we reported.
The fact we have exposed the lies and exaggerations of the global elite – from Iraq's illusionary weapons of mass destruction to hysterical warnings of Syria's chemical weapons – does not count for much. The Obama administration — now an imperial presidency in serious violation of the Constitution and the will of the American people — and its partners continue to push for all-out war despite the transparent qaulity and facile nature of disinformation put out every few days.
"Expect the Syrian civil war to escalate to the point where either the UN or Israel intervenes — in which case the prospects for war with Iran by election day, November 2012, are a good bet," writes Justin Raimondo.
"The Syrian 'crisis' — one brought on by the Western powers and their sock-puppets in Qatar and Saudi Arabia — is but a prelude to the main event: the strangulation of Iran, via economic blockade, and eventual all-out war. What is happening in Syria today reflects, in miniature, the regime-change crowd's plan for the entire region: unleashing Sunni fanatics in a religious war against all other sects, one that will liquidate the Christian and other minority communities. The ultimate target of this Sunni onslaught: the Shi'ites of Iran."


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Our five-month-old bites while breastfeeding and it hurts. How can I stop her? Babies do bite the breast that feeds them. As soon as those pearly whites begin to painfully bother her gums (can begin as early as three months), she naturally turns to her favorite pacifier – mom. What's even more startling is the irritating little nip that comes just as you are feeling the effects of your natural tranquilizing hormones, as if being jarred out of a light sleep. Try these suggestions to lessen biting:
• React appropriate to how it feels. "Ouch!" you holler as you pry those little baby jaws apart with your fingers to preserve your precious, tender piece of flesh. Once you've rescued your nipple, watch baby's face. Sensitive babies will cry at mother's reaction. Calm her and immediately resume nursing. When she bites again, react the same way. Eventually, baby will associate biting with an undesirable reaction and will stop biting.
• End the feeding. When baby bites and you prematurely end the feeding, baby associates biting with the end of a feeding, which acts as another deterent for her continued biting.
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Today's youth have figured out yet another way to make twenty- and thirtysomethings feel old: Twinklecore. This newish musical genre comes out of the Northeast and is defined as an "amalgamation between Post Rock, Math Rock, and Emo Rock," and is noted for its "long instrumental sequences played in odd time signatures," and that kind of guitar arrangement can result in a "twinkle"-like feel. The term's dumb, for sure, but what's notable about this genre is its influences. Twinkle devotees—or Twinkle Daddies (no, seriously)—worship acts like American Football, Owls, Joan Of Arc, Cap'n Jazz, and basically anything else Tim and Mike Kinsella have ever done. The more underappreciated, the better.
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Falcons kicker is a Happy Gilmore fan.
Matt Bryant joined WCNN in Atlanta with the Rude Awakening to talk about what was going through his head before his game-winning kick, whether he thought the Falcons were going to run another offensive play with 13 seconds left before attempting the final field goal, if he looks for practice kicks at the end of games with how often opposing coaches call timeouts to ice the kicker, what he makes of the strategy to call timeouts before kicks, whether he was rattled after missing the "practice" kick and the difference in pressure when it comes to game-winning kicks in the playoffs versus the regular season.
What was going through his head before the final kick:
"Even leading up to that point, whenever they scored the touchdown I walked up and down the sidelines for everybody and I reminded everybody, 'Listen guys, we have been here before.' I told all the O-line, Matt, the receivers and everybody we have been here before. Going out there, I just reminded myself, 'Keep your head down and get through the ball. Down and through, down and through.'"
If he thought the Falcons were going to call another offensive play before trying for the field goal attempt:
"I didn't know. I'm just over there in the net, kicking in the net and whenever they say it's time to go, then it is time to go. I don't think about much else."
If he's looking for a practice kick at the ends of games with how often opposing coaches call timeouts to ice the kicker:
"I'm looking to make that kick. You don't know if they're going to call a timeout or not. It seems like they do it all the time, but you can't count on that."
What he makes of opposing coaches calling timeouts right before kicks:
"For me, all I see are positives as far as calling timeout because we are creatures of habit. If you make the kick, then you just try to repeat that motion and that feeling. If you miss the kick, then you get a chance to think about what just happened, make the correction and then go from there. As far as whether they should keep on doing it or not, that's all a coach's decision."
If he was rattled after missing the practice kick:
"No, because to me I messed up a little bit on my approach to it as far as on my steps, and the kick wasn't really a true kick. I was all out of whack. They called a timeout really early and I think all of us - well, mainly me, which I shouldn't have - kind of let up a little bit, so it wasn't really a true kick, so to speak, in my head. Whenever it didn't go in it was like, 'That doesn't count.'"
How different the pressure is on a game-winning kick in the playoffs versus the regular season:
"I've tried to approach every kick the same way - the nerves, the emotion and everything else, it's definitely there leading up to the game. For kickers, I think you have to be able to manage the situation, and once you step out across those white lines it's kind of like a twilight zone and you go to a different place. You go somewhere else. It's kind of like Happy Gilmore, you just try to go to a happy place."
What he thinks happened with the squib kick at the end of the game:
"I haven't seen it. (Host: Well you've seen it since.) No I haven't. I heard about it and I don't know and, to be honest, it's not fair for me to comment because I don't know what was said and I didn't see it. You know what? I take that back. I saw it hit the guy's leg."
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By Jim Suhr, The Associated Press, November 21, 2012
ST. LOUIS – The worst U.S. drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking consortium said Wednesday, as scientists struggled for an explanation other than a simple lack of rain.
While more than half of the continental U.S. has been in a drought since summer, rain storms had appeared to be easing the situation week by week since late September. But that promising run ended with Wednesday's weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report, which showed increases in the portion of the country in drought and the severity of it.
The report showed that 60.1 per cent of the lower 48 states were in some form of drought as of Tuesday, up from 58.8 per cent the previous week. The amount of land in extreme or exceptional drought — the two worst classifications — increased from 18.3 per cent to 19.04 per cent.
The Drought Monitor's map tells the story, with dark red blotches covering the centre of the nation and portions of Texas and the Southeast as an indication of where conditions are the most intense. Those areas are surrounded by others in lesser stages of drought, with only the Northwest, Florida and a narrow band from New England south to Mississippi escaping.
A federal meteorologist cautioned that Wednesday's numbers shouldn't be alarming, saying that while drought usually subsides heading into winter, the Drought Monitor report merely reflects a week without rain in a large chunk of the country.
"The places that are getting precipitation, like the Pacific Northwest, are not in drought, while areas that need the rainfall to end the drought aren't getting it," added Richard Heim, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center. "I would expect the drought area to expand again" by next week since little rain is forecast in the Midwest in coming days.
He said there was no clear, scientific explanation for why the drought was lingering or estimate for how long it would last.
"What's driving the weather? It's kind of a car with no one at the steering wheel," Heim said. "None of the atmospheric indicators are really strong. A lot of them are tickling around the edges and fighting about who wants to be king of the hill, but none of them are dominant."
The biggest area of exceptional drought, the most severe of the five categories listed by the Drought Monitor, centres over the Great Plains. Virtually all of Nebraska is in a deep drought, with more than three-fourths in the worst stage. But Nebraska, along with the Dakotas to the north, could still see things get worse "in the near future," the USDA's Eric Luebehusen wrote in Wednesday's update.
The drought also has been intensifying in Kansas, the top U.S. producer of winter wheat. It also is entirely covered by drought, and the area in the worst stage rose nearly 4 percentage points to 34.5 per cent as of Tuesday. Much of that increase was in southern Kansas, where rainfall has been 25 per cent of normal over the past half year.
After a summer in which farmers watched helpless as their corn dried up in the heat and their soybeans became stunted, many are now worrying about their winter wheat.
It has come up at a rate on par with non-drought years, but the quality of the drop doesn't look good, according to the USDA. Nearly one-quarter of the winter wheat that germinated is in poor or very poor condition, an increase of 2 percentage points from the previous week and 9 percentage points worse than the same time in 2011. Forty-two per cent of the plantings are described as in fair shape, the same as last week.
Farmers who might normally irrigate in such circumstances worry about low water levels in the rivers and reservoirs they use, and many are hoping for snow to ease the situation. But it would take a lot. About 20 inches of snow equals just an inch of actual water, and many areas have rain deficits of a foot or more.
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Being accused of a crime does not mean that you are guilty. It means that you are going to have to work closely with your attorney as your case moves through the juvenile justice system to get the best possible result for you.
Just what is a "Public Advocate"? A Public Advocate is an attorney who works in juvenile court. He or she graduated from an ABA accredited law school, has passed the Arizona bar exam, and has a license to practice law the same as any other attorney in the state. Public Advocates are trained carefully through our office's training program. In addition, they go to local and national conferences to keep themselves current in the law and to keep their skills sharp.
Important Note
Please remember — Do NOT discuss your case with anyone except your attorney or our office staff. Do not discuss your case with a police officer ,probation officer or even your family — tell them to talk to your attorney about the case. Anything you say to the police, probation, family members or others could be used against you in court. Always remember that you and your attorney are partners working for the best possible result for you.
Other Helpful Tips
It takes time, sometimes several months, for a case to move through the courts. During that time, it is extremely important for you to keep in touch with your attorney and to make all court appearances until your attorney tells you that your case is over.
You can help your attorney by doing the following things:
- Be on time for court and other legal appointments.
- Give your attorney your home address, and your home, cell and message phone numbers. Let your attorney know if any of these change.
- Give your attorney a list of witnesses as soon as possible.
- Give your attorney any relevant documents.
- Wear proper clothes to court.
The Courts and Your Case
Advisory Hearing:
The advisory hearing is your first hearing in juvenile court. At this appearance you will be:
- Informed of your charges.
- Appointed an attorney.
- Given your release conditions.
- Given your next court date and court location.
Pre-Adjudication Conference/ Detention Review
Some cases in juvenile court are set for a Pre-adjudication conference or Detention Review. A Pre-adjudication conference is a hearing before a judge where you and your attorney will discuss your case with the prosecutor to determine if the prosecutor will make you a plea offer. (A plea offer is where the prosecutor agrees to reduce or dismiss charges if you agree to admit to the offense rather than have an adjudication). If a plea offer is made and you would like to accept the offer you may admit to the charge at the pre-adjudication conference. Please remember you do not have to accept the plea offer, you have the right to have an adjudication. If you choose to have an adjudication the judge will give you the adjudication date at this hearing.
Juveniles who are detained may have a Detention Review Hearing. A Detention Review is where the judge considers releasing a juvenile from the detention center to his or her home or other placement. If the juvenile is released the judge will give the juvenile release conditions, rules that must be followed while the juvenile is out of detention. Standard release conditions are attend school or work, obey all laws, participate is counseling if ordered, submit to drug testing and obey your parents. The judge may add any rules he or she thinks is necessary to ensure the juvenile does not commit a new crime and comes back for future court hearings.
An adjudication is a court proceeding where the prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you committed the crime charged. Your attorney will have an opportunity to cross-examine the prosecutor's witnesses and to present witnesses and evidence to tell your story. At adjudication you have the right to remain silent, that means you do not have to testify unless you want to. No one can force you to testify. You and your attorney will discuss whether you should testify prior to the adjudication. After all the witnesses have testified and the attorneys have made closing arguments the judge will decide whether the state has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that you committed the offense. If the judge finds that the state did not prove the charge, the case is dismissed (over) and you are free to leave. If the judge finds that the state has proven the charge you will be found delinquent and he will set a disposition hearing.
Disposition Hearing:
If you enter into a plea agreement or if you go to trial and are found delinquent , you will have a disposition date set approximately thirty to forty-five days later. Before the disposition date, your parents will receive a social-history form from the probation officer. The probation officer will use this information to prepare a report for the judge prior to your disposition hearing. The judge will use the probation officer's report to help determine what consequences you should receive for your delinquent conduct.. As a consequence for your delinquent act the judge may:
- Place you on summary probation.
- Place you on standard probation.
- Place you on juvenile intensive probation.
- Place you at a residential treatment center.
- Commit you to the Department of Juvenile Corrections until your eighteenth birthday.
In addition to these consequences the judge may suspend your ability to drive, require drug and alcohol testing, community service and/or restitution.
Restitution is paying a victim for any damage or loss of property or income you caused by your criminal activity.


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More Than One Blow for a Concussion in Football
As you watch the Patriots and Giants smash into each other Sunday, consider this.
For two years researchers studied head impacts among 24 high school football players. They compared helmet-sensor data with brain imaging scans, along with cognitive tests. And they found that it's not just a single blow to the head that causes concussion—it can also be the cumulative effect of multiple blows. The last impact is then the last straw for an already compromised brain. The research is in the Journal of Biomechanics.
Players received from 200 to nearly 1,900 hits to the head in one season, and sensors recorded impact forces of 20 to 100 Gs.
Of the players studied, six were officially concussed. But 17 more showed brain changes in areas associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative disease known to affect concussed players. The brain scans also revealed that players relied on different strategies than did most people during cognitive tests, due to a reduction in their functional abilities.
Other studies have shown that once a player suffers a concussion, they are four times more likely to sustain a second one. But concussion or not, repeated blows to the head take their toll.
—Christie Nicholson
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SGI Unified Memory Solutions
SGI has been equipping government institutions, universities, and commercial enterprises with advanced, innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions for over 20 years. SGI ICE is SGI's flagship scale-out platform and when combining speed, scale, and efficiency, provides the most powerful distributed-memory supercomputers in the world.
New SGI ICE XA
To address the increasing size and volume of HPC workloads, SGI has developed a 6th generation supercomputer, SGI ICE XA. Extending SGI's technology leadership, ICE XA enables scientists, researchers and engineers to achieve and accelerate computational breakthroughs at Petascale and with high return on investment.
SGI ICE XA is designed to run complex HPC workloads at petaflop speed. Compute nodes feature the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 series - SGI's expertise in maximizing Xeon performance is reflected in successive world records to include SPEC MPI2007 benchmarks for the Xeon® E5-2600 v3. Nodes can be further augmented with Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessors or NVIDIA ® GPU Accelerators. In addition, SGI Application Engineers have extensive expertise tuning systems to specific workload environments. What matters most is that SGI's performance leadership extends from the laboratory to customer sites, which utilizing pure Intel Xeon®, InfiniBand and Linux technology includes the most powerful commercial supercomputer in the TOP500.
SGI ICE XA can provide up to 191 teraflops per rack and grow to tens of thousands of nodes with minimal increase in overhead. Choose from two high-density blade types - a quad node compute blade delivering maximum Intel® Xeon® processor capabilities, or a dual node compute blade that coupled with HDD/SSD drives or PCI-e slots increases processing and I/O capabilities. Blade enclosures provide power, cooling, system control, and network fabric for up to 9 compute blades via an integrated midplane, and up to four enclosures in a single rack. SGI ICE XA utilizes industry-standard InfiniBand networking with complete flexibility in topology. Choose from All-to-All, Fat Tree, Hypercube, or Enhanced Hypercube fabrics with single or dual plane to best meet performance, size, application, and budget needs. ICE XA runs standard SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, or CentOS. Different Linux operating systems can be provisioned on different nodes, thereby allowing a broad range of Linux-based HPC applications to run simultaneously.
SGI ICE is the industry leader in Megaflops per Watt for x86 platforms and currently holds 4 of the top 5 Most Efficient Supercomputers in Top500. ICE XA extends SGI's leadership in power and cooing efficiency with 2nd generation SGI Cell technology. Systems are deployed in sealed E-Cells, with multiple cells connected to form large systems. "Closed-Loop Airflow" ensures no air from within the cell is mixed with data center air. E-Cells also utilize facility-supplied water for cooling and will not add heat to the data center if the water temperature is within 45-90 degrees Fahrenheit (7-32C). Often 30% or more efficient than industry competitors, this high 90F "Room Neutral" water temperature can save millions in cooling costs.
SGI ICE X is SGI's 5th generation ICE system and powers many of the largest supercomputing environments in the world. ICE X delivers the record speed of ICE XA, a variety of high-density blades, and optimum Infiniband flexibility. While offering SGI's M-cell cooling technology, ICE X is now the ideal solution for large, complex HPC environments that are limited to air cooling or require conventional rack deployments.


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Push for Israeli Centrist Coalition Gains Steam as Lapid and Netanyahu Meet
Israel's next government must heed voters and devote itself to bread-and-butter issues, not thorny foreign policy problems such as Iran's nuclear plans and the Palestinian conflict, senior politicians said on Thursday.
Israelis worried about housing, prices and taxes have reshaped parliament, forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to woo their centrist champion as his main coalition partner.
Final results from the Jan. 22 national election were due later on Thursday, but were not expected to differ significantly from published projections.
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said voters had imposed new constraints on the next government.
"It will be much more balanced, probably limited, cannot do whatever it wants and will have to take into account the growing pressure from within to focus on many internal issues," he told CNN.
Yair Lapid, the surprise success of Tuesday's ballot, stormed to second place with 19 seats in the 120-member assembly against 31 for Netanyahu's alliance of his Likud party ultra-nationalists led by former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
Formal coalition talks have yet to begin, but Netanyahu and Lapid held a long meeting on Thursday, a Likud statement said.
"The meeting, which lasted two and a half hours, was conducted in a very good atmosphere. Netanyahu and Lapid discussed the challenges facing the country and ways to grapple with them. They agreed to meet again soon," the statement said.
Netanyahu has swiftly adopted chunks of Lapid's election platform as his own, keen to seal a deal that would create a solid base of 50 seats before drawing in other partners from the right or centre needed for a stable ruling majority.
Lapid said "colour had returned to the cheeks" of Israelis following the vote, adding that he was happy Netanyahu had now embraced his party's themes of "equal sharing of the burden" and helping the middle class, especially with housing and education.
"Equal sharing" is political code for meeting the complaints of secular tax-payers about the concessions given to the ultra-Orthodox, whose menfolk study in Jewish seminaries, often on state stipends, and who are not drafted into the army.
Lulled by pre-election opinion polls, Netanyahu may have assumed he could coast back to power at the head of a right-wing coalition enthused by his mission to halt Iran's nuclear drive and eager to settle more Jews in the occupied West Bank.
But his Likud party and Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu lost 11 of the seats they had won at the last election in 2009, punished by voters more preoccupied with problems of daily life.
Lieberman said he and Netanyahu shared with Lapid and Naftali Bennett, leader of a new far-right party, the goals of "equal burden, living costs and affordable housing".
But Lieberman told Army Radio reaching a similar consensus on foreign policy might prove elusive. "We can start with diplomacy, but that will impair the government's functioning," he said. "This government must focus on domestic issues."
In its first reaction to the election, the United States, Israel's chief ally, renewed a call for resuming stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, but huge obstacles remain, even if the next Israeli government gains a more moderate flavour.
Yasser Abed Rabbo, a member of the PLO executive committee, said Palestinian leaders were watching for change after a vote that had given Israel a "new and different opportunity".
He told reporters any renewed talks must be based on creating a Palestinian state on the pre-1967 war lines.
"We are not ready to be part of the process of more political theatre or to give cover for government policy which represents the same policies as the last one, while settlements continue and we experience daily killing and repression."
U.S.-brokered peace talks broke down in 2010 amid mutual acrimony. Since then Israel has accelerated construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem – land the Palestinians want for their future state – much to the anger of Western partners.
Complicating Netanyahu's quest for a workable coalition is the difficulty of reconciling the demands of a dozen factions in parliament, where those on the right hold a razor-thin edge.
Lapid, a former TV anchorman who only founded his Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party a year ago, seeks to end exemptions from military service for Israel's 10 percent minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews who also receive generous state benefits.
Those privileges were extracted from successive governments by religious parties such as Shas and the United Torah Party in exchange for their backing. The two parties have a combined total of 18 seats in parliament, and Netanyahu is likely to want to include at least one of them for a broad-based coalition.
He may also turn to the hardline Jewish Home group led by his former protege Bennett, a millionaire software entrepreneur, which won a projected 12 seats. A Likud spokeswoman said Netanyahu called Bennett to congratulate him but did not reveal details of their conversation.
"Jewish Home can certainly be one of the desired partners in the new coalition," Likud lawmaker Zeev Elkin told Israel Radio.
However, Bennett has denounced the idea of Palestinian statehood and advocates annexing swathes of the West Bank, putting him at odds with Lapid, who wants "divorce" talks with the Palestinians to end the decades-old Middle East conflict.
The Labour party, which came third with 15 seats after putting economic and social issues at the forefront of its campaign, not the Middle East peacemaking it once championed, has vowed not to join any Netanyahu-led coalition.
Once official results are announced on Jan. 30, President Shimon Peres will ask someone, almost certainly Netanyahu, to try to form a government, a process that may take several weeks.


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Trouble with the Index: James Welling
California Museum of Photography
May 20, 2014 - November 30, -0001
Artist Talk
Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 10:30am
James Welling, whose work is included in Trouble with the Index, will speak about his conceptual photographic practice in an informal gallery discussion.
James Welling (b. 1951, Hartford, CT) is a Los Angeles-based artist who has been questioning the norms of representation since the 1970s. His work centers on an exploration of photography, shuffling the elemental components of the medium to produce a distinctly uncompromising body of work. Welling's work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Cincinnati Art Museum (2013); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013-14); University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMASS Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts (2013); Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut (2012); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota (2010); Horticultural Society of New York (2007); Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (2002); Art Gallery of York University, Toronto (2002); Sprengel Museum Hannover (1999); Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (1998); and the Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland (1998). In 2000, the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio organized a major survey of his work, which traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. In 2009, Welling's work was featured in the critically acclaimed historical survey, The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and in 2008, he participated in the Whitney Biennial. In 1992, his work was included in documenta IX. Welling's work is held in major museum collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Welling earned his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia in 1974. After teaching briefly at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Bard College, he moved to Los Angeles in 1995 to head the photography area in the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he continues to teach.


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Nine-year old Dalton Dingus is dying of cystic fibrosis, but the Kentucky native has a dying wish: to break the world record for receiving the most Christmas cards. His mother reported Friday on Facebook that he has nearly 100,000.
Dalton has already received tens of thousands of cards from all over the world, according to ABC News, and celebrity guests have come personally to deliver theirs — including the reigning Miss Kentucky and one of the stars of Animal Planet's "Call of the Wildman."
ABC News reports that doctors basically gave up on Dingus in October.
"We left the hospital to come home. They gave him two to eight days to live," his mother, Jessica Dingus, said.
But Dalton has beaten the odds each day. What keeps him going, his mother says, is his quest to break the Christmas card record.
"The cards give him something to look forward to. Something to get excited about," his 27-year-old mother said. "The prayers are working."
Though the Guinness Book of World Records told ABC News it "currently does not monitor a category for this," the record when Guinness did keep tack was just over 205,000. Dalton is receiving thousands of cards every day, and Guinness is in touch with the family to see if a new record can be recorded.
According to ABC, Dalton digests 18 different types of medication and goes through 12 liters of oxygen every day. But even those obstacles may not prevent him from being a record breaker.
To help Dalton smash the record, send a Christmas card to: Dalton Dingus, HC 62 Box 1249, Salyersville, KY 41465.


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This was a great post on inbound marketing by Chad Pillot who is the Director of Marketing at SEO company Slingshot SEO. It was originally posted on SEOmoz, a great SEO software company.
There are many schools of thought and methodologies defining what inbound marketing should look like. Most of them position content marketing, social media marketing and SEO as the core of inbound marketing.
From a 20,000-foot view, this has definite merit. However, with the right technology, enough content, well-developed personae and a good understanding of the brand, inbound marketing strategy can be much more stratified and robust.
The anatomy of a robust inbound marketing campaign has similarities to the human spine. The human spine has five ordered sections – cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx – all of which are required to be in working order to live a pain-free, normal and productive life.
An inbound marketing strategy has five ordered sections, too – owned and earned media, landing pages, lead nurturing, sales interaction and retention. And all of them are required to widen the sales funnel, create acceleration through it and to optimize Marketing's impact on revenue. If there's a problem with any of the sections Marketing's impact on revenue will not be optimized and the inbound campaign will be in poor health.
Owned and Earned Media
This is the section that most marketers equate with inbound marketing – publish lots of owned and earned blog posts and articles frequently, organically distribute them through social media and watch Google drive traffic from its SERPs. This process produces lots of benefits, but without a strategy for the other sections it will be difficult to show real ROI.
Purpose: Generate traffic, educate prospects, grow brand, produce thought leadership, build community, produce outside advocates, reduce churn
Tip: Publish blog posts with frequency and consistency. According to Kuno Creative's Content Marketing Manifesto, publishing five to ten posts per week led to a 633% increase in leads versus just two to three posts per week.
Landing Pages
This is a critical aspect of an inbound marketing campaign. Having lots of good free content is great, but morally bribing website visitors for their email and IP address using gated content is just as important. Once this information is captured, the visitor is no longer anonymous and their content consumption can be tracked and scored. It also allows for future email communication.
Purpose: Capture email and IP addresses
- Tip: Analyze and value the inbound and outbound marketing channels that led to conversion with attribution modeling. Use this data to adjust tactics in the first section.
- Tip: Deploy A/B or multivariate testing to optimize call to action click-through rates and landing page conversions.
Lead Nurturing
With email addresses captured and other attributes known (other form fields, website behavior, social media profiles, IP address, etc.) lead nurturing, segmentation and scoring can begin. Delivering the right content on the correct channel at the best time separates the wheat from the chaff and empowers the wheat to organically identify themselves as sales qualified leads over time. It also creates an efficient method for identifying and removing unqualified leads from the funnel.
Purpose: Generate more sales qualified leads faster (widens the sales funnel while creating acceleration through it).
Tip: If lead nurturing is a new or unrefined tactic access Eloqua's Lead Nurturing Toolkit for tactical refinement.
Sales Interaction
Marketing should only deliver leads that are worthy of a sales person's time. Analyzing and adjusting lead score criteria over time is critical to ensure this happens. However, just as critical is the open flow of communication and lead feedback between Marketing and Sales.
If the inbound marketing strategy is effective, Sales should find their prospects to be highly educated, qualified and ready to do business.
Purpose: Efficiently generate customers
- Tip: Connect marketing automation tools with a CRM to help facilitate closed-loop marketing and open communication between Sales and Marketing.
A big portion of the retention initiative is accomplished by producing copious amounts of earned and owned media, building passionate communities in social media and being highly visible online. These are all activities that should already be deployed if the inbound marketing campaign is healthy.
In addition, Marketing can produce and deliver advanced content created specifically for current customers. This content can be in the form of surveys, guides, cheat sheets, training videos, process infographics, etc. However, this can all be for not if deliverables aren't fulfilled and expectations aren't met or exceeded.
Purpose: Reduce churn
- Tip: Marketers should keep open communication with fulfillment and account management in order to feel the pulse of current customers. This can help identify possible future churn to target with content before it's too late.
In high school, anatomy class was a place for students to giggle about the curriculum. However, understanding and implementing the entire inbound anatomy presented above is no laughing matter. In today's ultra-competitive environment getting inbound right can mean the difference between business success and mediocrity. Getting it right tomorrow may mean the difference between business success and failure.


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