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Newsweek's Howard Fineman analyzes the presidential races.
HH: To anticipate what happens and the importance of it, I'm joined by one of the country's sharpest political reporters, Howard Fineman of Newsweek. Howard, great to have you back.
HF: Great to be here.
HH: Have you finished your book?
HF: Yes.
HH: When's it coming out?
HF: April 15th.
HH: On tax day?
HF: Unfortunately so.
HH: Oh, well maybe…
HF: But actually, it's not completely a bad idea, in that the concept of the book is that there are only a certain number of things we ever really argue about in America, and it's the act of arguing that keeps us free. And certainly, tax day is a good time to discuss one of the thirteen arguments, which is basically how much we owe each other.
HH: Oh, how interesting. What's the name of the book?
HF: Well, it's got a very snappy title. It's called The Thirteen American Arguments.
HH: Oh. Well, Howard…
HF: Random House is publishing it. My facetious title at home is De Tocqueville For Dummies, and maybe that's what I should call it.
HH: Well, I'm looking forward to that. We'll have a long sit down when that comes out.
HF: (laughing) Okay.
HH: Is one of those arguments why the Steelers ought to be disbanded and driven into the desert?
HF: (laughing) No, I would reserve that for the Patriots. I'm a Roosevelt man on the Patriots.
HH: Well, I'm a Browns man, and you got away with a life on Sunday. Listen, let's get to tonight. Does Wolf have to start the debate by asking Hillary Clinton about the license thing?
HF: Sure. And I think it's fascinating that she has, after sort of gyrating around like a top, landed on the no arrow, which is where Chris Dodd was the other week when all this problem got started. It's fascinating.
HH: Now everyone says flip-flopper is a terrible thing to get attached to, the John Kerry I was for the $87 billion before I was against it, Romney's abortion move. Does this tag her as a flip-flopper for the whole campaign?
HF: Oh, I don't know. I think, as I wrote on the web this week, the image of her, that somebody who is so studied and so careful, and so eager to try to anticipate every objection, and craft things so carefully, I think people know that about her. I think people know everything there is to know about Hillary, almost to a suffocating degree. I think they already know that about her. And certainly in the Democratic primaries, if they're for her, they're for her in spite of what they already know about her.
HH: Now what about…
HF: So I don't think it affects, I don't think it affects the Democratic primaries that much.
HH: So the flip-flop label will not attach?
HF: Well, I think it will attach. I think it has attached.
HH: Interesting.
HF: But it doesn't necessarily kill her in the Democratic primaries, or, for that matter, in the general.
HH: You write about the control freak syndrome in the column titled Hillary's Achilles' heel. That makes you very unlikable, I think. Can she lose that? Or is she just the Popeye defense, I am what I am, and I'm not changing?
HF: I don't think she can change. I mean, I said in the piece that friends of hers who know her remark about how wonderfully charming she is off camera in a small group. People out in Iowa or New Hampshire who go into a living room meeting or a coffee klatch expecting to see this tough, calculating, edgy person, often come away incredibly impressed with how warm and winning she can be. It's just that that never shows itself in public, and she is the calculating, fearful person in public that you see.
HH: Michael Crowley in the New Republic has written that her operation goes after journalists who say things like that with virtual rubber hoses. Have you been on the receiving of those calls, Howard Fineman?
HF: No, and I actually think the piece that I wrote was not written with the idea of being nasty. It was almost, I viewed it almost, they wouldn't see it this way, I'm sure, as a friendly gesture in the sense of saying that people who really know here know that there's another more winsome Hillary there, a more confident and less paranoid one, or unparanoid one, and she better find some of that if she hopes to actually win the general election.
HH: Andrew Sullivan's referred to her as Nixon in a pantsuit. Fair?
HF: (laughing) Well, he has a way with words, doesn't he?
HH: Yes, sometimes.
HF: Well, you probably don't like what he said about Mitt Romney.
HH: No, no, no. He's been a guest on my show, and it didn't go well.
HF: (laughing)
HH: (laughing) He kind of lost it, actually, but that's another story.
HF: Yeah.
HH: But that's a funny line. Nixon in a pantsuit is a funny line. So is it fair?
HF: Yeah, I don't know. I do think that she is entirely too fearful of things, and too interested in trying to control everything in advance. I say in the piece that she's surrounded by some of the best and the smartest and the toughest Democratic political operatives that have been assembled in the last thirty years. The problem is that rather than allay her suspiciousness, they enforce it. And I think they make her even a less appealing candidate when they do.
HH: Howard, you used the term paranoid, and that is one of the more interesting impulses in American politics. It goes back to the Hofstetter book, and all that kind of stuff. But do you really think she is paranoid? Or is she just legitimately concerned?
HF: No, I don't. I don't, and I probably shouldn't have used that word.
HH: Okay.
HF: That's why I wrote the piece about wanting to control things. And what's so fascinating to me is the sort of psychological study, is that she wants to control everything and not be surprised by anything, and yet she puts herself, she throws herself into the most uncontrollable possible situations, such as her marriage to, you know, the, as I said, the undomesticated Arkansan, Bill Clinton…
HH: Right.
HF: …and a presidential campaign, especially in this era of YouTube and blogs, you can't control everything. You can't try to control everything. You have to have a little bit of a surfer's mentality if you're going to survive.
HH: A proposition, Peggy Noonan wrote this last weekend in the Wall Street Journal, which is you know, if they attack her, her opponents or Republicans down the road, attack her as being elitist and condescending, they'll score. And we're also all kind of tired of Clinton-Bush, I mean, Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton. Do you think it's possible that the Democratic Party is just going to say sorry, not now, we're going to go with the new face?
HF: Well, that's the big question, that's the Iowa question. Obama doesn't have the experience, but he has the freshness, and he keeps talking about wanting to turn the page. And he makes the argument that there have been 28 years of Bushes and Clintons on the ballot, that's enough, that's a generation's worth, that even though Hillary can claim to be an agent of change and newness in part because she's a Democrat and in part because she's a woman, Obama's saying sorry, you've missed your time, you missed the chance, it's time for a new generation and a new construct, if you will. That's appealing. That's appealing. And generally, the Democrats end up going with the establishment, you know, sort of the interest group candidate, which is not Obama. It's more Hillary than Obama. But we'll see. I think, I think Iowa, and I haven't been there in the last week or so, but I've been there a lot, Iowa's wide open for the Democrats.
HH: Let's talk about Republicans. Huckabee's the flavor of the month. I had Romney on last hour, Giuliani coming on tomorrow. I think it's just a Romney-Giuliani race. I think all this other stuff's going to fade. What does Howard Fineman say?
HF: Well, I think Huckabee has sort of, it looks like he could win the southern cook-off, if you will, with Fred Thompson. And I think he can't be dismissed if for no other reason than the modern Republican Party is built on a Southern Evangelical base. It is. That's the party that George Bush and that Ronald Reagan began to assemble, and with a lot of other parts, and the one that Karl Rove and George Bush brought, turned into a machine in 2000. So I think that Huckabee's got a shot to be in that conversation for sure if he wins Iowa, which is possible. That's a terrific blow to Romney if it happens. So I think it could be, I think it could be a three way race. I don't think McCain has enough to come all the way back around, and I don't see Fred Thompson making it.
HH: Yeah, I don't see…Okay, from the perspective of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and your answer might be different depending upon which one of those is the nominee, which one do they not want to face the most? Who does Hillary not want to run against? Who does Barack Obama not want to run against?
HF: That's a good question. I don't know the answer to that. I think the polls show that she should least want to run against Rudy Giuliani right now, because in the test match-ups, she runs a little stronger against Romney, and I don't even know if they have Huckabee test match-ups, but she runs stronger against Romney than against Rudy. And I think the same is true for Edwards and Obama and so forth. So right now, Rudy Giuliani, if you believe the polls, and it's hard to know what else to believe right this minute, has the best shot.
HH: Let me ask you a proposition, though…
HF: Because I do think in the end, that every Republican who considers himself, he or she considers themselves a Reagan Republican, even a Bush Republican, they're going to vote, if Hillary's the nominee, they're going to vote against Hillary. But they're all going to be there.
HH: Hillary probably, in my view, probably doesn't want to run against Romney because of the family story and the arch-normalcy involved in the Romney…but that Obama doesn't want to run against Giuliani, because Giuliani's just so slash and burn. I mean, he would go after the kid with a vengeance. And you know, Giuliani can't really go after Hillary on her weaknesses, but Romney can. Does that make sense?
HF: That makes a lot of sense. That makes a lot of sense. I think Romney is a very appealing candidate, and as I've said on the tube and elsewhere, I'm really impressed with his organization. Not only is it meticulous and smart, but they're really good people, from what I can see. In other words, he's got an array of people who are like him. They seem to be almost squeaky clean, they're as you say, super normal, or ultra-normal, whatever your term was.
HH: Howard, we're out of time. I really appreciate your spending time with us from Newsweek. I look forward to catching back up with you as Iowa gets closer. Howard Fineman, thank you.
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You've all heard the rumours about wild big cats that roam the wilderness of places where there ought be none. Most famous are the tigers of Britain's moors (or some such), and in New Zealand we have our very own legendary panther that is reputed to stalk the highlands of the South Island.
The story goes that these animals are errant strays from the collections of rich, perhaps rather lonely folk, though I wouldn't presume to know anything about that. What I do know is that we have an exotic animal loose in our neighbourhood.Dessert Chef got these tantalising shots a few days ago of something that can only be a parrot, cavorting in the manuka with a tui.Wellington readers, please forward this link to as many other Wellington readers that you might know, in the hope that by pure viral spread the owners of one missing parrot might drop us a line so we can pass on the last known siting of this lost bird in the wild.
You can see from this cropping that it is most definitely not a bird of native origin, and it is probably quite keen to find its way back to a warm home and a cracker.
As you can see by this comparison with a tui on the same branch, it's not a small bird, and it must be pretty friendly. If we can help by letting someone know where we saw it, please leave a comment so we can get back to you.
Because, as a parrot I once knew was wont to say, "Any port in a storm."
No, it didn't make sense to me, either. That's just one for the birds.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
2 comments:
- Laura Eno said...
Beautiful bird. I hope it finds its way back home again.
- August 30, 2009 at 11:22 PM
- Dan said...
Thanks going out to @jeanettemarsh for pointing me to this link:
Apparently those Aussie birds are moving in!
So this may be the mystery solved. Not quite as cool as a lost parrot, though.
- August 31, 2009 at 7:15 AM
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My post office still has boxes like this. I love spinning my combination each time I have mail in mine. via
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Vintage Post Office Boxes
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- The Queen Vee said...
Oh I do love these beautiful Post Office boxes. The casting and finishing seems to be a lost art doesn't it. These beauties are letter eye candy for sure. It would be such a pleasure to check your mail every day. I particularly love the eagle part of the design.
Rosemary is your Post Office box this beautiful? I think you should take a photo and post it.
- November 18, 2014 at 8:55 PM
- Content in a Cottage said...
Victoria....My box isn't quite this beautiful unfortunately. It's not this old. I must take a photo soon.
xo, Rosemary
- November 19, 2014 at 9:02 AM
- Jaybird said...
Those are beautiful! My sweet hubby is a woodworker. He took those type doors and mounted them on mesquite boxes. With a slit in the top, they became beautiful banks for the kids and grands!
Blessings to you,
- November 21, 2014 at 2:12 PM
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Tracey Reese in one of the top Women Fashionistas in the United States!
Reese is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of Cass Technical High School. She recalls making clothing from scratch while growing up, alongside her mother, while they worked sitting side-by-side at their own sewing machines. In 1982, she moved to New York City to pursue her education at Parsons School of Design. After graduating with an accelerated degree in 1984, Reese worked under Martine Sitbon at the firm Arlequin. She worked at several top fashion design houses, and eventually became head of the Women's Portfolio for Perry Ellis before launching her own label.
The Tracy Reese fashion label was launched in New York City in 1998. The Tracy Reese label produces both ready -to wear and resort wear. Plenty (2000) and Frock! (2006) were launched as mass market lines at a more affordable price range. Plenty has a focus on home fashions. Tracy Reese Black Label launched in 2009.
Tracy Reese designs are noted for their femininity and retro-influenced style; the textiles themselves make use of bright colors, elaborate graphic patterns, and a playful use of bohemian touches. Clothing and home fashions by Tracy Reese's design lines are carried by retailers such as Bloomingdale's Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom's. The Tracy Reese flagship store in New York City opened in 2006. In a New York Times interview on the occasion of the store's five-year anniversary, Reese expressed optimism about current trends continuing to support her design vision:
"We love pretty, we like beautiful, flattering, color! That's what people come here for. There was a moment when big stores weren't into that but our customer always was, and she was coming here".
In 2011, a second exclusive Tracy Reese store opened, in Tokyo.
Tracey has a really cool website and blog! Click here to read on!
Check out this video on her and her styles!
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After you've decided to purchase a home, you need to decide on the best home loan for you. A home loan, or a mortgage, come in many forms. Considering that a home is a substantial purchase, it is important to research how you will finance this purchase.
Before you get overwhelmed with the tremendous amount of home loan products available, here are the basic elements of a home loan. Your mortgage payment will consist of these four pieces.
• The principle, the amount that you are borrowing for the purchase of your home.
• Interest, what it will cost you to borrow the money, this is a percentage of the amount you borrow.
• Taxes, most lenders will set up an escrow account and hold your annual taxes until payment is due.
• Insurance, in most cases, when the borrow puts down less than 20% the lender requires private mortgage insurance (PMI).
Now that you know the basic elements of your home loan, it's time to discuss some basic loan types. You will need to decide if you want a fixed mortgage rate (FRM), adjustable mortgage rate (ARM), or a balloon mortgage. An easy way to decide which loan type is best for you it to evaluate how long you plan to stay in the home and how the current interest rates are fluctuating.
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SAN ANTONIO - According to the latest employment report by The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), San Antonio is still adding employees to the construction market — but not by much.
It's the Catch 22 of the construction industry. The number of projects in the pipeline is filling up once again. That means more and more construction firms are looking to add employees.
Now if they could just find them.
The labor pool is presently shallow at best in many markets, according to industry officials.
Over the 12 months ended July 31, 2014, local contractors added 100 jobs — going from a total of 44,300 employees in July 2013 to 44,400 a year later.
San Antonio contractors have seen an increase in the pace of projects and are working to bring on qualified, skilled employees. However, there is still a lot of ground to be made up to even get near the industry's peak of 52,100 employees as of December 2007.
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Yoga has been much more than a workout to me since I first discovered its many benefits while completing my graduate degree in Physical Therapy. It was a time full of challenges and new adventures as I was transitioning away from my life as a student. I was busy with clinical internships and was faced with moving away from the city I had known as home for 6 years. As I settled in Chicago, I discovered Yogaview studio which felt like a second home and the practice I developed quickly became an integral part of my life. Through the breath work, meditation and asana practice, yoga provides me with a sense of strength, calmness and peace.
I decided to take my practice further in 2008 when I enrolled in Yogaview's Teacher Training Program/Practice Intensive, receiving my certification. I have been teaching yoga regularly ever since and my classes follow a Vinyassa Flow format in order to create a moving mediation that is both engaging and challenging.
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I've been patiently waiting for a box from Book Samaritan before I plan our full homeschool curriculum for the fall. JP is going into what would be the 8th grade if he were in public school. I don't care so much about grade levels, and rather focus on can he doe the work I give him? Is it too challenging? Not challenging enough? While I wait to see what goodies Book Samaritan decides to send, I'm planning our first few weeks with materials we already have on hand.
Language Arts - I believe very much in giving children a wide variety of reading materials, spanning a range of levels. What we happen to have on hand for literature will definitely be on the easier end for JP, but that will allow him to enter our school year feeling both relaxed and confident.
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
- The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
- The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
- A unit on Edgar Allen Poe
- A poetry unit based on lessons by Kenneth Koch (see this post)
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser
- Elements of Style by Strunk and White
- Megawords for vocabulary and spelling
- Variety of writing units from around the web
- Continue working on a story JP began early in the summer
Science - For science, I believe in teaching both evolution and creation, along with discussion about why people place faith in one or the other, and whether it is possible to believe that both are correct.
- The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- Middle School Chemistry
- Make Your Own Web Page by Ted Pederson and Francis Moss
- Variety of chemistry, electricity, magnetism, and geology experiments from around the web
Math - Finish the pre-algebra workbook JP had started last spring
Social Studies -
- Geological features unit
- Map skills unit
- State report
- Nation report
- Mythology unit
Everything else -
- Piano lessons
- Golf lessons
- Yoga
- Hiking
- A series of nature classes at the local Audubon center
- Work on Russian using Byki.com
MAIL CALL Our poor little mail box has been entirely empty for a couple of days. We had junk mail, and one note for JP's birthday on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday - nothing. Saturday - nothing. Sunday - always nothing...but our mail carrier comes at random times, so I checked to be sure I hadn't missed Saturday's mail. I am expecting a book from Paperback Swap, and a few pen pal letters, so I'm very anxious to find something in ye old mailbox.
DINNER CHECK I neglected to get out the camera while we made dinner tonight. Mistake...I will remember the rest of the week. Tonight, I taught JP to make scrambled eggs, to cook bacon bits (bacon cut into small pieces), and how to roll them up in egg roll wrappers, and fry them for breakfast egg rolls. He loved helping with dinner tonight. In fact, he enjoyed it so much that we decided to try a new style of eggs every night for the rest of the week. We are going to be using Alton Brown's egg chapter from the book I'm Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0 as the basis for our dinners this coming week. I promise pictures...


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Murder of Arthur Warren
The Arthur Warren murder was the killing of 26-year-old Arthur "J.R." Warren on July 3, 2000 by two male teens, in what is believed to have been a hate crime.
Arthur "J.R." Warren (1974 - July 3, 2000) resided in Grant Town, West Virginia. Warren lived with learning disabilities and a birth defect that caused him to be born with several fingers missing on one hand. He was widely regarded in his community as a "soft spoken" young man. At 16, he came out to his mother and the minister at his church, and found acceptance and support with both. After his death, his mother—Brenda Warren—addressed a hate crimes rally in Washington, D.C. and lobbied for the inclusion of sexual orientation in West Virginia's hate crimes law.[1]
With his parents, Warren was a regular churchgoer, and attended the Missionary Baptist assembly—which split from the Southern Baptists over support for slavery. He also attended meetings of a gay student group at nearby Fairmont State College.
Warren left his parents' home around 11:30 p.m. on July 3, 2000, to watch the Fourth of July fireworks in Grant Town.[2] His mother said she reminded him of his 12:30 a.m. curfew, and when he had not returned home by 2:30 a.m. she assumed he was spending the night at a friend's.[3]
Instead of attending the fireworks, Warren went to meet with 17-year-old David Parker, an acquaintance, at an empty house owned by Parker's family. Parker was painting the house, along with his 17-year-old cousin Jared Wilson and 15-year-old Jason Shoemaker. While there, the four drank beer, smoked marijuana, and huffed gasoline fumes, inhaling them in order to get high.[4]
Parker reportedly asked Warren to bring cigarettes, condoms, porn, and Xanax, the latter of which Warren had been prescribed as an anti-anxiety medication. Warren reportedly brought both cigarettes and Xanax to the house, where the other three boys began to crush and snort the tablets.[5]
An argument ensued at the house when Parker accused Warren of spreading a rumor that the two had a sexual relationship. Warren denied doing so. The Associated Press reported that "sources close to the story" said that Parker and Warren had a sexual relationship and that Warren had also had a sexual relationship with Wilson. Marion County Prosecutor G. Richard Brunner later said the allegations of sexual activity were hearsay. The AP stood by its story.[5] Parkers attorney would later claim that Parker had been sexually involved with Warren 30 times since he was 10 years old, and that Warren had given Parker drugs and alcohol before most of their encounters.[6]
At some point during the argument, Parker and Wilson began beating Warren and kicking him with steel-toed boots. Shoemaker witnessed the beating but did not participate. Court documents record that Parker later said Shoemaker egged him on to confront Warren.
Afterwards, the three boys put a bloodied Warren in Parker's car. Parker drove and Shoemaker sat in the front seat while Jared sat in back with Warren. Warren was still conscious enough to repeatedly ask to be taken home.
Near the edge of town, Parker and Wilson removed Warren's body from the car and placed it in the road while Shoemaker remained in the car. Parker then ran over Warren with his car a total of four times, to disguise the death as a hit-and-run. The three boys then returned to the house where the assault had taken place, cleaned up the blood and disposed of their bloodied clothes by burning them with gasoline. Parker then huffed the fumes from the gasoline.[5]
Warren's body was discovered by a newspaper carrier at 5:30 a.m., by the side of County Route 17 in Grant Town.
Though threatened with death by Parker and Wilson if he revealed the murder, Shoemaker told his mother, Norma Shoemaker, about the murder. Norma Shoemaker called the police later that morning. Police had initially believed Warren was the victim of a hit-and-run accident, but switched to a homicide investigation upon receiving Norma Shoemaker's call.
Parker and Wilson were arrested while attending an Independence Day celebration with their families. They were reported to have confessed to Warren's murder. Because the suspects were minors, law enforcement officers were prohibited from discussing the content of their confessions.
Marion County Sheriff Ron Watkins said there was no evidence that Warren's murder was a hate crime, but that law enforcement official had not ruled out the possibility. Sheriff Watkins later met with the president of the Fairmont State College Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual student group, of which Warren was a member even though he did not attend the college. The Human Rights Campaign joined students in advising law enforcement officials on the possibility that Warren's murder was a hate crime.[7]
Arthur Warren's funeral was held on July 8, 2000, at his family's church, and was attended by hundreds of mourners.
His parents, Brenda and Arthur Warren insisted that the coffin be open for viewing. "We want people to see what they did to my son," said Brenda Warren. The Warrens later told CNN during an interview that they hoped the suspects would be tried as adults and the murder treated as a hate crime.
Two vigils were held in Warren's honor on July 11, one by the West Virginia Lesbian and Gay Coalition at the West Virginia State Capitol and one in front of the Marion County courthouse by the Fairmont State College gay and lesbian student group.
The Marion County vigil was attended by more than 600 people, where local clergy spoke and were joined by members of the Warren family. A handful of protesters from the family of Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church which the Southern Poverty Law Center labels a hate group, in Topeka, Kansas, also attended. Gay and lesbian students from West Virginia University carried white banners to block the view of the protesters.[7]
The Hearings[edit]
On July 19, 2001 David Parker pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and in July 2001 was sentenced to life in prison with mercy, which would make him eligible for parole in 15 years. In exchange for his plea, a second count of conspiracy to commit a felony was dismissed. Parker also agreed to testify against Wilson.[8]
On August 21, 2001 Jared Wilson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder—reduced from first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a felony, -- and received a 20-year prison sentence.[9]
Shoemaker, was charged as an accessory after the fact, and tried as a juvenile for helping dispose of evidence after the murder.
In June 2002, Brenda and Arthur Warren filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his killers. Their family attorney, Paul Farrell, said that in defending themselves Parker and Wilson had portrayed Warren as a sexual predator and themselves as the victims, and that Mrs. Warren "didn't feel like she had the chance to tell her side of the story."[10]
- ^ Matt & Andrew Koymasky - Memorial Hall - Warren 1
- ^ Man beaten, run over in West Virginia Murder, Gay People's Chronicle, July 14, 2000
- ^ "A Mother's Faith, The Advocate, January 16, 2001
- ^ "Final J.R.Warren killer gets 20 years," Gay People's Chronicle, August 24, 2002
- ^ a b c "Bad Blood," Salon.Com, August 9, 2001
- ^ "Teen Pleads Guilty in Gay Slay," ABC News, July 19, 2001
- ^ a b "Man beaten in West Virginia Murder, Gay People's Chronicle, July 14, 2000.
- ^ "Teen Pleads Guilty in Gay Slay," ABC News, July19, 2001
- ^ "Teen pleads guilty to Warren murder," PlanetOut News, August 21, 2001
- ^ "Warren Family Sues Teen-Age Killers of Son," HRC.Org, June 28, 2002


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Logo2010 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 323 designs submitted by 63 freelance designers.
B&M Consulting Group, Inc.
Management consulting (providing executive advisory and strategic consulting services to business and government clients on various aspects of running a successful organization).
Brand Name: Our logo has to inspire confidence in our professionalism, build our credibility, and give reassurance to clients about the quality of our work. It has to capture our brand of high-quality intellectual work. Key words for our brand include: solutions, value, trusted advisor. Providing solutions really captures the essence of what we do for our clients (solution is defined broadly, not in terms of technology). Solutions bring to mind solving puzzles. Potential ideas include making B&M fit together like a puzzle on white background or B being the two gears that lock together. Alternatively, the logo could be our name in a professional, clean-looking font on white background. For examples of logos of companies in our field, please visit the websites below.
Target Audience: Our clients are managers and executives in the federal and state governments, private companies, and non-profits domestically and internationally.
Requirements: The ideal logo will have our company name in dark clean fonts on white background (font logo) with a small but distinguishable symbol (iconic logo) that does not overpower the company name, but adds a touch of sophistication/completeness/thoughtfulness, such as Accenture's greater than sign (please see links above). The logo and the company name should be on the same level, e.g., horizontal. Additional requirements include:
No drop shadows
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At most 2 to 3 colors
Must scale down
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Must be presented on white background
Final Product: There should be 2 versions of the final logo: one with the iconic logo and another without the iconic logo (fonts only). Each version should also include a color and a black/white version, so a total of 4 logos. The final logos should be submitted in Vector files (.ai and .svg files).
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The beginning of Kevin Durant's incredible MVP acceptance speech earlier this week focused on Prince George's County.
"I come from a small county outside of Washington D.C. called P.G. County," he said, before the weepy parts began. "And me, my mom, my brother, we moved so many different places growing up. And it felt like a box. It felt like there was no getting out. My dream was to become a rec-league coach. That's what I wanted to do. I wanted to stay home and help the kids out and be a coach."
Eventually, of course, the speech moved on to his Oklahoma City days, which is when he began singling out every teammate, with specific messages of thanks to both the rookies and vets, newcomers and long-time teammates. But the speech, like Durant, began with Prince George's County.
Which is why it was so cool to see this billboard go up in Prince George's County. A friend of ESPN 980 host Doc Walker's sent this photo to him; Walker then gave me permission to share it. He said the billboard is on Central Avenue near Addison Road, close to the Addison Road Metro stop and Central High School. Others have already noticed it as well.
Just saw a @skullcandy billboard on Central Ave. in Seat pleasant, MD congratulating Durant on his MVP! Couldn't get pic, was driving :-/— Deandra D. (@dduggs11) May 7, 2014
The company that sponsored the billboard — Skullcandy — put up a similar one in Oklahoma City. But the Seat Pleasant one is cooler.
A billboard up near Chesapeake Energy Arena recognizing Durant's MVP season. #Thunder @AP_Sports @ThunderObsessed pic.twitter.com/aLDjE8114l— Cliff Brunt (@CliffBruntAP) May 6, 2014


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Office Buildings
Office buildings are typically comprised of perimeter zones extending 12 to 18 feet in from the outer wall that usually include large glass areas, and interior zones (which typically require cooling only). The perimeter spaces require both cooling and heating. Perimeter zones have widely varying loads due to changing sun position and weather. One area or side of the building may require cooling while adjacent spaces may simultaneously require heating.
Office buildings may also house a wide variety of tenants with divergent energy needs. The office building can include stores, restaurants, fitness centers, radio or television studios, photo processors, printers, and computer centers, each with different operating hours and occupancy levels. Design occupancy levels vary from 20 square feet per person for conference space and waiting rooms, to 75 square feet per person in clerical areas, or a low of 200 square feet per person in some private offices.
Obviously, weather, occupancy, lighting, and floor loads (computers, printers, copiers, and other office machinery) are the big energy users. However, building shape, design, and orientation can also have a major effect on energy use. Even the type and placement of trees surrounding the building have an impact.
Office buildings usually include both peripheral and interior zone spaces. The peripheral zones frequently have large window areas and may be considerably subdivided. These zones have variable loads because of changing weather and sun position and typically require heating in winter. During spring and fall seasons, one side of the building may require cooling, while another side requires heating.
The interior zone spaces usually require a fairly uniform cooling rate throughout the year because their thermal loads are derived almost entirely from people, lights, computers and other office equipment. As the cooling loads can vary from full to low or no-load conditions, interior systems may utilize variable air volume (VAV) control.
Office building occupancy schedules can vary widely. Many are occupied from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Others are occupied by some personnel from as early as 5:30 a.m. to as late as 7:00 p.m. Some tenants may require night work schedules, usually not to extend beyond 10:00 p.m.
Some office buildings may include spaces which could operate 24 h per day, such as television or radio studios, printing operations, communications and computing centers, . Therefore, for economical air-conditioning design, the intended uses of an office building must be very well established before the type of system is selected and design is begun.
Occupancy varies considerably. In clerical work areas, the density can be as high as one person per 75 sq.ft. of floor area. Private office density may be as low 200 sq. ft. person. The occasional waiting rooms, conference rooms, or board rooms can have occupancies from none to as high as 20 sq. ft. per person.
A major part of the total cooling load is the lighting. In an office building the lighting and normal "floor" (equipment) electrical loads typically average from 2 to 5 watts per sq. ft. Architectural or other considerations may make them considerably higher. Buildings with computer systems and other electronic equipment can have electrical loads as high as 5 to 10 watts per sq. ft.
As these loads are critical to owner satisfaction, a careful estimate should be made of the amount, size, and type of computer equipment anticipated for the life of the building. This will help to size the air-handling equipment properly and provide for future changes in the air-conditioning equipment. In high electrical loading areas consider using exhaust air or water tubing to pick up this heat at the source.
About 30% of the total lighting heat output from recessed fixtures can be picked up by exhaust or return air and, therefore, should not enter into the cooling supply air requirements. The suspended ceiling is often used as a return air plenum with the room air drawn through the light fixtures into the space above the suspended ceiling.
The balance of the cooling load includes miscellaneous allowances (for fan heat, duct heat pickup, duct leakage, and safety factors), which should not exceed 12% of the total.
Typical System
The variety of functions and range of design criteria applicable to office buildings have allowed the use of almost every available air-conditioning system. Low-rise and smaller buildings typically use unitary equipment, such as packaged combination roof-top conditioners (gas heat/electric cooling or heat pumps), often one unit per zone. Others use multi-zone units. In climatic areas with low heating requirements, perimeter radiation, often electric, combined with conventional cooling units may be more economical.
Other buildings may opt for individual units, one per zone, ranging from the low-cost packaged terminal units (PTAC) or heat pump (PTHP) units to water-loop water-to-air heat pump systems. Recent innovations and attention to reducing energy costs have led to the increased popularity of geothermal heat pump systems.
High-rise office buildings typically use central chilled/hot water systems with perimeter fan-coil units, or water-loop heat pump systems. Where these systems have been installed for the perimeter zones, separate all-air systems (typically variable air volume systems) have been generally used for the interior spaces and to supply perimeter zone ventilation.
A perimeter heating system separate from the cooling system may be preferable, since the air distribution devices can then be selected for a specific duty, rather than a compromise between heating and cooling performance. If the higher cost of additional air-handling or fan-coil units and ductwork is a factor, the designer may consider less expensive options, such as fan-powered terminal units with heating coils serving perimeter zones in lieu of a separate heating system. In climatic areas with low outdoor winter design temperatures, under-the-window perimeter radiation (hydronic or electric) may add to the occupant comfort by offsetting downdrafts.
New Construction
System flexibility is essential as office procedures are constantly being revised, and basic building services should be able to meet changing tenant needs. For one owner or lessee buildings, the system may be designed without the degree of flexibility needed for a building where the use is not as well defined. Owner-occupied buildings may require considerable design flexibility, because the owner is more interested in the life-cycle costs, usually wants quality and will pay for it, as well as future alterations. The speculative builder wants low first cost, is typically not interested in life-cycle cost, and can generally charge alterations to tenants.
Tenants having hours of occupancy or design criteria that differ substantially from those of the main office building (such as data processing centers, stores, banks, restaurants, and entertainment facilities) may need to have their own systems.
While office buildings are designed to minimize outdoor air usage, recent attention to indoor air quality may dictate higher levels of ventilation air. The minimum volume of outdoor air should be maintained in variable volume air-handling systems.
Dry-bulb or enthalpy controlled economizer cycles should be considered for reducing energy costs. When an economizer cycle is used, systems should be zoned so that energy waste will not occur by heating outside air. This is often accomplished by a separate air distribution system for the interior and each major exterior zone.
Other energy services opportunities include obtaining consideration of thermal storage to reduce demand costs and equipment size, and geothermal heat pumps system as an energy saving and "green" alternative.
Existing Buildings
Energy services opportunities include:
- Upgrading the chillers to non-CFC refrigerants and/or higher efficiency,
- System revisions for better indoor air quality,
- Improving system controls, adding energy management system, recommending retraining of equipment operators (possibly providing the retraining),
- Adding economizer systems and/or improving controls on existing systems,
- Adding thermal storage to reduce demand costs.
Water Heating
Water heating in office buildings is not a major energy user as use is typically confined to lavatory use (washing hands, etc.) by the occupants and night-time use by the cleaning crews. Any needs for specialized users (food service, photo processors, etc.) must be treated separately.
Typical system
Service hot water in office buildings is typically heated using electric- or gas-fired storage water heaters. If a boiler is used it should be separate from the main heating boiler.
Recommendations/Energy Services Opportunities
Convert gas heaters to off-peak electric with adequate storage. If tower water is available year-round, consider a water-to-water heat pump.
Small offices typically don't have cooking facilities, large offices are usually equipped with cafeteria style cooking.
Typical System
Office building lighting typically uses fluorescent fixtures set in suspended ceilings. Other fixtures consist largely of exit signs and possibly some emergency lighting in otherwise dark hallways.
Recommendations/Energy Services Opportunities
Lighting efficiency improvement is the simplest energy saving strategy for commercial and industrial facilities. Lights typically consume from 15 to 40 percent of the annual energy use for most buildings and are usually less expensive to change than other energy systems.
Therefore, always consider lighting first in any review of potential energy savings projects. Consider more than energy savings when reviewing lighting retrofit economic opportunities. Additional considerations that should be included are:
- Lower cooling costs: improved lighting efficiency reduces most peak electric demand and may permit operation of fewer or smaller cooling systems,
- Increased productivity: better lighting may permit faster work patterns with fewer errors, hence increased productivity,
- Reduced absenteeism: improper lighting can cause glare which results in fatigue, headaches and absenteeism,
- Increased safety and security: proper light levels reduce the possibility of burglary as well as improve the safety of both employees and vehicular traffic in the area,
- Lower maintenance costs: some light sources have longer lamp life which could result in lower lamp replacement and labor costs.
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15. Of Repugnancy to co-exist, our knowledge is larger.
As to the incompatibility or repugnancy to co-existence, we may know that any subject may have of each sort of primary qualities but one particular at once: v.g. each particular extension, figure, number of parts, motion, excludes all other of each kind. The like also is certain of all sensible ideas peculiar to each sense; for whatever of each kind is present in any subject, excludes all other of that sort: v.g. no one subject can have two smells or two colours at the same time. To this, perhaps will be said, Has not an opal, or the infusion of LIGNUM NEPHRITICUM, two colours at the same time? To which I answer, that these bodies, to eyes differently, placed, may at the same time afford different colours: but I take liberty also to say, that, to eyes differently placed, it is different parts of the object that reflect the particles of light: and therefore it is not the same part of the object, and so not the very same subject, which at the same time appears both yellow and azure. For, it is as impossible that the very same particle of any body should at the same time differently modify or reflect the rays of light, as that it should have two different figures and textures at the same time.
16. Our Knowledge of the Co-existence of Power in Bodies extends but a very little Way.
But as to the powers of substances to change the sensible qualities of other bodies, which make a great part of our inquiries about them, and is no inconsiderable branch of our knowledge; I doubt as to these, whether our knowledge reaches much further than our experience; or whether we can come to the discovery of most of these powers, and be certain that they are in any subject, by the connexion with any of those ideas which to us make its essence. Because the active and passive powers of bodies, and their ways of operating, consisting in a texture and motion of parts which we cannot by any means come to discover; it is but in very few cases we can be able to perceive their dependence on, or repugnance to, any of those ideas which make our complex one of that sort of things. I have here instanced in the corpuscularian hypothesis, as that which is thought to go furthest in an intelligible explication of those qualities of bodies; and I fear the weakness of human understanding is scarce able to substitute another, which will afford us a fuller and clearer discovery of the necessary connexion and co-existence of the powers which are to be observed united in several sorts of them. This at least is certain, that, whichever hypothesis be clearest and truest, (for of that it is not my business to determine,) our knowledge concerning corporeal substances will be very little advanced by any of them, till we are made to see what qualities and powers of bodies have a NECESSARY connexion or repugnancy one with another; which in the present state of philosophy I think we know but to a very small degree: and I doubt whether, with those faculties we have, we shall ever be able to carry our general knowledge (I say not particular experience) in this part much further. Experience is that which in this part we must depend on. And it were to be wished that it were more improved. We find the advantages some men's generous pains have this way brought to the stock of natural knowledge. And if others, especially the philosophers by fire, who pretend to it, had been so wary in their observations, and sincere in their reports as those who call themselves philosophers ought to have been, our acquaintance with the bodies here about us, and our insight into their powers and operations had been yet much greater.
17. Of the Powers that co-exist in Spirits yet narrower.
If we are at a loss in respect of the powers and operations of bodies, I think it is easy to conclude we are much more in the dark in reference to spirits; whereof we naturally have no ideas but what we draw from that of our own, by reflecting on the operations of our own souls within us, as far as they can come within our observation. But how inconsiderable a rank the spirits that inhabit our bodies hold amongst those various and possibly innumerable kinds of nobler beings; and how far short they come of the endowments and perfections of cherubim and seraphim, and infinite sorts of spirits above us, is what by a transient hint in another place I have offered to my reader's consideration.
18. Thirdly, Of Relations between abstracted ideas it is not easy to say how far our knowledge extends.
THIRDLY, As to the third sort of our knowledge, viz. the agreement or disagreement of any of our ideas in any other relation: this, as it is the largest field of our knowledge, so it is hard to determine how far it may extend: because the advances that are made in this part of knowledge, depending on our sagacity in finding intermediate ideas, that may show the relations and habitudes of ideas whose co-existence is not considered, it is a hard matter to tell when we are at an end of such discoveries; and when reason has all the helps it is capable of, for the finding of proofs, or examining the agreement or disagreement of remote ideas. They that are ignorant of Algebra cannot imagine the wonders in this kind are to be done by it: and what further improvements and helps advantageous to other parts of knowledge the sagacious mind of man may yet find out, it is not easy to determine. This at least I believe, that the IDEAS OF QUANTITY are not those alone that are capable of demonstration and knowledge; and that other, and perhaps more useful, parts of contemplation, would afford us certainty, if vices, passions, and domineering interest did not oppose or menace such endeavours.
Morality capable of Demonstration
The idea of a supreme Being, infinite in power, goodness, and wisdom, whose workmanship we are, and on whom we depend; and the idea of ourselves, as understanding, rational creatures, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered and pursued, afford such foundations of our duty and rules of action as might place MORALITY amongst the SCIENCES CAPABLE OF DEMONSTRATION: wherein I doubt not but from self-evident propositions, by necessary consequences, as incontestible as those in mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out, to any one that will apply himself with the same indifferency and attention to the one as he does to the other of these sciences. The RELATION of other MODES may certainly be perceived, as well as those of number and extension: and I cannot see why they should not also be capable of demonstration, if due methods were thought on to examine or pursue their agreement or disagreement. 'Where there is no property there is no injustice,' is a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid: for the idea of property being a right to anything, and the idea of which the name 'injustice' is given being the invasion or violation of that right, it is evident that these ideas, being thus established, and these names annexed to them, I can as certainly know this proposition to be true, as that a triangle has three angles equal to two right ones. Again: 'No government allows absolute liberty.' The idea of government being the establishment of society upon certain rules or laws which require conformity to them; and the idea of absolute liberty being for any one to do whatever he pleases; I am as capable of being certain of the truth of this proposition as of any in the mathematics.
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I eat healthy in a house where there is a constant parade of unhealthy food marching across the dinner table, stocking the refrigerator, and in the pantry. My mother is overweight and my father has dangerously high cholesterol yet refuses to eat vegetables, and apples and oranges are as scarce as oceanfront property in Arizona. But I am in the process of reform in our household.
It is true, organic food is more expensive, making your own granola, constant preparation of lean meats (because they still believe meat is necessary at every meal), and broiling vegetables, which have never seen the table before, is time consuming and exhausting. It is also exhausting to watch them write off a meal every single time because of basil, garlic, and brussels sprouts. I will try anything twice. I am the only person in the house with this policy.
I will taste anything and decide for myself if I don't like it. That is how I decided aged balsamic vinegar is exquisite, quinoa is in fact terrible to clean up before cooked but great with granola, Greek yogurt and fruit in the morning, and that every single type of seafood except is my favorite food. It was incredibly difficult when I first moved home however, because I was not yet acclimated to the constant temptation of fattening dinner and snacking options. I fell prey to the snacks and croissants, stopped running because I felt terrible, and gained a little weight.
Carbohydrates, Fats, and Sugars have always made me feel horrible, but the chocolate looked so good, especially on an Ambien binge, I could barely remember it the next day let alone say no. Carbohydrates release glucose into the bloodstream quickly after consumption and fats will make your digestive system work harder than usual. Both of these mechanisms will make you tired. Sugar consumption releases insulin, which triggers tryptophan. The chain of events continues to worsen, where the tryptophan is converted into serotonin. Serotonin tells your body to "relax" and "slow down". I believe this is true for my parents, and this is the only thing they have eaten for their entire lives. There are billion donuts are consumed in the United States each year alone. I can't blame them for eating unhealthy; they aren't alone. I finally do not have cravings for the donuts dad brings home, have started yoga and running again, and I am cooking dinners most nights now. Fruits and vegetables are constantly in the house and I finally feel healthy and I am healthy again. I hope it will be passed "up" to my past generation.


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Background and purpose: This study aimed at investigating the effect of hydroalchoholic extract of sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) on expression of passive avoidance learning in male rats.
Materials and methods: In an experimental study, 24 adult Wistar rats weighing 230±20 gr were divided into three groups to receive solvent extract (DMSO), and 25 and 50 mg/kg of the sumac extract. Passive avoidance test was done using shuttle box after treatment. All treatments were conducted intraperitoneally, half hours before the test, on the second day (check expression). Data analysis was done applying one-way ANOVA and Tukey test (P<0.05).
Results: The mice that received 25 mg/kg of sumac extract showed significant increase in the latency to enter the dark room compared to the group that received DMSO (P< 0.001).
Conclusion: The hydroalcoholic extract of Rhus coriaria L. increased the expression of passive avoidance learning in rats.


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The first steps I would take.
The traditions I would embrace.
The colors I would wear
The crimson that would flow.
Diploma at hand and cap over me.
Smiled like a king.
My own room for a new place called home.
A new family I would know.
An old one that would have to go.
A class called chemistry
A class called calculus
A class called history
What a worldFriends I would meet
The people who I began to know
The view that I would enjoy
A school that became my ownOh the wonders, the uncertainties, and the excitement I had.
It all began to shed.
My head became full
My bag required an extra pull
What a mess my room
But the year carried through
Class became hard
The favorite letters became L and W
Old habits only continued to fester
I was stuck
The man in the suit
His audience grew
Those around me
They all choose to fight, with knives and guns.
With nasty words filled with anger.
They chose a fight to lose.
I chose to fight too, with discussion and peace.
I wanted to win, not the battle, but their understanding.
I chose a fight I had to win.
A class called chemistry
A class called calculus
A class called history
What a joke
Oh the wonders, the uncertainties, and the excitement I had.
It had all burned out.
The academics stacked
My fingers began to crack
My energy no longer drew
But the year carried through
The pretty lights turned on
All final papers written
The band marched one last glorious march
And I
Raced for the end
The year was through
My work was done
Oh the wonders
the uncertainties
and the excitement I will have.
It all came back
For the next three.


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The demand for mobile application services has risen manifold in the last couple of decades. And the trend is still on the rise. Numerous service providers are out there to grab your attention and get you to sign up a service contract with them. But you need to be very careful and must check on certain points before finally deciding upon which best mobile app service in Chandigarh to opt for. Every company that has online presence and each and every ecommerce company is trying to supplement their website with a mobile app, as the current trend among all internet users is to access the Net through their mobile devices.
Following is a brief discussion on how to select the right mobile app service provider for your online marketing requirements:
What is The Experience of the Service Provider in Similar Jobs?
Since the website is your mirror to the outside world, the only point of contact between you and your prospective buyers, you cannot take the risk of entrusting just another of those hundreds of service providers to design your mobile app. They must have ample experience to know the best way to complete the job, and also make amends as per your specific requirements. In order to understand whether the professionals are really experienced in the said field, you can look into the feedbacks of the past customers and also take references to make contact with such past clients yourself. Hire them only if you are 100% satisfied with their deliverables and expertise.
What is the Process That They Follow to Develop the Mobile App?
Before signing them in, you must ask about the process that the app development service providers are going to follow while making your app. Speaking to them regarding their working methodology is surely going to give you an idea about how far they are professional and experts in the field. If you find that they have a proper planning and implementation programme all set up, then they are the right choice. However, the service provider must be ready with facts and figures of their app development procedure, and explain every step to you, barring the technical jargons, in lucid and understandable terms to you.
Are They Ready with Suggestions for Improving Your Mobile App?
You need to find out whether the service providers are able to give you suggestions with regard to improve your mobile app. If they have had enough experience in the field, they will be full of suggestions and advices for you. They will try to share with you all the lessons learnt from their past experiences, so that they can deliver a better service. They are always keen to make you happy, as your positive feedback on their website will help them get new customers.
Moreover, ask them whether they are ready to provide you with technical assistance after their job is done. The new app is bound to come up with many problems after implementation. The best service providers will provide you support 24x7.


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Google's ambitious plan to provide internet connectivity to remote areas in India, through floating balloons, got an in principle nod from the Government yesterday. In light of Google CEO, Sundar Pichai's visit to India, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that the Government is in an in principle agreement to pilot Google's Project Loon. Prasad also spoke about a partnership between Google and BSNL for the proliferation of Project Loon to remote areas in the nation that have low connectivity.
Google Project Loon is an initiative by Google Lab X with a mission to provide internet access to remote areas. Google's Loon balloons will float at a height of 18-20 Kms and create aerial wireless networks using 4G/LTE technology. Interestingly enough, the project is called 'Loon' not only because it involves balloons, but also because Google thought beaming internet to 5 billion unconnected potential web users is a "crazy" idea. Earlier in the year, Project Loon was in the news, in India, for being stone-walled by the defence, home and civil aviation ministeries. Questions were raised on the security concerns surrounding the project. Another key concern of these ministeries includes the fact that the spectrum required by Project Loon is already being used by India's telecom operators, but Pichai claims that Google has data showing that Project Loon does not interefere with telecom services.
You can check out the complete list of key announcements by Google in India - here. You can also check out our slideshow for a list of important announcements made by Google in 2015.
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Indiana court rules sending explicit photo to minor is crime
The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that while the age of consent for sexual
activity in the state is 16, sending a 16-year-old a sexually explicit
photograph is a crime.
The high court
acknowledged the law's inconsistency, but unanimously upheld the law in its
ruling on Monday, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported.
The ruling says a
person who knowingly sends a sexually explicit photograph to someone under
age 18 is sharing material that's harmful to minors, which is a felony.
Justice Mark Massa
said the court interprets the plain text of the law. He also said that it's
up to the Legislature to decide whether such inconsistency is judicious.
The ruling was
prompted by a case involving a former Porter County police officer who
allegedly sent sexually explicit photos of himself to a 16-year-old girl in
Oregon in 2014. The case was initially dismissed in Hamilton Superior Court
because of a 2009 Court of Appeals decision, which found the statute
regarding dissemination of harmful material was void because it was vague.
The state Supreme Court's decision means the case will move forward.
The state Supreme
Court ruled that there's no conflict between the statutes because it's
possible to comply with both simultaneously.
State Sen. Frank
Mrvan, D-Hammond, and state Rep. Linda Lawson, D-Hammond recently led
attempts to raise the state's age of sexual consent to 18, but the efforts
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Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) 2006 Annual Reports for Threatened and Endangered Species have been released and are available to the public. As required in the August 2006 Biological Opinion on the CAHA Interim Protected Species Management Strategy, Seashore staff has completed and submitted these reports to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Raleigh Field Office by January 31, 2006.
The following reports have been released; 2006 Seabeach Amaranth Report, 2006 Piping Plover Report and 2006 Sea Turtle Report. For more information, these reports and associated appendices can be found on the CAHA website.
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They cater to an artistic and loyal clientele by hosting painting and fiber workshops all year round, the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops. Most guests are housed and very well fed in the historic inn during the week. The atmosphere is friendly, warm and comfortable and meals are sociable and delicious! Mark is also a Chocolatier, so there are other obvious advantages, too.
But the story just gets better. Here is the studio, behind the house, where all the workshops take place. Everyone has their own table and some elbow room, so the space is just the right size. You get to know your classmates very well by sharing meals, ideas and quilting techniques for 5 days. There are some classes that have a perfect chemistry and my class at the Greenville Arms was one of those!! So you can see why I am so anxious to return.
You can see our mutual affection in this happy picture. So if you have had a busy year, like I have, a pampered visit to the Greenville Arms in early December will have you revived to face the holidays and inspired for a new year of creative quilting. The dates are Dec. 6-12 and I hope to see some of you there!


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text: Late antiquity saw the barbarian invasions overrun the western Roman empire and Persian and Arab armies end Roman rule over the eastern and southern coasts of the Mediterranean. Was late antiquity therefore merely a time of decline? In this vibrant and compact introduction, Gillian Clark sheds light on the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time, showing that this was in fact a period of great transformation. Late antiquity saw Roman law codified, Christian creeds formulated, the Talmud compiled, and the Qur'an composed. If the Goths sacked the city of Rome, the Vandals built churches in Africa and Attila the Hun received an embassy from Constantinople. Anthony of Egypt and Simeon Stylites offered spectacular new models of holiness, while Augustine and Basil and Benedict devised rules for monastic communities. Late antique artists produced the mosaics of Ravenna and the first dome of Hagia Sophia. And it was also the period when emperors Diocletian in the third century and Justinian in the sixth enacted extensive and much-needed reforms of government.


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S'pore rapper Shigga Shay scores with local flavour again
Local rapper new single features Singlish phrases, references to HDB estates
Shigga Shay's latest rap single is as Singaporean as it gets.
Its title is an obvious indication - Lion City Kia (Hokkien for child or kid).
The rap verses are mainly in English, Malay and Tamil, but also include Hokkien and Singlish phrases.
Common local utterances like "wah lau" and "talk cock and sing song" are heard. There are also references to "karung guni" (rag-and-bone man) and HDB estates like River Valley and Queenstown.
For the homegrown performer, whose real name is Pek Jin Shen, rapping about his roots is what he knows best.
"I wrote from a Singaporean's perspective because these things are closest to my heart. These are things that I grew up with and this gave me a way to express myself and be as real as possible," the 22-year-old told The New Paper yesterday, hours before he was due to perform at the annual Singapore Night Festival.
Lion City Kia, the first single from his upcoming debut album, was written three months ago with the help of local rappers Akeem and Lineath.
Lineath and Shigga Shay, together with Ah Boys to Men stars Wang Weiliang and Tosh Zhang, are also part of local hip-hop collective Grizzle Grind Crew.
Shigga Shay said: "At first, it was just me... but it didn't feel right to do it alone. I thought it would be cool to introduce a Tamil rap verse, which I asked Lineath to help with. Then Akeem also came onboard with a Malay rap verse and everything just fitted (into place)."
Asked about the song title, he said candidly: "I didn't want to say 'Singaporean Kid'... Lion City Kia sounded quite badass."
The single, with its catchy hook, has been buzzing online since its release on Tuesday. As of press time, it sat at No. 11 on the local iTunes song chart.
The music video for Lion City Kia, which Shigga Shay directed and edited, has received about 50,000 views on YouTube since it was uploaded, also on Tuesday.
Naturally, it was given a full-fledged local treatment and was shot at the old-school playground at Dakota Crescent, one of Singapore's oldest public housing estates that will soon have to make way for new developments.
For Shigga Shay, the choice of location was nostalgic.
He explained: "I wanted to find sand playgrounds from my childhood which most of us grew up with and Dakota Crescent is perfect for the vintage vibe.
"It gives a sense of nostalgia because like most people, I'm a heartlander and grew up in an HDB estate."
The second location in the video overlooks Singapore's famous city skyline.
Filmed in just two days, the video features popular faces in local entertainment such as comedian-actress Patricia Mok, comedian-actor Chua Enlai, Benjamin Kheng of local music quartet The Sam Willows, Alyph of hip-hop duo Sleeq, radio DJ Rosalyn Lee, fashion personality Jade Seah and Ah Boys to Men's Zhang and Wang.
These celebrities have played a big part in his career, Shigga Shay said.
He said he was overwhelmed by the reception of the video, which has been widely shared on social media platforms.
He said: "I didn't expect this at all. It wasn't a conscious effort to put out a song that everyone can relate to - I just wanted it to be an honest form of self-expression."
Shigga Shay's previous single, LimPeh, which features Zhang, is also a quintessentially Singaporean song and shot to the top of the local iTunes song chart immediately after its release.
Indeed, the music video had been viewed almost 150,000 times on YouTube less than a week after its release.
But Shigga Shay does not want to repeat his local-flavour formula for other tracks in his upcoming album, which is slated for an October release.
"There will also be strictly English songs, or songs that are a mix of English and other languages. It's still my local take on hip-hop music. It's all very rojak," he said.
I didn't expect this at all. It wasn't a conscious effort to put out a song that everyone can relate to - I just wanted it to be an honest form of self-expression.
- Shigga Shay on the popularity of the music video for Lion City Kia
What makes them 'Lion City Kia'?
My love for Singaporean food. You know how chicken rice is almost our national dish? Mee pok should be it, it's my No. 1 dish.
- Local host and fashion personality Jade Seah
Having travelled a lot, I feel that at the end of the day, it's still great to be back in Singapore. It's better here, from food to policies to culture.
- Radio DJ Rosalyn Lee
Food. Chicken rice is my staple - something I can eat over and over again.
- Former radio DJ and YouTube personality Dee Kosh
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Fear in the Miracle Nation
R.W. Johnson
- The Liberal Slideaway by Jill Wentzel
South African Institute of Race Relations, 430 pp, R 59.99, October 1995, ISBN 0 86982 445 7
This is one of the bravest and most important books to come out of South Africa in several years: as an exercise in truth-telling it bears comparison with Rian Malan's My Traitor's Heart but whereas Malan derived many of his insights from his long exile, Jill Wentzel is one of the very few who have made the long march through the institutions. She was a founder member of the Black Sash, the women's organisation which, from its inception, fought apartheid with exemplary passion and courage. As a student in 1962 I remember how a 'flame of freedom' was lit in Durban, where we mounted a vigil, scheduled to end with the passage of the Bill providing for detention without trial. The affair was treated as a provocation by the Government and every night huge Afrikaner rugby types came to beat up anyone who kept the vigil. They were, frankly, terrifying. I also remember the shame I felt at seeing a lone middle-aged white woman from the Sash remain impassively by the flame while the rest of us scattered at their onslaught. They knocked her down and stamped on her stomach time and again and yet she made no sound. The Black Sash were the real thing.
Jill Wentzel has fought the good fight in South Africa for forty years, most of them alongside her late husband, once described by President Vorster as South Africa's second most dangerous man after Bram Fischer. When others took to violent methods, the Wentzels declined; when so many left (including many of the saboteurs) they refused that too. There are very few South Africans who have seen the struggle all the way through: Wentzel properly belongs to a small group with Mandela, Sisulu and a handful of others. As a female fighter against apartheid she has a longer record than Helen Suzman or Winnie Mandela. In a South Africa where that sort of record counts terribly, she has to bow a knee to almost nobody. Yet today her book is drawing awkward, discomfited reviews in South Africa – which currently enjoys world champion status in only two fields, rugby and political correctness. The reason for this is that Wentzel has had the courage to be anti-apartheid when that was distinctly unfashionable and now to tell the truth about the struggle when that is less fashionable still. What concerns her is the way South African liberals, who had bravely opposed apartheid, simply slid away when confronted with the quasi-revolutionary violence of anti-apartheid activists.
A classic example given by Wentzel is a school stayaway called by the UDF, the United Democratic Front. There was no difficulty in condemning the police and army for their intervention, nor in declaring that apartheid was the root cause of the whole business. But what to do about the fact that many parents and many children clearly wanted school to continue, and what to do about the violence mounted against the children by township activists determined to ensure that the stayaway remained solid? Finally, Wentzel relates, a colleague asked the question everyone else was skirting: did the majority of children want to go to school or not? This was so embarrassing that it was immediately swept aside and all mention of it omitted from the minutes. The Church leaders present carefully tip-toed around the problem of 'liberatory violence' and if it became too glaring – large-scale necklacing would be an example – there was further anguished talk about how apartheid had created the conditions which made such atrocities likely, even inevitable, and how 'unruly elements' were taking advantage. Occasionally the question of such 'unruly elements' would be taken up with the UDF and UDF leaders would sometimes even promise to report back on the matter, but they never did.
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Vol. 17 No. 21 · 2 November 1995 » R.W. Johnson » Fear in the Miracle Nation
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Desperate Journalist's debut record is the first great music release I've heard in 2015. Working from a Britpop era template wherein guitars are played rather than programmed, battered instead of delicately flicked at, and each song rises to moments of high drama as carefully prepared as to be the focus of the song rather than a brief interruption from the usual verse-chorus dynamic.
Jo Bevan's voice finds a middle point between the removed but shouting style of The Organ's Katie Sketch and emotional but shouting style of Echobelly's Sonya Madan. She is a commanding presence as a singer.
The Editors' 2005 debut record is the closest thing to a recent record comparative to this but I think Desperate Journalist has an even better grasp of melody ( and I like The Editors). Post- Shoegaze as part of a greater pop rock landscape where guitar storms are balanced against a driving rhythm section and understandable vocals.
Every song is good here but my two favorites are the rocking single Control and the emotional high point Distance in which the volume of the guitars is turned down slightly before the usual exploding dramatic middle.
The Smiths are the true spiritual father of this type of music but it's been filtered through enough different scenes since their time that it's not so apparent. However, lyrics like "He who hesitates is lost but I'll keep my fingers crossed" should leave no doubt who the influence is.
There should be more records like this one – Wherein older sounds, a tradition, are added to and made better hopefully leaving it to other bands to pick up and run with in the future.


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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Sugar Rush! - Cure for The Monday Blues #4
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- Irish Cherokee said...
Very clever. A fun card
- February 13, 2014 at 4:08 PM
- MichelleZ said...
I love how you used your embossing here. Very creative.
I'm so glad that I visited your blog today. Your cheery colors are just what I needed!
- February 13, 2014 at 6:39 PM
- Deepti said...
I like ur idea and the fact that u come with so many different take for the same challenge :)
- February 13, 2014 at 7:22 PM
- Laura Davis said...
Love, love, love this!!
- February 13, 2014 at 8:14 PM
- Joni nina Andaya said...
So Awesome Kimberly!
- February 14, 2014 at 12:19 AM
- Taheerah (*LittleMissT*) said...
Wonderfully light and airy - makes me think of the froth at the top of that sugary drink! Great use of embossing too! Thanks so much for playing to Cure The Monday Blues!
- February 14, 2014 at 5:12 AM
- Barb Ghig said...
WOW! Clear embossing was the perfect choice for this card! I really love your design and color combo, too! I think it's time for me to check out this challenge :-)
- February 14, 2014 at 8:53 AM
- Shannon J said...
Oh wow! I'm glad you got an angle shot of the card showing the sparkle and shine! The splatters are so cool - yup, you've got the fetti feel going on for sure! Happy Valentines! Hope you had a fabulous dinner last night!
- February 14, 2014 at 9:33 AM
- Anita in France said...
So fun, sparkly and shiny, Kimberly ... delicious! Anita :)
- February 14, 2014 at 1:50 PM
- cm said...
Hope your Valentine dinner was fabulous! And speaking of fabulous, let's just extend that to your card! Fun, fresh and 'fetti-ed'! Your 'sugar rush' is yummy! Hugs~c
- February 14, 2014 at 6:20 PM
- Kelly Griglione said...
LOOOVE the font, and the color you stamped the sentiment in. What a strong card, with just the sentiment and the happy dots. Awesome card, Kimberly!
- February 14, 2014 at 11:45 PM
- Heather North said...
The embossed dots are so pretty. They add a nice subtle shine to your card.
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Education & Outreach
At the NYC Urban Soils Institute, we learn from our soils and community members. Our Education and Outreach program is founded on gathering, sharing, centralizing, and disseminating all resources related to urban soils. In our initial year, we are focusing on developing workshops dedicated to the understanding of urban soils and interpreting soil test results for diverse audiences in New York City. We strive to provide on-site assistance as resources permit. We have been soliciting the knowledge and needs from local communities; an ongoing effort. As our Education and Outreach division grows, we seek collaboration and partnerships because gaining and sharing knowledge on urban soils requires synergy.


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It has been over a year since I posted anything on my blog. I have not created a lot in the last year or so. Life seems to have taken over like usual. I recieved a lot of new cartridges for my Cricut over Christmas and I am hoping to get back into my card making and scrapbooking after the first of the year. Hopefully you are still interested in seeing what I am creating.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Catch a Falling Star and Put It In Your Pocket
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I love your Moonbeam Babies Claire. I see your creative mojo has come back full force! :)ReplyDelete
Parcels in the mail are always nice. You get that excited feeling, the anticipation of what's inside.....
You birthday birdy is very sweet,I love his red feathers.
Good luck with your market stall on Saturday and rug up well.
Anne xxx
I love the moonbeam babies, they've got such lovely faces.ReplyDelete
The cherry blossom is gorgeous, that must be a welcome sight for you.
Claire, those little moonbeam babies are so cute!! I'm sure they will fly out of your stall on the weekend! Might have to order one for myself! Lucky you with your lovely pressies, it's nice when your birthday goes on and on isn't it! haha.. Good luck at the market, hope the weather is good for you. have a great week, Julie :)ReplyDelete
The moonbeam babies are gorgeous! They will sell so quickly - you always make the most beautiful things! Lovely birthday presents, isn't it great getting post? I'm always so excited when we actual have something in our post box! :) xReplyDelete
Hi Claire - thankyou for the lovely mention :) Your moonbeam babies are so gorgeous - constantly in awe of your beautiful 'makes'! Good luck with your fair - wish I could visit it, hehe :)ReplyDelete
What beautiful moombeam babies you have made, just adorable xox PenelopeReplyDelete
Hi Claire, love your Moonbeam babies. So original and just lovely !!ReplyDelete
Hope you have a good market this weekend.
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I just love those Moonbean Babies. They are so beautiful and have a real ethereal glow about them.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your lovely encouraging comments about the Moonbeam Babies......ReplyDelete
I think you may be right Anne about my crafting mojo returning.
I'm about to pack the car for tomorrow's market, shall throw in an extra jacket, gloves and beanie, just in case.........
After a heavy frost this morning, the day has been absolutely beautiful, so I imagine it will be the same tomorrow too.
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Moonbeam babies awwwwwwww. They are gorgeous, love their sleepy little faces.ReplyDelete
Is there really a place called Bright? that's a great name. Hope the market goes well and that you don't frfrfrfrfreeeze.
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Sam Smith hails from the United Kingdom and is considered one of the rising pop singers in the West. The singer-songwriter has a budding career. He has received awards such as a BRIT Award, a Q Award and six MOBO Awards. His music is rooted in pop, soul and rhythm and blues. In such a short span of time, Smith has included a trio of extended plays, a studio album and almost half a dozen singles to his discography.
Early in 2013, he released the leading single "Lay Me Down" for his debut studio album In the Lonely Hour that followed over a year later. Before the album, he released two platinum-selling singles "Stay with Me" and "Money on My Mind" that debuted at number one at the UK Singles Chart. When his album hit the shelves, it debuted at number one in the UK and at number two in the US. It garnered the UK double platinum and sold more than two million copies worldwide. Smith released two more singles to follow the album's success at the UK Singles Chart with "I'm Not the Only One" at number three and "Like I Can" at number nine.
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Gary Scheiner is the author of "Think Like A Pancreas". He has now created a set of online classes for type 1 diabetics called "Type 1 University". I admire Gary very much and I think his new venture will be very successful. Take a look:
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I signed up for the advanced carb counting class. I found it very informative. It is similar to having an intense session with your diabetes educator. Since my insurance doesn't cover visits with my diabetes educator, this was a cheaper way to go. I thought it was great.
doesn't the new law for medical coverage mandate the ins cos to cover preventive care, which IMO a CDE session should qualify?
I haven't been to see my CDE since the new law was passed. I've been avoiding it becuase I didn't want to pay. I just haven't been back and now I am out of the habit. I have been thinking about it lately and I do need to go back and see her. Thanks for giving me that push jayabee52.
oh good to know. Thanks for the information everyone.
For anyone that has taken one of these classes, did you find it helpful? I would like to know if it is worth spending the money to take it. It sounds really cool.
Gary Scheider is a Facebook friend and i asked him some questions about T1U. Here are his answers:
Gary ScheinerJanuary 11, 2011 at 2:39pm
Re: Questions About T1U
Thanks Richard.
To answer your questions, yes and yes. T1U is for anyone who uses insulin, whether they be type-1 or type-2. The topics and content are geared to insulin users regardless of the etiology.
For insulin-resistant type 1s, our weight loss for insulin users course is ideal. We discuss insulin resistance at length in that program.
I am wondering if insulin using t2s could get in also? Some of the courses would not be useful to me currently, like the classes on pums or cgms, But I may well be interested in tearning about carb counting, and handling lows and things like that.
Looks promising!
I have wondered about that too. The classes are geared for type 1 diabetics , but anyone can probably enroll for one or more classes. Many type 2 diabetics do have to use insulin if their medicines are no longer doing the job. I have a few type 2 friends who produce almost no insulin of their own, and they are now totally insulin dependent. They do still have insulin resistance though. That is what makes them still different from the typical type 1 diabetic. I don't know whether Gary includes any instruction for an insulin user with insulin resistance. You can probably ask him.
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